Larry Leissner
Tsigansko Horo is a dance popular in Bulgaria as well as North America. It bears a slight resemblance to Chichovo Horo, another Bulgarian dance. Video #1 shows a dance group from Bulgaria. The song is actually Serbian. by Sanja Ilich and Balkanika. You can find the lyrics here.
You can read more about the song Djipaj and its associated dance in the first post link listed below.
Another dance that I have frequently seen on Zoom sessions is De Secerat, from Romania. It is a women's harvest song. It was introduced by Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion.
The group is Balkanitsa, from Haifa, in Israel. This is another sing along song! If anyone can find the lyrics please post them in the "comments" section.
The next dance, originally taught by Yves Moreau, made popular by Murray Spiegel on his bi-weekly Wednesday night Zoom sessions, is Vidinsko Horo. He has a teaching video on Youtube as well, with the faster parts slowed down.
Murray mentioned that Boris Karlov (the musician, not the actor, here we go with that confusion thing) composed the music. As a matter of fact, many of our dances use the music of Boris Karlov: for example: Bavno Oro, Gankino Horo, and Zizaj Nane (a daichovo dance with calls). You can read about it in post #2 below.
If you enjoyed this you may also like:
(Almost) The Same Music, Different Dance: Part Two
Call and Response: Daichovo Horo
The Legacy of Boris Karlov, Bulgarian Folk Accordionist
Here are the links to Part Two and Part One
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