Amanet from North Macedonia: Part Two: Some Familiar Songs from Folk Dance

A few weeks ago I featured the North Macedonian folk ensemble Amanet on The Alien Diaries. I found them while looking for the music for Janino Oro.  I was delightfully surprised at what I heard and spent an entire evening listening to their songs.

Video #1 is from a New Year's party: There are two songs that many folk dancers will recognize: Zaiko Kokorajko at 8:40 (we dance Arap to this); at 12:00 is the music to Skopska Crnogorka.

Video #2: Pay attention to the first song:  this is the Macedonian version of Elerinka.  Music is the same but not the words.  Elerinka is a Bulgarian folk song from the Pirin region with choreography by Iliana Božanova. 

 

Video #3 is a lively song,  More Chicho Reche in Pajduško rhythm. (5/16).  It is popular in both North Macedonia and Bulgaria.

 

If you enjoyed this you may also like: 

Three Variations of the Bulgarian/Macedonian dance Arap

The Travels of Pajduško Horo

 

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