MUSIC IN SERBIA

In Serbia there are typical gypsy and popular music and folk dances.

gypsy anthem Gelem Gelem Health and liberty It is a popular song The first singer who sang this song was Milan Aivazov.He was born in His grandfather sang this song, but he only remembered the melody. The international gypsy anthem was composed by Jarko Jovanovic. The anthem talks about the gypsies held in Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.

Gelem, gelem lungone dromensar maladilem baxtale Rromençar A Rromalen kotar tumen aven E chaxrençar bokhale chavençar A Rromalen, A chavalen Sàsa vi man bari familja Mudardás la i Kali Lègia Saren chindás vi Rromen vi Rromen Maskar lenoe vi tikne chavorren A Rromalen, A chavalen Putar Dvla te kale udara Te saj dikhav kaj si me manusa Palem ka gav lungone dromençar Ta ka phirav baxtale Rromençar A Rromalen, A chavalen Opre Rroma isi vaxt akana Ajde mançar sa lumáqe Rroma O kalo muj ta e kale jakha Kamàva len sar e kale drakha A Rromalen, A chavalen I went, I went on long roads I met happy Roma O Roma where do you come from, With tents on happy roads? O Roma, O fellow Roma I once had a great family, The Black Legions murdered them Come with me Roma from all the world For the Romani roads have opened Now is the time, rise up Roma now, We will rise high if we act O Roma, O fellow Roma

Turbo-folk Musical origins: Serbian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Romanian, Greek, Gypsy, Turkish and Arabic folk music; pop, R&B contemporary, dance pop, techno, rock, disco, house, soul. Cultural origins: In the 70s and 80s in Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Serbia Common instruments: Guitar - bass- drums – synthesizer – keyboards - sequencer – rhythems box – accordion Popularity:In the 70s and 80s in Yugoslavia and then, in Balkan countries with the Svetlana Raznatovic hit.

In Serbia, Turbo-folk was the musical style during Milosevic age, and it was related to the instruments of war, gangsters and nationals of government. The main Serbian diva, Ceca, was the wife of a Serbian warlord “Arkan”. Turbo-folk is a Balkan, ethnic and patriotic phenomenon.

The composers Kornelije Stanković ( ) and Stevan Mokranjac ( ) are usually considered precursors of symphonic music in Serbia. Other important figures in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were Petar Konjović, Stevan Hristić and Josif Marinković. The leading figure in contemporary Serbian music is Goran Bregović. He mixes traditional folk, rock, Bulgarian music and other musical styles

“SREM KOLO” Srem is a Serbian town, “kolo” means circle, since most of these dances are danced in this way.

CHOREOGRAPHY FORMATION : Dancing in a circle, alternating men and women. They put their arms behind the back. This kolo dance with very small steps, moving almost on the same place with their feet at ground level. DEVELOPMENT: Figure 1 : Right foot forward left foot. Left foot beside. Right foot behind left foot. Left foot beside. Figure 2 : Fall on the right foot over left. Put the weight on the left foot reverse direction.

Figure 3 : Fall on the right foot over left. Bring the right foot beside Fall over the left foot in front of the right foot Bring the left foot beside. Chaining of figures :

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