Bistritsa Babi
Bistritsa Babi (
horo), and performing the lazarouvane (the girls' springtime initiation
ritual). In 2005 they were included in UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Eastern Europe.
The Shopluk genre is characterized by diaphony and
drone.[3]
Dance and music are asynchronous.
The group was formed by pairs of women recruited as vocal accompanists to the Bistritsa Chetvorka (Bulgarian: Bistritsa Foursome/Quartet), founded around 1935.[4]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bistritsa Babi.
- List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Eastern Europe
- Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
- Heterophony
References
- ^ "The Bistritsa Grannies and their Grand-Daughters". Gega New. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b "The Bistritsa Babi". Bulgarian National Commission for UNESCO. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014.
- ^ "The Bistritsa Babi: Archaic Polyphony, Dances and Ritual Practices from the Shoplouk Region", UNESCO.org.
- ISBN 9780226078267.
External links
- "Bistritsa Babi", BalkanTrafik.com
- Listen, Daughter, and Remember Well... / Слушай, щерко, и добре запомни... The Songs and Life of Línka Gékova Gérgova from the Village of Bístritsa (Sofia Region), Bulgaria
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