The Dorbrudja folklore district is situated in the northeast part of Bulgaria. It is surrounded by the Danube river in the north, by Black Sea in the east and by the North folklore area in the west. It characterizes by rich and varied music folklore. During the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 large groups of the Plovdiv region population, as well as from the Balkan Mountains moved to the Dobrudja region. There are two musical styles in Dobrudja - the Thracian one and that of the mountain-dwellers, which gradually join the depths of the ancient local traditions. Along with the Thracian and mountain-dwellers songs, there are heard richly embellished, unmeasured harvest, table and working-bees' songs. The Dobrudja slow song is sung equally by men and women. Here, unlike many other regions, women usually sing in a higher register and closed.There has been created a new style in folk music, characteristic only for the Dobrudja region, which is performed by rebec, shepherd's pipe and bagpipe. Partcularly well-known are the Dobrudja dance melodies ruki, sboreni, ruchenitsa and others.
The Dorbrudja
The Dorbrudja folklore district is situated in the northeast part of Bulgaria. It is surrounded by the Danube river in the north, by Black Sea in the east and by the North folklore area in the west. It characterizes by rich and varied music folklore. During the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 large groups of the Plovdiv region population, as well as from the Balkan Mountains moved to the Dobrudja region. There are two musical styles in Dobrudja - the Thracian one and that of the mountain-dwellers, which gradually join the depths of the ancient local traditions. Along with the Thracian and mountain-dwellers songs, there are heard richly embellished, unmeasured harvest, table and working-bees' songs. The Dobrudja slow song is sung equally by men and women. Here, unlike many other regions, women usually sing in a higher register and closed.There has been created a new style in folk music, characteristic only for the Dobrudja region, which is performed by rebec, shepherd's pipe and bagpipe. Partcularly well-known are the Dobrudja dance melodies ruki, sboreni, ruchenitsa and others.
