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Jeni Jol
{{no inline sources, date=November 2019 Jeni Jol is a Rom folk dance from the region of Skopje, Macedonia. It is a woman's line dance, in 2/4 meter, with a walking rhythm, with sensuous hip tilts. The dancers form a curved line, holding hands, and the dance moves to the dancer's right. The step pattern is 6 measures long. The dance is in the čoček musical genre that developed in the Balkans from Ottoman military bands in the 19th century, and is done to slow Rom brass band music, particularly the song ''Rumelaj''. The name of the group means "new road". See also *Music of the Republic of Macedonia Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ... Further reading *Dimovski, Mihailo. (1977:42-3). ''Macedonian folk dances (Original in Macedonian: Македонски наро ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rom (people)
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with significant concentrations in the Americas. In the English language, the Romani people are widely known by the exonym Gypsies (or Gipsies), which is considered pejorative by many Romani people due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity as well as its historical use as a racial slur. For versions (some of which are cognates) of the word in many other languages (e.g., , , it, zingaro, , and ) this perception is either very small or non-existent. At the first World Romani Congress in 1971, its attendees unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Romani people, including ''Gypsy'', due to their aforementioned negative and stereotypical connotations. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Roma originated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
