Kopačka ( mk, Копачка; en, The farmers dance) is a traditional
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''Oro'', folk dance, from the region of Pijanec, a range of mountains in the eastern part of
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Kopačka is traditionally performed by male dancers. It is a fast-paced dance with fast movements on half feet, featuring extensive jumping, side movements and scissors movements. The dancers hold their belts with their left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is .
The dance was first introduced to
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
(the national folklore performance group in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
) by the village dancers. The original name for the dance was Sitnata (Macedonian: Ситната; English: ''The small/fine one''). Tanec changed the name to Kopačka and the dance subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopačka for both the dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.
The dance is based on a combination of two songs: ''Dimna Juda'' for the slow, walking part of the dance, and ''Derviško Dušo (Viško)'' for the fast part of the dance.
See also
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Kopanitsa Kopanitsa or kopanica (called in some regions Gankino) is the name for a family of lively folk dances from western Bulgaria done to music in meter, and also sometimes for the accompanying music. Some sources describe the rhythm in terms of "quick" ...
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Kopačka (folklore ensemble)
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Music of North Macedonia
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Further reading
*Dimovski, Mihailo. (1977:80-6). ''Macedonian folk dances (Original in Macedonian: Македонски народни ора)''. Skopje: Naša kniga & Institut za folklor
External links
About the Kopačka danceVideo with a wedding lunch followed by the Kopačka dance on YouTube
Kopačka folklore ensemble marks 60 years jubilee - Vest newspaperVideo of the Kopačka folk dance on YouTubeVideo of the Kopačka folk dance
by Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
on YouTube
Macedonian dances
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