Leventikos ( el, Λεβέντικος, ''Levéntikos''); or Bufčansko ( mk, Буфчанско), also known as ''Litós'' (Λιτός), ''Kucano'', ''Nešo'' or ''Pusteno'', is a
dance
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of
western
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Macedonia, mainly performed by
ethnic Macedonians
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and
Greeks
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in the town of
Florina
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,
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and in the
Resen and
Bitola
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regions in the neighbouring
North Macedonia
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.
Reflecting the dance steps: ''slow''-''quick-quick-slow-quick'', the meter comprises five beats of varying length but these lengths come in different variations:
*One is , counting the beats as , with the metric 's divided into
quadruplets
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, but at higher speed, the metric accents may sound more like .
*Another one is , counting the beats as , where metric 's have sub-beats .
The third (second ) beat may be lengthened relative to its written value in both variations but less so at higher speeds. The last (third ) beat may be shortened, a common Balkan treatment of meters.
The meter appears in traditional Northern and Southern
Albania
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n ballads, in dance tunes such as ''Berace'', and in Macedonian dances such as ''Beranče'', ''Bajrače'' and ''
Bufčansko
Leventikos ( el, Λεβέντικος, ''Levéntikos''); or Bufčansko ( mk, Буфчанско), also known as ''Litós'' (Λιτός), ''Kucano'', ''Nešo'' or ''Pusteno'', is a dance of West Macedonia, western Macedonia (region), Macedonia, ma ...
'' (Macedonian: Буфчанско; also called ''Bufskoto'' or ''Bufsko''). The meter has appeared more recently in various tunes for the Leventikos dance in the Florina region of Greece, and in Macedonian dances like ''Pušteno'', in renditions of the same songs that were traditionally rendered in or . For example, for the tune ''Ibraim Odza'' there are different performances in both and .
The Levendikos dance performed in Petroussa is very different from the one in Florina.
In popular culture
* The Buvčansko theme can also be heard as part of Macedon's theme in
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.
See also
*
Macedonian music Music of Macedonia may refer to:
*Music of North Macedonia, a sovereign state in southeastern Europe
*Music of Macedonia (Greece), a region of Greece immediately south of North Macedonia
See also
*Music of Southeastern Europe
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Greek dances
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Greek folk music
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Hora (dance)
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Etymology
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External links
Cultural Change in Traditional Dances in Florina, Greece*
ttp://paroutsas.jmc.gr/dances/macedon/lytos.htm Dance description (in Greek) of the PoustsenoRadio Banitsa frequently plays variations of the Poustseno and the 3+2+2+3+2 rhythm
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European folk dances
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