"" (in mk, Земјо Македонска) is a Macedonian folk song about Macedonia. The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by

Ivan Vazov Ivan Minchov Vazov ( bg, Иван Минчов Вазов; – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley ...

dedicated to the Montenegrin Uprising from 1876–1877 against the

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

Interpretations of the song

This song has been interpreted by lot of Macedonian singers. One interpretation of this song was by

Vaska Ilieva Vaska Ilieva (; February 21, 1923 – May 4, 2001) was a Macedonian leading folk singer from Yugoslavia and North Macedonia. Career She started her career as a dancer and singer in the State Ensemble Tanec in the early 1950s. Her style of s ...

. Another interpretation was made by the Macedonian pop singer

Vlado Janevski Vladimir Vlado Janevski ( mk, Владимир Владо Јаневски ) is a popular Macedonian singer. He was North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic ...

for the project "Makedonija Zasekogas" which contains old folklore Macedonian songs sung by the leading pop singers in Macedonia.

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