Macedonian Folk Songs

[slovenec zrinski]

YouTube - Vaska Ilieva- Koga Padna Jane

[Soldier of Macedon]

I haven't heard that since my childhood days, what a heart-felt and brilliant song!!!

Spolaiti Zrinski, definetly gets the emotions about Macedonia stirring.

[slovenec zrinski]

Its a very beautiful song and text.

Two version of a "new" favourite of mine...

YouTube - Aleksandar Sarievski I Vaska Ilieva- Snošti Si Mila Mamo Otidov

YouTube - Gančo Nikolov I Venera Maerkova- Snošti Minah V Gorno Maale

I think both record are from the early 60�s..Maerkova/Nikolov from Pirin and the other one of course from the Republic...

[Makedonetz]

With the weather being crappy outside today im listening to all these songs you guys posted and my day is getting better!

Thankyou

[slovenec zrinski]

YouTube - Vaska Ilieva- Pesna Za Goce Delčev

[Soldier of Macedon]

Zrinski, how did you come to gain an appreciation for Macedonian music bre? You seem to listen to all of the songs my parents had back in the vinyl days, lol. Also, how do you find the language used? Is it easier to understand a Vaska or a TV reporter from Macedonia today?

[Daskalot]

Slovenec Zrinski, I thank you with all of my heart for the beautiful songs that you have collected. I wish I could get a copy of all your Macedonian music.
Thank you so much!

[Bill77]

"Goranski pesni" are songs that the OVCHARI used to sing during the time that they used to mind the sheep. Well thats one explanation i got.
Another explanation i got was, "Goranski Pesni" are songs by the torbeshi. I am not sure which is corect mabe zrinski can help.

Anyway, this song would have to be one of the oldest and first i can remember listening to as a child. It is a beutiful song.


YouTube - Goranski pesni: Vebija Smaili - Pukna puska, majcice

[Daniel the Great]

Bill77, The Gorani are considered as there own ethnic group which have been claimed by Serbs,Bulgarians,Albanians,Macedonians and Bosniaks.
There religion is Muslim, and they are inhabited in Macedonia,Albania and Kosovo.
There population is 65,000.
They inhabit two villages in Macedonia they are Jelovjane and Urvic and other villages in Kosovo and Albania.
There mother tongue language is called Nashinski which literally means our people.
To me they seem like a mixed people but there language sounds to me similar to Macedonian.

Here is the lyrics to a Gorani song.

Verno libe

Gledaj me gledaj libe, abe verno libe,
na gledajmise dur ti som ovde.
Utre ke odim abe vrno libe dalek-dalek
na pusti Gurbet.

Racaj po racaj libe �o da ti kupim,
ti da mi kupi�
abe gledaniku cerna �amija, ja da ga nosim
abe gledaniku I da ga �elam.

Racaj po racaj abe verno
libe �o da ti pratim
Ti da mi prati� abe
gledaniku �arena knjiga
Ja da ga pujem abe
gledaniku i da ga �elam

I hope i helped you out with this.

[Mastika]

There mother tongue language is called Nashinski which literally means our people.
To me they seem like a mixed people but there language sounds to me similar to Macedonian.

Linguistically their language is considered Macedonian by most scholars (except for the extreme Bulgarian ones), however most of the people see themselves as Goranci above anything else.

Whilst I am posting on this thread, this is a personal favorite of mine, but in an instrumental version.
YouTube - Ivan Terziev - Serbez Donka

[Bill77]

Tose Proevski's version


YouTube - Se posvrshi serbez Donka : Veles Region

[slovenec zrinski]

It�s hard to explain why I like Macedonian music this much...why do people like rock, synth....Its hard to explain. I like the language, the rythms, the voices (esp Ilieva, Kostadinova, Sarievski), the softness of the songs, the "harshness" of the voices sometimes...how can I explain SoM? My parents bought cassettes with "Pjesme I plesovi Naroda Jugoslavije", as they were usually called, and I liked all the different musical styles but for some reason or the other the Macedonian tunes got stuck the most.
I don�t like the Macedonian news broadcasts because I think they do not realise that they have mics to talk into..often it sounds like they almost scream or talk in a very forced way.
I understand most of the lyrics of the songs but not the news because they talk to fast. and..the dialects I find hardest to understand are those from the southern part of Macedonia...i.e.Voden,Solun etc

U could get most of the songs Daskalot. I can send CD:s with mp3 files if you want me to

The softness:
YouTube - Đorđi Belđigerovski/Ljiljana Spasevska - Od kaj što sonce...

And the "harshness" (harsh is probably not the right word but I can�t find a better)
YouTube - Vaska Ilieva- More Maksim Ima Loša Žena

[Soldier of Macedon]

Thanks Zrinski, I think I can understand what you're saying, it is hard to explain these things, but there is certainly something about old Macedonian music that is special.

[Soldier of Macedon]

http://www.macedoniantruth.org/forum/showthread.php?t=172&highlight=gorani

Ismail Bojda, born in the Gora region of Kosovo and the President of Macedonians of the Islamic faith said the following:

We are all Macedonians here in Gora, in Western Macedonia, Eastern Albania.

[sf.]

And the "harshness" (harsh is probably not the right word but I can�t find a better)

I would say nasal.




The general consensus is that Gorani linguistically speak a Macedonian language. The Bulgarians of course took this to mean Bulgarian... the dogs.