Ethnochoreographic Observations - From the “Review of the Albanian Source Folklore” (Drenasi – Kosovë, 9-13 July 2002) Cover Image
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VËZHGIME ETNOKOREOGRAFIKE (Nga Revista e Folklorit Burimor Shqiptar) (Drenasi - Kosovë, 9 -13 korrik,2002)
Ethnochoreographic Observations - From the “Review of the Albanian Source Folklore” (Drenasi – Kosovë, 9-13 July 2002)

Author(s): Ramazan H. Bogdani
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike
Keywords: ballads; legendary epic songs; historic songs of the feast; lyrical songs of love; instrumental melodies accompanied with traditional musical instruments

Summary/Abstract: In this review was presented a rich popular creativeness as songs, dances, games, customs and uses of the calendar feasts (Saint George, Jeremy, the feasts of Llazore, ballads, legendary epic songs, historic songs of the feast, lyrical songs of love, instrumental melodies accompanied with traditional musical instruments as pipe, file, bagpipe or “meshnica”, bugles, two-stringet lute, lute, sharkhi (string instrument), drum, tambourine, with baking-pan, etc. The popular dresses also increased the non-working, holidays, image of this activity. In the review were present: 42 groups, ensembles or folkloric artistic cultural societies from which 24 from Kosova, 2 from the Albanians of Macedonia, 1 from the Albanians of Montenegro, 14 from Albania. In the repertory were included 63 ethnochoreographic unities which constitute the object of this article. The respective analyses are realized according to the genre, lyric or epic, or to the respective genres. Along with the evaluations, the author has made also remarks and suggestions, surely, for a better proceeding in the future connected with the field of folk culture as it is the Albanian ethnochoreography.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 01+02
  • Page Range: 132-154
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Albanian
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