Elementi stila ženskog pjevanja Žepča i okolice
Style elements of female singing in town Žepče and surrounding area

Summary/Abstract: The role of a woman in proces of creation and interpretation of traditional musical expression is connected with general position of a women and her place in community. Musical practice of women in town Žepče as well as local area is rare prof that a women is creative holder. Musical forms that are connected with female intimate musical practice prove her creative position. Among these musical formes the ones that stand out are one woman song performance in closed, isolated space (lullaby, spiritual songs) or small female circle (singing with casserole, flat songs, sevdalinka song), also singing in wedding costumes, as well as song that accompany work or are about work. Traditional patriarchal society has caused a certain inferiority of a woman in the community. The creation and interpretation of traditional musical expression marked her creative role in all artistic expressions within traditional musical practice on the Žepče and the surrounding area.

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