Братя Митеви от село Владая — уникални носители на шопската музикално-фолклорна традиция
The Mitev Brothers from the Village of Vladaya — Unique Masters of the Folk Music Tradition of the Shopluk Region

Summary/Abstract: The brothers Vladimir and Mitko Mitev from Vladaya Village are a duet, performing authentic twovoice songs from the Shopluk region. This circumstance throws new light upon the research of many specialists in folklore who have found up to this moment that in the Shopluk region the two-voice song is performed only by women. On the other hand, the Mitev Brothers are firm in their position that this type of singing has always existed and is the result of preserved family traditions. Mitko Mitev sings first voice and according to the local terms is called "okach", meaning "the one who calls". Vladimir Mitev is second voice and he is the so called "vlachach", or "helper". The repertoire of the Mitev Brothers is extremely rich and includes different Shops' customs, labor songs, table songs, horo songs and others. They add sometimes their own created songs, which have the style and the typical sounding of the Shops' song. It is characteristic that the Mitev Brothers sing with the same love and devotion for one person as for a. big audience, which makes the contact with them unique — as they themselves are.

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