Gîdulka and Ţigulka in instrumental dance music of Meglenoromanians and Timok Romanians
Gîdulka and Ţigulka in instrumental dance music of Meglenoromanians and Timok Romanians

Summary/Abstract: During research within various ethnic groups (Aromanians, Meglenoromanians, Lipovan Russians, Tartars, Turks) in the Dobruja region and among Romanians in the Bulgarian Timok (Albotina) region, I noted that proximity led to mutual borrowings. These exchanges, irrespective of their nature, entailed adaptations and transformations in accordance with the specificity of the ethnic group they had permeated. I shall focus on an instrument which made its way into the repertoire of Romanians south of the Danube – Meglenoromanians and the Romanians of the Bulgarian Timok. The ţigulkă/gîdulka, a bowed string instrument, can be found throughout the Balkans all the way to Dalmatia.

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