Ogreyala mesechina (The moonlight shone)

Singing group from the village of Plana

Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World

3 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS

Album Tracklist

1

Ovcharska melodiya (Shepherd’s melody)

03:04

2

Trakiisko pravo horo (Thracian straight dance)

03:00

3

Skarali sa se, skarali (They quarreled and quarreled)

02:02

4

Sino Gyorgyo lyo / Slyadno horo (O son Gyorgyo)

01:03

5

02:05

6

Ovcharska melodiya (Shepherd’s melody)

02:14

7

Svatbarska rachenitsa (Wedding rachenitsa)

01:53

8

Batyovata baldazka (Big brother’s sister-in-law)

01:56

9

Bulchinsko horo (Bride’s dance)

02:16

10

02:33

11

Kasap (Butcher’s dance)

02:36

12

02:00

13

03:33

14

Potaino Rada godiya (Rada was secretly engaged)

05:47

15

Izvrelo vino tsarveno (Red wine flowed)

01:23

16

Bulka varvi prez gora zelena (A bride walks through the green forest)

03:31

17

Dyache ore u sveta nedelya (A young seminary student plows on holy Sunday)

01:16

18

Tamen se oblak zadade (A dark cloud appeared)

02:18

19

Ogreyala mesechina (The moonlight shone)

03:46

20

Zhalna goro (Oh, sad forest)

04:04

21

Vetar vee, gora se lalee (The wind blows, the forest sways)

00:37

22

Pushka pukna / Ozdolu idu vratska koltsa (A rifle fired / Up comes a rolling cart)

02:14

23

Pravo horo (Straight dance)

02:09

24

Sitno (Tiny step)

01:56

25

Mă copile (My son)

02:47

26

03:51

27

04:27

28

Tragnala e Neda (Neda went out)

02:50

29

Dobrudzhansko horo (Dobrudzhan dance)

03:30

30

Tropanka (Stamping dance)

02:31

31

03:51

32

Brasni tsarvul (“Shave” with your shoe)

03:22

33

Rachenik (Handkerchief dance)

03:44

34

04:46

35

04:02

36

Strandzhanska rachenitsa

05:30

37

Izlel e Delyu haidutin (Delyu the rebel went out)

05:03

Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World

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Ogreyala mesechina (The moonlight shone)

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