Shopp folklore region, Thracian folklore region

Фолклорни области

Shopp folklore region Shopp area includes the western part of Srednogorie ( Sofia field and Vitosha ) and Kraishte . Sofia and Vitosha field as diverse as forms of relief can not be separated, and the volcano Vizuviy can not be separated from the Campania region . Indeed, how can encompass a glance Sofia field , if not of Vitosha mountain ! A very Vitosha is the most impressive seen from Sofia field. For them, Ivan Vazov in his travelogue " Sofia valley " wrote: " ... It can be seen throughout , as the palm of the back of Vitosha ... And this view is beautiful and majestic ... " In good time before the eyes of the beholder reveals this view, any only nature can sort . All directions extends a series of various shapes , lines and colors planinnite surrounded Sofia field. Vitosha gives stamp of grandeur and power, the beauty of the whole Sofia field. It is diverse and attractive in all seasons. Her emerald green mantle under the spring sun shines . Among her as silver stripe stands Boyana waterfall . By late summer peeling snowdrift under Reznyovete . In clear and sunny winter days Vitosha holy innocent white against the blue sky. Amid this beauty are tucked SHOPSKA houses. These may be called postroykoi residential population in the Sofia region and the west and north of it, ie in the western and northern slopes of Stara Planina, Vitosha and around west to Tran and the town , even in the area of ​​population , called Shoppes . This house is almost always rickety , the walls are built with hedges and plastered inside and out with clay. Chetiristreshniyat roof to the early twentieth century was mostly thatched , and in the Balkan areas covered with stone slabs. Later, almost alongside the tiles slip straw and plates. Are preserved and many houses . In Samokov appears a peculiar line of creative search in carving Renaissance houses. As is known, the town is a center of art school . You grow a number of talented masters of the brush and chisel . The works of these artists have a distinctive character. As in the entire country and customs are most Shoppe in the spring. Such are the customs of Jeremiah and Annunciation . Perform health and protects against snakes. Prominently in the Bulgarian folk culture held folklore of Shoppes . Perhaps the sets of song creativity in this group. Best preserved heroic epic songs Bulgarians are in shopska group. To this day, songs kralimarkovski cycle with all its reasons and many others in this style historical songs about the enslavement of Bulgaria implemented in Shope end. Epic tradition is remarkable antique features both stylistic and thematic terms and in their implementation. And dances their performance compared with other groups boast increased speed and agility . This vibrancy is reflected in the custom of men - players to express in words, sounds or syllables in some moments of the game - " ha now ", " dzidzay , Nane ," " Hold on earth " and others. Shoppe female costume is sukman for almost all regions with the exception of Kyustendil , where saichena.Sastoi of white embroidered shirt , dark blue or black woolen sukman.V Graovsko sukman black - called litak.Varhu sukman of

cross in most places encircling tissue - called takanitsa belt or red belt. Man's costume was mostly belodreshna.Sega it has remained mainly in Sofia, relish, Gotse Delchev rayon.Sastoi of: white shirt, narrow, white and valnenibenevretsi, and various fake names.

Thracian folklore region

Thracian area includes three sub areas. They are: No real Srednogorie , deer forest, Upper Valley .
Hardly anyone can give a more precise and poetic definition of the location of the Upper Valley of Vazov made ​​in his travelogues " Picturesque Bulgaria " : " ... species everywhere is superb. Dark green forested Rodopi enclosed south valley of Maritsa East of this giant wall lowers and sinks into the horizon, and to the west is concluded with Rila, snowy pyramids which majestically bleaching ... Farther west and north levee forest pretty average and not so high off hairy back ... in this endless mountain wreath , open only to the east is the valley of Maritsa largest , richest and most magnificent in the whole Balkan Peninsula. " in these lands was born and the ancient culture of the Balkan peninsula created by its first settlers - the Thracians , and it is one of the first and purest springs, which will power the traditions of Hellenism. Proof of this fact is found in many ethnographic monuments discovered in our land as Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Thracian gold treasure and many other famous world cultural obshtestvenost.V Thracian area are preserved many unique monuments of the Renaissance. Architectural centers that keep some of the most beautiful and valuable houses are: Koprivshtitza , Plovdiv , Karlovo and drugi.Koprivshtitsa unique village that has preserved over 300 monument of Bulgarian culture during the Renaissance . On terraced slopes are built old houses with wide eaves , stone fences and wide wooden gates . The houses have a rich exterior decoration - lots of windows and shutters issued bay windows and a lot of them are painted in blue, yellow or red. Karlovo is another architectural center , which survives to this day examples of houses with rich carving . They have distinctive local features . Artistic construction starts from the courtyard walls and gardens and is carried into the interior of kashtite.Plovdiv is a center of Renaissance art and architecture . Today in Plovdiv keep remarkable monuments of symmetric townhouse with wonderful examples of the interaction between architecture and the visual arts. In Thrace perform some of the most beautiful and colorful traditions : Mummers , Laduvane , kumichene and drugi.Kukerskite games aim of the special magic dances and the scary masks to frighten and sweep away forever the evil spirits and fairies , so that there is a rich harvest next business godina.Edin of the most interesting elements of the game Mummer costume . An important element in the ritual mummers costumes vary in number , size and sound the bells tied around the waist .

Kumichene a spring ritual that is performed for fertility and protection from hail .
Beautiful and expressive is folk music of Thrace , tranquility and beauty sound in her songs . Thracian area is the monophonic singing, with richly ornamented slow songs. Women sing outdoors, strong naturally , but quite narrow tonal range . Separate singer is not more than 10-11 tonnes ( weighing machine , undetsima ) and reaches re1 (d1). In the lower register has a relatively wide range - do, re , me small octave (d, f) . Thracian folk song was poor in irregular sizes. In areas with preserved traditions , local folk samples found in two types of songs - in 2/4 size ( horo and ritual ) and slow without size ( non-measured ) songs table and salutation . In some areas of the Thracian folklore region among horo songs in 2/4 size appear ratchenitsa ( 7 /8 - I kind female) , and songs to the beat of dance Paydushko (5/8 , 5 /16) . This fact proves the deeper layers from which blossomed Thracian song, heiress of the primary , ancient Thracian style.
Thracian dances are cheerful . In some areas of this vast area are found typical for other regions dances, as a result of influences from neighboring folk regions . For example, in West- people influenced by SHOPSKA Pirinski and dances like " curves " people in size 11/16 . Better known are " Glavanishkata " Kopanitsa and " Vetrenska " Kopanitsa . Under the influence of Pirin dancing are found here " blurted Leggings ", " lame " and others. Thracian costume is very diverse in its fabric and decoration.

The female costume is to sukman in the majority of Thrace and saichena in the central southern part of Thrace.

Two-apron women's clothing is rich with embroidery mainly shirts in white and bolded kasacheta, dolaktanki and others. - At the tops of the wedges and the axillary parts and relatively less on foot of two coats. 

The male costume for the whole area belongs to The black.