When the ginger girls leave the dance – Thracian Greek Collection

Tasoula Papavasiliou sings a traditional song from Mikro Bogialiki, Northern Thrace.

Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) ID-number: thra1248GRV0019a

Description:
This song speaks about ginger and dark haired girls, who came to the central square of the village for dancing. Among them there was a nice young girl. A young man asked her to change the dance position and dance closed to him. The girl denies and the man asks her persistently to come and open his heart. The song was common among the inhabitants from Mikro Bogialiki in North Thrace (Bulgaria) and can now be heard in Proskynites village (Rodopi prefecture).

Cite as:
Vʝíkane rúses sto χoró – When the ginger girls leave the dance; performer: Tasoula Papavasiliou; camera: Thede Kahl; interview/ transcription/ translation: Thede Kahl, Sotirios Rousiakis; editor: Valentina Paul; retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach, ID number: thra1248GRV0019a.

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