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Мајовци Majovci Is A Traditional-Music Ensemble From Macedonia Whose Music Focuses On The Zurla And Tapan.
This Family Belongs To Mijaci Mijačite People Situated Mainly In Debar And Galichnik In Western Macedonia. Usage Of Zurla And Tapan Is Widespread In Balkans. Their Music Resembles The One From Pirin And Trakiya And Caucasus Area Especially Armenian As Well As From Uzbek Azerbaijani And Iranian Regions Although It Is More Complex In Odd Rhythms And Tempo Yet Mijak's Origin Is Questionable. They Speak The Sub-Dialect Of Macedonian Language And Their Finest Example Of Cultural Heritage Is Famous Song Zajdi Zajdi Which Is Less Known Fact. Http //www.Umbc.Edu/eol/4/tammer/tammer6.Html
Miyaks
Hadji-Manov 1960 Mentions That Of The Many Ethnic Groups Comprising The Population Of Macedonia The Kaval Is Associated With But Two Albanians And Miyaks. The Slavic Peoples Inhabiting Macedonia Are Comprised Of Various Clans Or Tribes Whose Identity Was Known To Travelers In These Regions During The 1800s. These Clans--Polentsi Brsiatsi Babuni Kopanovtsi Piantsi Pirntsi Sirakovtsi And So Forth Inhabiting The Villages Of A Specific Locality--Each Had Their Traditional Costumes And Songs. The Clans Were Isolated From Each Other By The Mountainous Terrain The Presence Of Bandits Which Made Travel Dangerous And The Oppressive Turkish Regime Which Often Restricted Freedom Of Movement. The Miyatsi Or Miyaks Are Shown In Population Maps Drawn At The Turn Of The Century As Inhabiting Villages Along The River Radica Which Runs Parallel And Close To The Macedonian-Albanian Border. While Most Miyaks Are Orthodox The Northern-Most Miyatsi Villages Are Turkish-Speaking Moslems Pomaks . Orthodox Miyaks Call Their Moslem Counterparts "Turbe" Or "Kurki" And Do Not Consider Them To Be Real Miyaks At All. Miyaks Are Said To Have A "Galichani" Or "Galitsa" Accent And Were For The Most Part Shepherds Before The Wars. Hadji-Manov's Association Of The Kaval With Albanians And Miyatsi Would Lead Us To Look For Kaval Players And Instruments In The Extreme Western Part Of Macedonia. In 1998 A Macedonian Friend And I Visited The Villages Along The Radica River Known To Be Populated By Miyaks At The Turn Of The Century. The Results Were Disappointing Some Villages Consisted Of Just A Few Remaining Houses Many Houses Lay In Ruins Some Were Entirely Torbesh Turks No One Knew Anything Of Kaval Players Or Makers. If We Were Looking For Miyak Villages We Were Told We Must Go To The Villages Of Lazaropole And Gari Gare Situated On A Tributary To The Radika. Lazaropole We Learned Is Now A Weekend Resort Village For People Who Own Land There And Is Not Inhabited Except On Weekends In The Summer. A Few Weeks After This First Disappointing Trip I Set Out With Two Macedonian Friends To Visit The Village Of Gari. Gari Is A Pristine Village Of 150 Houses Nestled In The Foothills Of The Stogovo Mountains. The Villagers Are Very Much Aware Of Their Miyak Heritage A Plaque Paid For By The Miyak Foundation Of Gari On The Orthodox Church Of The Village Commemorates Contributions Of Miyak Woodcarvers To The Furnishings Of Various Churches In Macedonia. Luckily Our Arrival Coincided With The Festive Occasion Of The Opening Of A New Coffee Shop And Meeting Place. As We Approached We Could Hear Elderly Women Singing Miyak Songs Slow Airs In The New Establishment. After Admiring The Church We Went In The New Building And Asked About Kaval Players. The Men Rolled Off The Names Of Kaval Players Faster Than We Could Write Them Down The Shepherds Kire And Done Delovski Kire Passed Away And Done Now Lives In Skopje Boris Popovski A Shepherd Who Became A Pastry Chef Later In Life The Brothers Metodija Ivan And Gure Lambeski Of Lazaropole All Of Whom Played Kaval And Have Since Passed Away. These Players Could Have Played The Long Kaval The Shupelka Or The Duduk. The Villagers Did Emphasize That Done Played The Long Kaval Without A Fipple. The Visit To Gari Ended With Our Listening To Boris Popovski Play His Duduk And My Playing With Him. He Played Wonderfully And Listening To Him It No Longer Mattered Whether He Played The Long Kaval The Shupelka Or Duduk Here Was Fine Highly-Ornamented Flute Playing From An 85-Year-Old Man Who Had Lost None Of His Delight Of The Instrument And Of Macedonian Folk Music. When I Handed Him My Shupelka He Tried To Play But Did Not Have The Breath. He Apologized But It Was Obvious From The Way He Handled It That He Was Very Familiar With The Shupelka. Boris Told Us That As A Shepherd He Took His Flocks From The Mountains Around Gari To The Lowlands Of Salonika Each Winter. Once He Happened To Meet A Turkish Shepherd With His Flock. The Turk Admired His Two Fine Boxwood Shupelkas And Boris Gave Them To Him As A Gift. read less