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BACKGROUND
Information: a region.
The Balkans, also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various definitions and meanings, including geopolitical and historical. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria from the Serbian-Bulgarian border to the Black Sea coast. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea on the northwest, the Ionian Sea on the southwest, the Aegean Sea in the south and southeast, and the Black Sea on the east and northeast. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava, and Kupa Rivers.
Languages: The Balkan region today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic and Romance languages, as well as Albanian, Greek, Turkish, and others. Romani is spoken by a large portion of the Romanis living throughout the Balkan countries.
Religions: The region is a meeting point of Orthodox Christianity, Islam, and Roman Catholic Christianity.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Buchanan, Donna Anne. The Bulgarian folk orchestra: cultural performance, symbol, and the construction of national identity in socialist Bulgaria. 1991. (Univ. of Texas-Austin).
- Dubinskas, Frank.
- Forry, Mark Edward. The mediation of "tradition" and "culture" in the Tamburica music of Vojvodina (Yugoslavia), UCLA, 1990.
- Kemp, Peter. Healing ritual: studies in the technique and tradition of the southern Slavs, by P. Kemp. Published in conjunction with the School of Slavonic and east European studies, University of London. London: Faber and Faber, 1935. (nothing on dance, per se).
- Rice, Timothy. May it fill your soul: experiencing Bulgarian music. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1994.
- Sugarman, Jane C. Engendering song: singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
- Albania
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia,
- Kosovo-Metohija
- Greece
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
- Vlachia
- Yugoslavia
DOCUMENTS
- Albania, a country.
- Balkan and Israeli Folk Dances, a book.
- Balkan Dance, an article.
- Balkan Religions, an article.
- Balkan Rhythms, a list.
- Balkan Table Songs, a list.
- Balkan Words from Turkish, an article.
- Balkanalia, sheet music.
- Bosnia, a country.
- Bulgaria, a country.
- Croatia, a country.
- Elsie Dunin, an article.
- Greece, a country.
- Ljubica and Danica Janković, an article.
- Kosovo, a country.
- Macedonia, a country.
- Moldova, a country.
- Montenegro, a country.
- National Geographic Magazine Folklore Index 1914-1997, a list.
- Romania, a country.
- Serbia, a country.
- Slovenia, a country.
- Turkey, a country.
- Yugoslavia, a former country.
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