maškata or arnautsko or Osogovka-dancing at Sv. Bogorodica church above Berovo on 8/28/14. скачать в хорошем качестве

maškata or arnautsko or Osogovka-dancing at Sv. Bogorodica church above Berovo on 8/28/14.

Sv. Bogorodica (the Assumption of the Virgin Mary) is a major holiday in the Macedonian Orthodox church and is celebrated in and around Berovo. On that day many people go up the hill to where the church dedicated to her is located and people picnic and might dance if music arrives. In 2014 I went up there on that day with Milo Destanovski and friends. In mid-afteroon, Milo and his zurla/tapan band which includes his son and brother, began playing for dance and did so for an hour or more. The area seen here was not flat. We see people asking for and ready to pay for different dances. They begin to play one dance, stop and play another, in 11/16. There is one man who leads most of the time. Although originally he might have asked for "Maško", but I think the dance he did was probably "Osogovka" (the name of a mtn range NE of Berovo). Milo, etc - Maleševski Zurli - play as people join and leave the dance, shift about, perhaps even do somewhat different moves. Fun!