| Region | Macedonia |
|---|---|
| Formation | Open circle. V-hold (traditionally shoulder hold). |
| Dance Structure | Short sequence repeated throughout the music. |
| Music Structure | 5 counts/bar, 11 beats/bar, 4 bar phrases. |
| Basic Sequence (4 touch version) | Travel acw in R lift, R, L lift twice, L, R, L, R lift twice, R. Touch L across & side twice, pause. With feet together, swivel heels R & L twice, pause. |
| Basic Sequence (3 touch version) | As 4 touch version but in bar 3 touch L across, pause, side & across, pause. |
| Variation 1: Different travelling | As Basic but travel with R lift, R, L, R lift, R, L lift, L, R lift twice, R. |
| Variation 3 | As Basic but face acw for L touching & replace swivels with stepping F & B. |
| Source | Mainly from Ibrahim Rizevski at his Macedonian course in Bognor, UK 2004. First learnt from him in Eastbourne International Folkdance Festival 2003. Updates from him in the SIFD Summer School in Swansea, UK 2010. |
| Date | Written 2004-03-07. Updated 2010-10-26. Typo corrections 2026-01-13. Clarifying 2004 to 2010 version differences 2026-01-14. |
Disclaimer: Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. There may be other versions of the same dance or other dances with the same name. Music may differ, particularly in speed, introduction and duration, between performers. The division into parts, bars & counts might not be standard. These notes of the dance are freely distributable (under GPL or CC-by-sa) in so much as the note's author's contribution but the choreography and/or collection were by other people and so their copyright might apply to the dance itself. Better than using notes, go to a dance class where it is taught by Ibrahim Rizevski.
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