Paidushko horo

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Paidushko horo (Bulgarian: Пайдушко хоро; Macedonian: Пајдушко оро,
romanized: Pajduško oro; Turkish: Payduşka Dansı; Greek: χορός Μπαϊντούσκα) is a folk dance
from Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia. It features a 5-beat meter divided into "quick" (2-
beat) and "slow" (3-beat) units, abbreviated quick-slow or 2-3. In Bulgaria it is part of the

"Northern folklore region" time 5-8 (help·info). Like many other Balkan folk dances, each
region or village has its own version of the dance. It is traditionally a men's dance, but in modern
times it is often performed in lines of both men and women.

It is a line dance, with the dancers in a line facing left, holding hands. The dance starts moving
right with a series of four lift-steps, followed by moving left: crossing the right foot in front of
the left, transferring the weight onto the right foot while moving the left foot to the right (this is
the characteristic movement of this dance, and is done four times). The dancers next move
backwards using a series of four lift-steps.

A number of variations can be seen among individual dancers. For example, instead of moving
left with the right foot always crossing in front, a front and back pattern can be used, resulting in
a basic grapevine step. When moving backwards, the lift steps can be replaced by scissor-steps,
often ending with a pas-de-basque step.

A common version of this dance is Yambolsko Paidushko Horo (yahm-bohl-sko pie-doosh-ko).

The dance is known as the "Drunken Dance" in North Macedonia and is believed to have been
brought to Turkey hundreds of years ago within the early stages of the Ottoman rule of
Macedonia. The Pajdusko is still danced by many within Turkey, especially Turks of
Macedonian ancestry.

Kopačka (folk dance)

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Kopačka
Genre Folk dance
2
Time signature
 4

Origin Pijanec, North Macedonia

Kopačka (Macedonian: Копачка; English: The farmers dance) is a traditional Macedonian Oro,
folk dance, from the region of Pijanec, a range of mountains in the eastern part of North
Macedonia.

Kopačka is traditionally performed by male dancers. It is a fast-paced dance with fast

movements on half feet, featuring extensive jumping, side movements and scissors movements.
The dancers hold their belts with their left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a
position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is 2
4.

The dance was first introduced to Tanec (the national folklore performance group in North
Macedonia) by the village dancers. The original name for the dance was Sitnata (Macedonian:
Ситната; English: The small/fine one). Tanec changed the name to Kopačka and the dance
subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopačka for both the
dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.

The dance is based on a combination of two songs: Dimna Juda for the slow, walking part of the
dance, and Derviško Dušo (Viško) for the fast part of the dance.

Tresenica (Macedonian: Tресеница) or Shaking dance in English is a Macedonian oro from the
region of Mariovo.

It is a typical women's dance with steady and proud movements and careful balance of the body.
The dancers hold hands and begin their dance in semicircle. The dance rhythm is 2
4 and there are four versions of the dance.

Berovka (Macedonian: Беровка; English: Dance from Berovo) is a traditional Macedonian Oro,
folk dance, from the town of Berovo in the region of Maleševo.

It is a woman dance with fast movements on a half feet with lots of jumps. The dancers are
holding hands and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is 2
4.