Oh yes, so stunningly amazing & beautiful Sir! You have an interesting name there. I'm guessing you're from Sri Lanka. I used to work with a Sri Lankan lady with your surname , but i also knew an Indian lady with this surname too. I guess it makes sense, when you think of the history of both Sri Lanka & India & the close geographical logistics. Peace & take care.
@@noizy829 Not really, Albanians and Greeks are Paleo-Balkanic people (native in Balkan peninsula), and have majority Neolithic genetics (early farmers in Europe) but that doesn't mean Europeans originates from Albanians and Greeks bruhh.
May be not politics ( because they can on contrary gather us like Tito for Yugoslavia or Garibaldi for Italy ? ) but malicious and predatory superpowers in the neighborhood or far away like Nato or western EU ...
BIG HUG ❤and a lot of love from Istanbul to you all🇹🇷 🇬🇷🇷🇺🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰 Anytime your welcome to TURKIYE❤❤Balkans are the culturally richest nations in Europe with unique traditions .
ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ,ΆΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ,ΠΟΙΕΣ...,,"ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ,(;)..."ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΕΙΣ(;)ΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΑ;ΟΛΟΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ...ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΠΑΡΕΙ.ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΑ..."ΣΚΛΗΡΗ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ",ΠΟΥ ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ.ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ,ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΑΛΗΘΙΝΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟ ΔΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΥΝ...
People trying to divide us in the Balkans because they know how strong we are together 🙌🏻 Greetings from Bulgaria, and thank you for this amazing video 🤍💚❤️
Haha, IDK why I adore folklore cause you can watch something like dances or wear chloats elements that are from the past but actually you watch them in the present ...But when I see some festival dancers are so proud and show off like watch mee watch me now look this move ..Huh Huh !? :)) Classic show-offs :P greetings from the United States of Macedonia lol
I am Bulgarian, with Serbian roots and I live in Cyprus, I know all 3 languages and culture 🙂 Greetings, health and life to everyone from the Balkans
The sooner people in The Balkans realize they have more things in common that bring them together, the better it will be for the prosperity and peace in the region
I am from Romania, watching this and seeing how similar dace traditions and life still we all have made me think of one thing, it doesn't matter what language we talk or how the country we live in is called, we all have the same roots so we should be more united. Good bless us all and have mercy on us!
Not all Balkans countries have same roots Romania is different, and I'm surprised you don't know history we are latin origin not slave Anyway I like this balkan countries, I travelled there except kosovo and turkey
Every Balkan people are my brother. Proud to be Balkan guy. We must be united and have more love for each other. Western Europe always wants us divided and for this create wars so like this we will be weak. Dont believe to them. If we are United Balkan we dont need Europe we can be the most powerfull in Europe. We are the same people same tradition same culture. Long Live to all Balkan brothers and sisters. Much love from Albania
It just crossed my mind almost the same thing. There is not too much hope for normality in the western world. Their roots are gone, their traditions have vanished, their love for the land they were born in, their faith is dust in the wind, their ancestors forgotten. But there is hope in the Balkans if we don t get too westernized. We should be so proud for the way we are, and not made to feel like the "poor neighbour" everywhere we go.
I'm from North Macedonia, I'm Albanian and I have respect from all Balkan countries and I hope that this hatred will end soon. Greetings to you all, only with love can you do anything
I'm a Turkish.My grandparents are from Romania,Greece and Bulgaria.I proud BALKANS! I love all of Balkan brothers and sisters.We have rich cultures.We are together forever!❤BALKANS♥️
I never met my father and six years ago I've done DNA ancestry test to verify my ethnicity from father's side. It showed 48% of Balkan ancestry(Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Albania). No wonder I always liked Balkan music and dances, long time before I discovered my ethnicity.
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
The "hate stereotype" belongs to the politicians and elderlies, I'm macedonian and I love my balkan bros, all have amazing culture, food and traditions, and I've been to greece, the people were really nice.
Twelve countries can be strong and united! so much beauty in every culture! be healthy ! I applaud what you are doing! Greetings from Bulgaria ! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
@@demirg Unite... how cute. If I come to Your house, force You to do my bidding, force my language and religion onto You and Your family would You call that unification or rather You call it a raid and conquering? Hm?
@@demirg Unite ? Your destruction on Balkan past 500 years is visible even today . While rest of Europe was thriving you were stealing and destroying everything you touched
WHAT A AMAZING HUMAN BEING TO MAKE THIS THIS PERSON MADE THIS MUSIC VIDEO TO SHOW ALL THAT WE ARE EUROPEAN NO MATTER IF U ARE CHRISTAIN, JEWISH, MUSLIM, OTHER WE ARE EOROPEAN . GOD BLESS MORE THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS
That already happened way back from 1947 up untill 1990-1994.. the country was called Jugoslavia/ Yugoslavia/southslavia. But after death of marshall Josip broz Tito fall apart by wars all over and never reunited.
@@franski6575 Yeah, but some nations wanted strongly to depart and there should been a reason for that. Plus not all Balkan countries took part in this project. But we can learn a lot from Yugo experience in case we want to have Balkan states in future, for example.
Браво! Една кръв сме, балканците, хлябът ни е един и същ, танците ни са същите, песните ни са същите. Какво делим на Балканите, като място има за всички? Тук е райска земя. Бъдете живи и здрави!
Slavinija srbska a siptsrska muska nosnja srbskih CETNIKA DAL JEDAN ,DVA,ILI TRI GAJTANA A KAPA SKRACENA NA KECU...POZDRAV ALI MUTAVIH I GLUPIH NEMA SAMO OVI KOJI KRADU SRBSKO BLAGO PREVODE...ZIVJELA TI MENI SRBIJO❤❤❤❤❤❤
So I know this is a weird place to get emotional, but hear me out: I live in the US and here no one really talks about the Balkans (or most of Eastern Europe) so I didn't know anything about these countries and their cultures for a long time. At the same time, I'm Ashkenazi Jewish, so the traditional music from my heritage sounds similar to that of the Balkans. I had always just assumed that not many people knew the style of music and that it was dying out. I'm so happy I was wrong. It's amazing to listen to songs that I previously thought where an isolated phenomena, and realize that there's an entire region that gets it. It's been equally cool to hear music from the other side of the world and feel almost at home and familiar. I've been trying to lean more about the Balkans recently. It's awesome and y'all have the coolest culture! Anyway, that's it. Have a nice day :)
That's Great Hannah! My family is from Macedonia and I married an Ashkenazi Jewish woman. Our families always loved and got along well with each other as there were so many shared values and cultural elements. Klezmer sounds VERY much like Macedonian dance music! Our people even look physically alike -- people often puzzled over whether I was born Jewish or my wife was Greek or Macedonian. And Vailis, if you read this, Thank you SO much for this treat!
Hannah 🥰 our culture is still alive! I am Romanian and my husband is from Serbia but we moved as kids to Sweden! I remember when growing up in Romania everybody in Bucharest, where I’m from, listening to American/English music, Italian, Greek and some Arabic & Turkish! Anything but native music! Funny thing tho, as soon as many left Romania they suddenly started to listen to their native music! Me, I listen to everything cause I’m music addict ❤️❤️❤️ no music no life
Shalom from Serbia❤️we are very similar, almost the same. It is a shame because in the US they just think that Europe means France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy… The Balkans with it all countries , culture are probably the most beautiful what Europe can show. I have friends who are Ashkanazi and Sephardic Jews and we were positiv shoked how similar we are. Greetings from Serbia
It's quite great, Hannah, that you've found a kindred cultural spirit at the other side of the world, namely in the Balkans. I know that feeling as well, as I myself feel strangely fascinated and "at home" with the traditional music of several other regions of the world I have little or no connection with. Though, of course, Klezmer and Balkan music do indeed share many similarities. In that respect, I would highly recommend watching one Balkan documentary (if you can find it), called "Whose song is this?" ("Чия е тази песен?" in the original). It was made by a Bulgarian woman, Adela Peeva, and it starts almost like a joke - a Bulgarian, a Serbian, a Macedonian, a Greek and a Turk are gathered in a pub in Istanbul. Anyway, the movie is about a song (a melody, actually) that exists in all Balkan countries and, naturally, most people here believe it's purely their own song. So the author sets out on a journey across the region, showing the different songs based on that common melody. Unfortunately, something that could serve to unite us, instead tends to divide us and Peeva demonstrated that with some rather provocative segments during her final demonstrations in Bulgaria and Serbia (i.e. where she and her husband are from, respectively). In any case, what I find interesting about that melody and which I am very sad that Peeva didn't really explore further, is that it's a melody stretching far beyond the Balkans - from Spain all the way to India. And from what I've seen, its origin actually seems to be from the al-Andalus, from the Sepharadic Jews, and from there it seems to have spread east, influencing an Italian Renaissance composer, Boney M's hit "Rasputin" and possibly even the national anthem of Israel. It's quite fascinating! Greetings from Bulgaria!
This is the secret of the Balkans beauty each one complete the other with in culture and food and music 🥰😍😍😍big love and respect from United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
@@VasilisDance You really nailed it all and I really loved the video, but the best version ever of Ederlesi is by Esma Redžepova: the greatest Roma music Queen of all times! You have to check her out! I was in balkan nostalgic mode last night and listened to music till 6 am, so now youtube and spotify keeps proposing similar topics... All best!
I am Romanian but I think former Yugoslav Republics all sound so awesome. And also Bulgarian sound of those women are so angelic. I think the Serbs and Bulgarians have the closest dance style to us and the Slovenian one is the most different
Amazing! I'm from Romania and I had not clue that we have so much rhythm in common in a matter of dance and music and somehow i feel all these people from the countries you mentioned much closer then the west of Europe or other side of Europe. Thank you for it !
@@ΠρομηθεύςΤιτάν the tracien has habituated the Balkan Peninsula long before the Greek settlement there. Traciens were spread out of the territory of nowerdays Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonia.... And yes, Turkey and even Serbia. Most concentrated were they on the territory of Bulgaria and Greece.
@@FireSoraya Thracians are one of the ancient Greek plys, like Macedonians, Molosus, Dorians, Ioans, Achains, Aiolians.....all theese are becoming from the very anciant Greeks, the Pelasgians.
Great video. It shows how many similarities there are between all our cultures. As someone from Kosovo, I can say you did a really good job with the Kosovan dances!
I lost count of the number of dances you had to learn, master, record doing both the male and female roles and then had to edit...what a spectacular achievement!
Yes sister, I feel the same way. But how can we move forward when North Macedonians try to hijack Greek and Bulgarian history. They are taught to hate Bulgarians, and they are ethnic Bulgarians, they are taught to be Macedonians and hate Greeks, and only Greeks are true Macedonians. With a mentality like that what hope do we have for peace and unity.
I am from Serbia . I went to high school for music. I had folk dances and ethnomusicology. While today I am an ethnologist by profession, I hope you have more plans to research such interesting topics. The Balkans are known for their rich tradition and good "soil" for research. I discovered your channel by accident. I wish you all the luck to continue in this research endeavor, greetings from Serbia! :)
I wish I will live long enough to see Balkan United and respectful towards each other. We are so cute while supporting each other! No one needs war, it doesn’t do any good, who wants their fathers, brothers or family killed ? No one, it does hurt the same for everyone. The day we will meet our creator, will matter who we are as individuals not as a country so leave borders behind we are citizens of the same world! We are 1, the human race ❤️ Love and Peace!
I love this dance collage of Balkan countries. I am Bulgarian 🇧🇬 with Turkish and Greek roots in my family. I always had this feeling we people from southeast Europe are something special and had and we have more in common than we realise, for some reason there is division and we see it again in the northeast. This all is unreasonable and heartbreaking. I send love ❤️ to all people of our regions no matter where you are.
@@batuhankara672 you are mixing thing up. no, turks ruled for 400 years. During this time greeks revolted 124 times. Why they would do that if they were happy about the situation. Finally the 1821 revolt succeded. The genocide happened in 1914-1922. 3000000 of turkish christian turkish citizens of greek, armenian and syrian descend were genocided. Please look up the difference between ”just” killing people and genocide them.
Rođena sam Hrvatica ali sam odrasla uz muziku iz cijele bivše Jugoslavije i Balkana. Baš me danas uhvatila neka reuma I nostalgija ali sluh je Bogu hvala dobar pa si sama poplesem. A ti naši mladi momci što plešu pa to je predivno, bas su kao lutke.Ej da sam malo mlađa pa da mi je pamet ova………..Pozdrav svima ljudima dobre volje
Братчета, made a bicycle trip from Melnik, Bulgaria, through Greece, Makedonia, Albania and Greece again, and I tell you OUR land, and I say OUR, because we all live on one and the same land, is the most precious peace on earth. We should make all imaginable efforts to work together and make the Balkan the best place to live in Europe. That could happen only when we act together, when we get to know each other, when we connect, and force our governments to establish good connections among our countries. На една земя живеем! Сърдечен поздрав, Атанас
Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷 Great work! As a child I spent all my summers near the town of Tekirdag, in the European part of Turkey (Eastern Thrace). I remember the beautiful sea, the endless sunflower fields, and our parents drinking raki (Turkish version of ouzo) at dinner almost every night. There was really something special in the air. I remember going to the “Bulgarian market” in Tekirdag and buying a bootleg Bulgarian print Led Zeppelin record. Every now and then we would hear stories from someone who had either traveled to a Balkan country, or had family there, or something else. Years later I had a chance to visit Athens, Greece but haven’t been able to explore anywhere else, as I’ve been living in far away countries since my twenties. My maternal grandfather’s parents were from Kircali in Bulgaria and Xanthi in Greece; exploring those parts one day is on my bucket list.
Oh you just sent me back to my childhood as well with that word "raki" im albanian but as you probably should know we have loads of similarities together, the cultur, the food, the religion and many words we still have in our vocabulary that we use. The smell of raki is amazing and I rember that year's time when everyone in the neighbourhood would be boiling/preparing the raki all together helping out each-other during the process. I don't live in Albania now and haven't been there since 2017 but inşallah if i get residency from the country where im living at the moment the first destination after visiting my precious home will be definitely Istanbul and Cappadocia. I also have to mention that we do have similarities with Greece too because Albanians have been emigrating in there for soooooo many many years.
Raki is relevant to ouzo as much as to arabic arak, italian sabuca and French pastris, in terms of all of them being destilled and anised. But, there is an enormous difference: raki is traditional, and kinda the most consumed alcohol in Turkey. Ouzo is not traditional (a specific person from thessaly founded it in middle 19th century) and it's popular among tourists. The most consumed drink in Greece is wine, like in all of Southern Europe Greece, especially if we move away from Northern Greece, is far less Balkan and more southern European than someone would expect
@@giannisb2721 Ouzo is traditional in certain regions. It doesnt have to be the most consumed or to be invented there to be part of the local tradition.
Hi, Vasilis, I am from Croatia, and I am not that into our traditional folk music and dances, but what you did here is absolutely fantastic. Learning all these various rhythms and dances, showing both man&woman steps, showing equal interest, respect and appreciation for the culture of all of the Balkan countries. I really enjoyed your video. Great work! Thank you :)
How wonderful !! Balkan has so much to offer, generous and beautiful people, dances, music so emotional, friendships for life. I am from Croatia living for a long time outside the country. It is touching to see you young people having put so much love into something what connects us the best. Thank you !!!
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
Beautiful and meaningful video. We are similar, regardless of language. In music, dancing, clothing, temperament, cuisine. We are Balkans, we are brothers and sisters. This video also applies to the politicians of our countries. Thank you from Albania!
It was a beautiful and meaningful time, yes Sofu Kadir! 💎🌼 Nowadays is quite different, as in other countries 😊, but the Bulgarian spirit of good, kindness and hospitality is still in full power! 🙏☀️🇧🇬 Hope you visit it again one day! 🙏🌹
Най- хубавата народна музика в цял свят е на Балканите!Вярвам, че тя ще ни обединява и ще ни прави по-добри и мирни!!!Обичайте се!!!Поздрави от БЪЛГАРИЯ!
Vasilis, you are amazing! Great idea, man, to bring all the Balkan countries together by dancing! 🥇I love it! That way we can get to know each other better and we can see that we are all good people and so beautiful. All of us! You impressed me to tears! Congratulations from ROMANIA! 🥰👏♥
The peoples of the Balkans are the most similar peoples among them in the world, they have similar and most beautiful cultures in the world. Greetings from Albania
Thank You Vasilis for uploading this,i'm from Canada and i'm so interested in Balkan countries I wish to all of you health and love,God bless you Vasilis
Uhm, by the maps of Balkan isn't the Serbia in the center of it. Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia and Slovenia all surround Serbia that's in the middle. 🤷🏻♀️ Just saying if anything is the heart of Balkan that's Serbia.
@@vexystar3389 When I wrote the heart of the Balkans, I did not mean the geographical location, but that Bulgaria is the oldest country in the Balkans. And it is the bridge between Europe and Asia.
Espectacular vídeo representando la la cultura popular balcánica. He estado en Croacia, Serbia y en Turquía y me han encantando sus bailes tradicionales. Gracias por este vídeo tan representativo y creativo. Saludos desde Zaragoza (España)
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
@@nevarlabok8484 they are literally one of the bigger reasons for our cultures mashing up together so much. You can say bulgaria is not slavic, you can say russia and turkey are not balkan but the fact is that they both had quite the influence and shared most of their history and culture with us.
My grandparents came from Marmara. They were Greek living in a Turkish island. I can see both cultures in the dance and music. Beautifully done. And by the way, the videography was fantastic,
That's something that brings emotions while watching it. Thank you for this beautiful clip. Greetings from Albania to you, and to all the nations you have included. 😁
Kirklareli is my homeland (my ancestors were the Turks who migrated from Bulgaria; Eski Zağra, Karinabad and Menlik to the Thrace region of Turkey during the collapsing of the Ottoman Empire), love for all Balkan nations!
From choreography point of view it is basically up to 5 dance styles that spread over 11+(1) countries, and even more their regions. Saying this, I just want to stress out on the fact that people living in the Balkans are more similar to one another than one can ever imagine. Brilliant concept, outstanding performance, kudos to that!
Στα Βαλκάνια όπως πάντα έχει πολύ ζέστη. Θα με συγχωρείτε για τα ελληνικά μού, μπορεί και να κάνω λάθος. Γιατί είμαστε τόσο είδει και τόσο θέλουμε να μη είμαστε κοντά; Μπράβο Βασίλη, ευχαριστώ για αυτό που κάνεις για το τόπο μας!
What a beautiful video, Vasilis!!! You put your heart and soul into it and it shows! There aren’t many people trying to unite the hot temperamentaled people of the Balcanes on RUclips, but you did such an amazing job showing us all how close our clotures are and how much we have in common! Thank you so much for that! I love how you didn’t leave out the Romani people 😊 Love and blessings from Bulgaria ❤❤❤
With respect for everyone Hi from Miami I was born in Romania and I can dance almost all types of music from Balkans. It's obvious we do have a lot in common, our balkan culture is very rich it's my personal opinion. God bless all of you.
The best 12 minutes of my day; perhaps even my week. This is an amazing video, with even better choreography. You’re right when you say “most beautiful and most complicated.” We, as a Balkan people, have had such an extensive and rigor history. Yet, it’s nice to see how similar we really are, like we see in your video. All of our ancestors expressed themselves through these songs and dances - through good times and bad. I wish we could more often see our similarities, rather than our differences. Peace. 🙏
As an Albanian, I couldn’t agree more. Because of our history, or lack-there-of when it comes to the Balkans, we highly focus on our differences when we so beautifully share many similarities.
WOW. THis was fabulous!!! Vasilis are a GREAT dancer!! As a Mediterranean Greek here in NYC, this was really impressive. I particularly loved the fact you show how the Balkans are a rich cultural tapestry of different nations with a shared or collective cultural tradition, yet each nation was still able to imbue their own identity on the SAME dance.
Possibly one of the best one man show performances. Great detail and effort put into this video and the final result is awesome. This pan Balkan message you are delivering is priceless. Chapeau, Vasílis!
Бяла спретната къщурка с две липи отпред. Тука майчина милувка сетих най-напред. Тука под липите стари неведнъж играх. Тука с весели другари, скачах и се смях. Къщичке на дните златни, път свиден и мил и за царските палати не бих те сменил. Любимата ни България 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️
Best place in Europe , best food , the most beautiful people most friendly! Nothing like the Balkans! God bless Balkan people!
Friendly?????What are you?B*lgar?
@@bitchtoster5834 I m from Balkans best place in Europe
@@bitchtoster5834 I'm Bulgar. And this is true. Most foreigners have this opinion
most friendly? most racist i would rather say!
@@bitchtoster5834 what are ya a S*rb?
Balkans are the culturally richest nations in Europe with unique traditions .
Absolutely :)
Oh yes, so stunningly amazing & beautiful Sir! You have an interesting name there. I'm guessing you're from Sri Lanka. I used to work with a Sri Lankan lady with your surname , but i also knew an Indian lady with this surname too. I guess it makes sense, when you think of the history of both Sri Lanka & India & the close geographical logistics. Peace & take care.
Because the oldest European Race is from Balkan Illyrian-Hellens🇦🇱🇬🇷
ı agree.
@@noizy829 Not really, Albanians and Greeks are Paleo-Balkanic people (native in Balkan peninsula), and have majority Neolithic genetics (early farmers in Europe) but that doesn't mean Europeans originates from Albanians and Greeks bruhh.
Peace and love for all Balkans!!!!!
🇬🇷🇷🇺🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇹🇷🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰
Hello from Bulgaria
@@lyubengitev5284 hello from Greece my friend
Kosovo is Serbia!!!
@@dingdong6559 hahaha really?
@@dingdong6559 no. False
IM FROM BULGARIA🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
RESPECT FOR THE BALKANS!!!
Where politics devides us, music unites us.
May be not politics ( because they can on contrary gather us like Tito for Yugoslavia or Garibaldi for Italy ? ) but malicious and predatory superpowers in the neighborhood or far away like Nato or western EU ...
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2 minute for greek dance
35 second for turk dance
İts very politic
BIG HUG ❤and a lot of love from Istanbul to you all🇹🇷 🇬🇷🇷🇺🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰 Anytime your welcome to TURKIYE❤❤Balkans are the culturally richest nations in Europe with unique traditions .
Çok Teşekkürler
Teşekkür ederiz Makedonya'dan.🇦🇱🇲🇰🇹🇷
ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ,ΆΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ,ΠΟΙΕΣ...,,"ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ,(;)..."ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΕΙΣ(;)ΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΑ;ΟΛΟΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ...ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΠΑΡΕΙ.ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΑ..."ΣΚΛΗΡΗ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ",ΠΟΥ ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ.ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ,ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΑΛΗΘΙΝΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟ ΔΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΥΝ...
🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰♥️♥️♥️🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Yes, yes go to Russia and make free the country who are not your, oo excuse me!Not country a teritory Long live Anatolia without turks nazists!!!
People trying to divide us in the Balkans because they know how strong we are together 🙌🏻 Greetings from Bulgaria, and thank you for this amazing video 🤍💚❤️
Thank you! :))
Greeting from Albania with Love
So true! Greetings from Greece 💙🤍
Haha, IDK why I adore folklore cause you can watch something like dances or wear chloats elements that are from the past but actually you watch them in the present ...But when I see some festival dancers are so proud and show off like watch mee watch me now look this move ..Huh Huh !? :)) Classic show-offs :P greetings from the United States of Macedonia lol
Love from Croatia!
I am Bulgarian, with Serbian roots and I live in Cyprus, I know all 3 languages and culture 🙂 Greetings, health and life to everyone from the Balkans
❤
Nazdravlje, pozdrav iz Hrvatske
Which Cypriot language do u know? Turk cypriot or greek cypriot?
@@Heyurgirlistotallyrandom I bet Greek.
There are NO Bulgarians with Serbian roots!!!!
I am half Serb and half Greek. This video was a great idea and shows how much we have in common.
Love my Balkan brothers and sisters.
Thank you!!:)
Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.
Thank you my brother, greetings from Türkiye
Croatian and especially Slovenian music different from the rest of the Balkans.
Im shqiptar (kosovar) and I’ve been in Serbia, Belgrad is beautiful.
I am Greek with Serbian roots. Massive love and respect for all Balkan brothers and sisters.
Where are your Serbian roots from? Im just curious, greetings.
@@mihailnikoloff2554 XAXAXAXAAA 👍👍👍
I am Macedonian Bulgarian from Solun , Greetings from Bulgaria
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I'm greek too
γειά:)
The sooner people in The Balkans realize they have more things in common that bring them together, the better it will be for the prosperity and peace in the region
Exactly! :)
Ikr! Our dances are really similar with one another
Well said!
Soon as others keep they're nose out they'll be alright
@@manjoladuli7227 not only the dances, culture, food, religion, music. We are very similar even if we dont realize it
I am so proud to be balkan ❤️ our music and cultures are just magical 🌟
I am from Romania, watching this and seeing how similar dace traditions and life still we all have made me think of one thing, it doesn't matter what language we talk or how the country we live in is called, we all have the same roots so we should be more united.
Good bless us all and have mercy on us!
unity is not necessary as much as being educated and having basic human features like compassion, understanding, and so on
I love vampires
@@stefanbog2495 agree
sharing the same moral values is one of the best ways to achieve peace and respect among people of different origin
@@myowngenesis LMFAO
Not all Balkans countries have same roots
Romania is different, and I'm surprised you don't know history we are latin origin not slave
Anyway I like this balkan countries, I travelled there except kosovo and turkey
Every Balkan people are my brother. Proud to be Balkan guy. We must be united and have more love for each other. Western Europe always wants us divided and for this create wars so like this we will be weak. Dont believe to them. If we are United Balkan we dont need Europe we can be the most powerfull in Europe. We are the same people same tradition same culture. Long Live to all Balkan brothers and sisters. Much love from Albania
True.United We can live .Divided we will fall. Friends from Tamizh Nadu South India .India
It just crossed my mind almost the same thing. There is not too much hope for normality in the western world. Their roots are gone, their traditions have vanished, their love for the land they were born in, their faith is dust in the wind, their ancestors forgotten. But there is hope in the Balkans if we don t get too westernized.
We should be so proud for the way we are, and not made to feel like the "poor neighbour" everywhere we go.
@@nataliagaicu2631 we are poor because of bad politics but as people we are the best and full of human values. Wish you the best Balkan sister
Hajde!!! I’m also Albanian and I agree, we must love all Balkan people! 🌸
Well Russia wanted to divide Albania even more than the West already did in 1912, so it’s not just Western Europe.
Balkan is Europe's gem, warmth, passion, food, music ❤️❤️❤️never accept the negative stigmas about the region, we need BALKAN UNION, 💕
Agree with you!
I am Greek and I have Slavic and Turkish roots, I loved this video so much, and I could see that many dances had a few similarities ❤️
Long life to the Balkans. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Thank you .....
Muchas Gracias!
I'm from North Macedonia, I'm Albanian and I have respect from all Balkan countries and I hope that this hatred will end soon. Greetings to you all, only with love can you do anything
бунлар турклер.диллери славйан олсада.биз хаммабызда адам ва хава балалары.салам Руссийадан！йашасын Турклер уа Руссийа достлугу！Аллаху акбар！
@@РамзильХаннанов-б8м 😒
@@РамзильХаннанов-б8м there are no turks in the balkans.. maybe 00.1%
Dubi Subi. Stop beeing such a copycats. You are bulgarians
@@sallycoop935 maybe we all are just humans.
Balkans need LOVE NO WAR!! The music brings people together!!Great work Vasilis!!!!
Thank you, I agree! ^^
@@VasilisDance I love you for making this Video. So peaceful. Greetings from Albania to all Balkan people.
@@RITA-xe2so Greetings to Albania, thank you!! :)
Balkan really need peace and love
Faleminderit nga Kosova🥰
I'm a Turkish.My grandparents are from Romania,Greece and Bulgaria.I proud BALKANS! I love all of Balkan brothers and sisters.We have rich cultures.We are together forever!❤BALKANS♥️
Wow... but how come from Romania? As it was under comunism
You're not balkan poor Turkish
@@MastyAras-z5mhe's balkan
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@@MastyAras-z5m you need some geography and history lessons poor masty
Half Serbian half Croatian here .. big hug to all beautiful Balkan ❤🙏
aren't you lucky!
just kidding: i'm half serbian / half slovenian and my brother in law is croatian.
Greetings to my lovely Balkan brothers and sisters from Bulgaria. Respect, love and hold your traditions close to your hearts.
Greetings from Bulgaria! You're always welcome here. Bless you!
I never met my father and six years ago I've done DNA ancestry test to verify my ethnicity from father's side. It showed 48% of Balkan ancestry(Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Albania). No wonder I always liked Balkan music and dances, long time before I discovered my ethnicity.
You should visit. :)
Which DNA test?
It's called genetic memory
@@zhaw4821 it was not very specific though. I did My Heritage and it even showed which part of Greece my origins are
@@vassilopoula
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I’m Armenian born and raised in Bulgaria! I love my Balkans heritage!❤️long live brothers and sisters!
Колко много общо имаме, а все нещо не можем да поделим. Да се обичаме, братя!
Общото е родът ДУЛО. 😁
Amen.
Love will be win! ❤️
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
Why can't we just live in peace 🇹🇷❤️🇧🇬
The "hate stereotype" belongs to the politicians and elderlies, I'm macedonian and I love my balkan bros, all have amazing culture, food and traditions, and I've been to greece, the people were really nice.
@@macedonia3321 Well educated man
So true
Have you been in Greece? Well, i thougt you are greek because you said you are makedonian
Nikola, you are greek from northern Greece? (Makedonia)
@@nikolche north fakedonian
Twelve countries can be strong and united! so much beauty in every culture! be healthy ! I applaud what you are doing! Greetings from Bulgaria ! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
Love Bulgaria from Kosova
Unless one of them want to occupy Your turf. ;)
@@NestaSimbaSautiWe, Turks, were the last one who tried to unite them all but it backfired very badly :)
@@demirg Unite... how cute.
If I come to Your house, force You to do my bidding, force my language and religion onto You and Your family would You call that unification or rather You call it a raid and conquering? Hm?
@@demirg Unite ? Your destruction on Balkan past 500 years is visible even today . While rest of Europe was thriving you were stealing and destroying everything you touched
WHAT A AMAZING HUMAN BEING TO MAKE THIS THIS PERSON MADE THIS MUSIC VIDEO TO SHOW ALL THAT WE ARE EUROPEAN NO MATTER IF U ARE CHRISTAIN, JEWISH, MUSLIM, OTHER WE ARE EOROPEAN . GOD BLESS MORE THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS
Svaka čast... Balkan etno, stare kulture Evrope...Pozdrav Balkanskim narodima.Pozdrav ❣️🇲🇪🌲⛰️🌍
Wow everything is so exotic! From Japan. Even there are some countries I didn’t know! Fun to learn different culture.
Thank you!
Don’t make an effort to remember Kosovo tho
Music culture in Kosovo made many Kosovo artists be famous worldwide: Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha 😊
Bježi od nas Kavasski ako boga znaš
True,Friend.From Tamizh Nadu.South India.India
I feel so emotional because of this video… I wish the Balkans were united forever 😭
That already happened way back from 1947 up untill 1990-1994.. the country was called Jugoslavia/ Yugoslavia/southslavia. But after death of marshall Josip broz Tito fall apart by wars all over and never reunited.
I fully agree! Peace to you & to all.
Beautiful words❤️
@@franski6575 Yeah, but some nations wanted strongly to depart and there should been a reason for that. Plus not all Balkan countries took part in this project. But we can learn a lot from Yugo experience in case we want to have Balkan states in future, for example.
@@franski6575 yeah but some countries were strongly oppressed by the yugoslavian regime, that‘s mainly why liberation wars were fought
Браво! Една кръв сме, балканците, хлябът ни е един и същ, танците ни са същите, песните ни са същите. Какво делим на Балканите, като място има за всички? Тук е райска земя. Бъдете живи и здрави!
Да !
@@Жулиета-ш2йnije bas tako zajebi matematiku SRBSKO JE SRBSKO A DTO NIJE SRETNO
Slavinija srbska a siptsrska muska nosnja srbskih CETNIKA DAL JEDAN ,DVA,ILI TRI GAJTANA A KAPA SKRACENA NA KECU...POZDRAV ALI MUTAVIH I GLUPIH NEMA SAMO OVI KOJI KRADU SRBSKO BLAGO PREVODE...ZIVJELA TI MENI SRBIJO❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@slavicaslavica2580 е,нема що!
Bravo
So I know this is a weird place to get emotional, but hear me out: I live in the US and here no one really talks about the Balkans (or most of Eastern Europe) so I didn't know anything about these countries and their cultures for a long time. At the same time, I'm Ashkenazi Jewish, so the traditional music from my heritage sounds similar to that of the Balkans. I had always just assumed that not many people knew the style of music and that it was dying out. I'm so happy I was wrong. It's amazing to listen to songs that I previously thought where an isolated phenomena, and realize that there's an entire region that gets it. It's been equally cool to hear music from the other side of the world and feel almost at home and familiar.
I've been trying to lean more about the Balkans recently. It's awesome and y'all have the coolest culture! Anyway, that's it. Have a nice day :)
That was a great message! Thank you very much! :)
That's Great Hannah! My family is from Macedonia and I married an Ashkenazi Jewish woman. Our families always loved and got along well with each other as there were so many shared values and cultural elements. Klezmer sounds VERY much like Macedonian dance music! Our people even look physically alike -- people often puzzled over whether I was born Jewish or my wife was Greek or Macedonian. And Vailis, if you read this, Thank you SO much for this treat!
Hannah 🥰 our culture is still alive! I am Romanian and my husband is from Serbia but we moved as kids to Sweden! I remember when growing up in Romania everybody in Bucharest, where I’m from, listening to American/English music, Italian, Greek and some Arabic & Turkish! Anything but native music! Funny thing tho, as soon as many left Romania they suddenly started to listen to their native music! Me, I listen to everything cause I’m music addict ❤️❤️❤️ no music no life
Shalom from Serbia❤️we are very similar, almost the same. It is a shame because in the US they just think that Europe means France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy… The Balkans with it all countries , culture are probably the most beautiful what Europe can show.
I have friends who are Ashkanazi and Sephardic Jews and we were positiv shoked how similar we are.
Greetings from Serbia
It's quite great, Hannah, that you've found a kindred cultural spirit at the other side of the world, namely in the Balkans. I know that feeling as well, as I myself feel strangely fascinated and "at home" with the traditional music of several other regions of the world I have little or no connection with. Though, of course, Klezmer and Balkan music do indeed share many similarities.
In that respect, I would highly recommend watching one Balkan documentary (if you can find it), called "Whose song is this?" ("Чия е тази песен?" in the original). It was made by a Bulgarian woman, Adela Peeva, and it starts almost like a joke - a Bulgarian, a Serbian, a Macedonian, a Greek and a Turk are gathered in a pub in Istanbul. Anyway, the movie is about a song (a melody, actually) that exists in all Balkan countries and, naturally, most people here believe it's purely their own song. So the author sets out on a journey across the region, showing the different songs based on that common melody. Unfortunately, something that could serve to unite us, instead tends to divide us and Peeva demonstrated that with some rather provocative segments during her final demonstrations in Bulgaria and Serbia (i.e. where she and her husband are from, respectively). In any case, what I find interesting about that melody and which I am very sad that Peeva didn't really explore further, is that it's a melody stretching far beyond the Balkans - from Spain all the way to India. And from what I've seen, its origin actually seems to be from the al-Andalus, from the Sepharadic Jews, and from there it seems to have spread east, influencing an Italian Renaissance composer, Boney M's hit "Rasputin" and possibly even the national anthem of Israel. It's quite fascinating!
Greetings from Bulgaria!
We have just one problem, OUR POLITICIANS!!! God bless as all! 🇷🇸❤️
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Pravo govoris.👏👏
@Shpejtim Rexha they always win
@Shpejtim Rexhaeverywere is same,
@Shpejtim Rexha i hope so. Family its all it meathers
Lijepi plesovi Balkana.Prekrasno.Pozdrav svim ljudima dobre volje.👏👍👌💋❤️♥️💓💕💞🇭🇷
Türkiye'den selam olsun tüm balkan halklarına sizi seviorum. Politika umrumda değil.♥
Greetings from Serbia ♡
Long lived Balkans ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Bulgaria
This is the secret of the Balkans beauty each one complete the other with in culture and food and music 🥰😍😍😍big love and respect from United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
Warm greetings to beautiful United Arab Emirates!!:) 🇦🇪
@@VasilisDance I think I’m lucky to find this channel 🥰😍
THANKS...❤
Well said 👏👏🤝🤝🤝🤝
And the same to you Sir! The UAE is amazing too & is certainly a very unique part of this world. Peace, positivity & light, to you & to all in UAE.
Thanks ever so much for the "Ederlezi" outro, never forgetting that Roma are also an integral part of the Balkans.
Absolutely! 😊
Of course!!!
Yes they are!!!
@@VasilisDance You really nailed it all and I really loved the video, but the best version ever of Ederlesi is by Esma Redžepova: the greatest Roma music Queen of all times! You have to check her out! I was in balkan nostalgic mode last night and listened to music till 6 am, so now youtube and spotify keeps proposing similar topics... All best!
Yes, I loved that also. And *beautiful* song as well. 👏🙏
I am Romanian but I think former Yugoslav Republics all sound so awesome. And also Bulgarian sound of those women are so angelic. I think the Serbs and Bulgarians have the closest dance style to us and the Slovenian one is the most different
And Macedonians too
💙💛❤️🌸🇷🇴🌸
The Croatian dances are also different.
We are brothers ❤❤❤
Я тоже хотела написать, что больше всего отличаются по ритмам и танцам словенцы, но я заметила, что они похожи на наши русские танцы😊
Amazing! I'm from Romania and I had not clue that we have so much rhythm in common in a matter of dance and music and somehow i feel all these people from the countries you mentioned much closer then the west of Europe or other side of Europe. Thank you for it !
Thank you! :))
Apart of Greece and Turkish zone all are Tracian folclore
@@adrianciobanu5856 But Thace is a Greek origin since the deep ancient years (and half of peninsula)....that means that all the zones are.... ??
@@ΠρομηθεύςΤιτάν the tracien has habituated the Balkan Peninsula long before the Greek settlement there. Traciens were spread out of the territory of nowerdays Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonia.... And yes, Turkey and even Serbia. Most concentrated were they on the territory of Bulgaria and Greece.
@@FireSoraya Thracians are one of the ancient Greek plys, like Macedonians, Molosus, Dorians, Ioans, Achains, Aiolians.....all theese are becoming from the very anciant Greeks, the Pelasgians.
I feel so emotional...I love my Bosnia I love my Balkan...I love you all from Balkan...
Svaka cast. I love my Bosnia and the whole Balkan as well.
Who doesn't love the Balkans? 🕊️☮️ Part 2 is available: ruclips.net/video/9yRsx6RLhaM/видео.html
I do ❤️ Balkan
I hope it will find peace.
Vasilis this is amazing 👏, you are blessed . Love all these dances 💃 .Sending love from London .
I do love the Balkans and i'm a proud citizen of the Balkans and you make me more broud remembering the beauty in our peninsula!
@@melindandreca6343 Thank you!!
Great video. It shows how many similarities there are between all our cultures. As someone from Kosovo, I can say you did a really good job with the Kosovan dances!
GREETINGS from Romania, Vasilis, thanks for your great idea:we are the balkanians, with wanderful traditions folklorike !
Thank you!!:)
You right lady Maria,really nice video about our country
I agree. 👍🇷🇴
Romania is carpathian not Balkan
That’s all matter in this world, if we want to still exist and world ☺️
You should be payed by the EU for this great intercultural work !!!
Absolutely
Absolutely. But the EU doesn't like us much, I think. We are not so Western as they.😬😬😬
I agree ❤️
I lost count of the number of dances you had to learn, master, record doing both the male and female roles and then had to edit...what a spectacular achievement!
Great job, geitonaki! Lots of love to all Balkans from 🇹🇷
Това видео възвиси балканската ми душа и ме накара да се почувствам горда българка! 🇧🇬🇷🇸🇷🇴🇲🇪🇽🇰🇦🇱🇬🇷🇹🇷🇧🇦🇸🇮🇲🇰🇭🇷
LOVE RESPECT FROM A ANCIENT CULTURED CIVILIZED LAND AND PEOPLES PERSIA ARYA IRAN!!!!!.............
Е така треба бе брате бугарче да сме сложни поздрав од Македонија 🇲🇰
Love Bulgaria from Kosova.
@@aryashar2542 Greetings from BulgAria!
Yes sister, I feel the same way. But how can we move forward when North Macedonians try to hijack Greek and Bulgarian history. They are taught to hate Bulgarians, and they are ethnic Bulgarians, they are taught to be Macedonians and hate Greeks, and only Greeks are true Macedonians. With a mentality like that what hope do we have for peace and unity.
I am from Serbia . I went to high school for music. I had folk dances and ethnomusicology. While today I am an ethnologist by profession, I hope you have more plans to research such interesting topics. The Balkans are known for their rich tradition and good "soil" for research. I discovered your channel by accident. I wish you all the luck to continue in this research endeavor, greetings from Serbia! :)
To sto je stavio zastavu''kosova'' to ti ne smeta? E jadan smo mi narod sa takvima poput tebe
У Вас очень интересная профессия, рада, что народные традиции изучаются и поддерживаются.
Much love from Algeria to Balkan people, I love your culture especially the music
أهلا وسهلا من البوسنة أخي
I wish I will live long enough to see Balkan United and respectful towards each other. We are so cute while supporting each other! No one needs war, it doesn’t do any good, who wants their fathers, brothers or family killed ? No one, it does hurt the same for everyone. The day we will meet our creator, will matter who we are as individuals not as a country so leave borders behind we are citizens of the same world! We are 1, the human race ❤️
Love and Peace!
You wish you were infinite years old ? 😂
I love this dance collage of Balkan countries. I am Bulgarian 🇧🇬 with Turkish and Greek roots in my family. I always had this feeling we people from southeast Europe are something special and had and we have more in common than we realise, for some reason there is division and we see it again in the northeast. This all is unreasonable and heartbreaking. I send love ❤️ to all people of our regions no matter where you are.
Congrats to your many roots. I expect your turkish root to admit comitting the genocide against your greek root.
@@sallycoop935 Well Sally, what you are is what you see in the world...You could chose to see the harmony. Instead you chose to see the discord.
@@abraxadabra4224 if someone kills (God forbid) your parents I expect you to see the harmony
@@sallycoop935 Turks ruled the Greeks for 500 years, but the Greeks still speak Greek, live their religion, have their culture, is this genocide? lol
@@batuhankara672 you are mixing thing up. no, turks ruled for 400 years. During this time greeks revolted 124 times. Why they would do that if they were happy about the situation. Finally the 1821 revolt succeded. The genocide happened in 1914-1922.
3000000 of turkish christian turkish citizens of greek, armenian and syrian descend were genocided. Please look up the difference between ”just” killing people and genocide them.
Rođena sam Hrvatica ali sam odrasla uz muziku iz cijele bivše Jugoslavije i Balkana. Baš me danas uhvatila neka reuma I nostalgija ali sluh je Bogu hvala dobar pa si sama poplesem. A ti naši mladi momci što plešu pa to je predivno, bas su kao lutke.Ej da sam malo mlađa pa da mi je pamet ova………..Pozdrav svima ljudima dobre volje
Τα Βαλκάνια και ο Καύκασος έχουν τα πιο όμορφα τραγούδια και χορούς τού κόσμου.
Αγάπη, από την Ελλάδα
Gospođo,to što ste gledali,pleše samo jedan čovjek,tvorac videa,samo je slagao dijelove u cjelinu.
@@biljanakusic3200 po ,ajo dihet, po shihet qe eshte nje njeri duke vallezuar, qfar te keqe ka, art ,bravo per nje artist si ky.
@@biljanakusic3200 MEINE OMA HATTE DEN SELBEN FAMILIENNAMEN❤
@@biljanakusic3200 I maestralno je to uradio ❣
I love how literally all of these dances look like something I could see in my country lol
love from Turkey ❤
Turkey is included in the balkans
Balkan has adopted lots from the Ottoman Empire…
@@dtooom was forced to adopt...would be more true to say.
@@dariadimova4614 Nobody forced you to eat sarma and baklava.
@@dtooom I don't. I also have sex with men who have not been cut. A lot more fun. Something you will never be able to change.
Братчета, made a bicycle trip from Melnik, Bulgaria, through Greece, Makedonia, Albania and Greece again, and I tell you OUR land, and I say OUR, because we all live on one and the same land, is the most precious peace on earth. We should make all imaginable efforts to work together and make the Balkan the best place to live in Europe. That could happen only when we act together, when we get to know each other, when we connect, and force our governments to establish good connections among our countries.
На една земя живеем!
Сърдечен поздрав,
Атанас
Very nice look at the music and dance culture of the Balkans...Well done...👍 Hello from Ireland 👋
Slainte
Thank you very much! :)
@@bojan7dakovic Živeli
Some Balkan ways of dancing is similar to traditional Irish way of dancing, too. Isn't it?
@@amelie4205 Yes, there are similarities in the dancers movements and also in the footwork 🙂
Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷 Great work! As a child I spent all my summers near the town of Tekirdag, in the European part of Turkey (Eastern Thrace). I remember the beautiful sea, the endless sunflower fields, and our parents drinking raki (Turkish version of ouzo) at dinner almost every night. There was really something special in the air. I remember going to the “Bulgarian market” in Tekirdag and buying a bootleg Bulgarian print Led Zeppelin record. Every now and then we would hear stories from someone who had either traveled to a Balkan country, or had family there, or something else. Years later I had a chance to visit Athens, Greece but haven’t been able to explore anywhere else, as I’ve been living in far away countries since my twenties. My maternal grandfather’s parents were from Kircali in Bulgaria and Xanthi in Greece; exploring those parts one day is on my bucket list.
Thank you!!:) Very nice!
Wow, that's a very rich and idyllic heritage! ♥️
Oh you just sent me back to my childhood as well with that word "raki" im albanian but as you probably should know we have loads of similarities together, the cultur, the food, the religion and many words we still have in our vocabulary that we use.
The smell of raki is amazing and I rember that year's time when everyone in the neighbourhood would be boiling/preparing the raki all together helping out each-other during the process.
I don't live in Albania now and haven't been there since 2017 but inşallah if i get residency from the country where im living at the moment the first destination after visiting my precious home will be definitely Istanbul and Cappadocia.
I also have to mention that we do have similarities with Greece too because Albanians have been emigrating in there for soooooo many many years.
Raki is relevant to ouzo as much as to arabic arak, italian sabuca and French pastris, in terms of all of them being destilled and anised. But, there is an enormous difference: raki is traditional, and kinda the most consumed alcohol in Turkey. Ouzo is not traditional (a specific person from thessaly founded it in middle 19th century) and it's popular among tourists. The most consumed drink in Greece is wine, like in all of Southern Europe
Greece, especially if we move away from Northern Greece, is far less Balkan and more southern European than someone would expect
@@giannisb2721 Ouzo is traditional in certain regions. It doesnt have to be the most consumed or to be invented there to be part of the local tradition.
Φίλε είμαι Αλβανός έχεις κάνει καταπληκτική δουλειά σεβασμός σε όλες τις χώρες όλοι έχουμε ωραία κουλτούρα ❤️❤️❤️
Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!
С интерес гледах видеото! Колко много красота има в нашите танци! Колкото красиви и изящни ,толкова и гениални!
Hi, Vasilis, I am from Croatia, and I am not that into our traditional folk music and dances, but what you did here is absolutely fantastic. Learning all these various rhythms and dances, showing both man&woman steps, showing equal interest, respect and appreciation for the culture of all of the Balkan countries. I really enjoyed your video. Great work! Thank you :)
Thank you!!:)
Romania... one love🇷🇴
Respect to all balkans❣️
Orthodox brothers
@@gezimgjeta1720 Ju pershendes dhe ju perqafoj shume! 🇷🇴🇦🇱
@@gezimgjeta1720" VLLAHU ESHTE VELLA"
The fact that this is a one man show is what made you instantly earn another subscriber. The amount of effort is jaw dropping!!!
Thank you!! :)
@@justme-yz5cx ni
My thoughts exactly!
I’m South American and I found the Kosovo dance really fun 🎉
How wonderful !! Balkan has so much to offer, generous and beautiful people, dances, music so emotional, friendships for life. I am from Croatia living for a long time outside the country. It is touching to see you young people having put so much love into something what connects us the best. Thank you !!!
Thank you 😊
Wow, amazing performance! Greetings from neighbor Austria 🇦🇹! The Slovenian songs sound very familiar...
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
Thanks you 🏔️🇸🇮🍻🇦🇹🏔️
@@attilakovacs1415 ungaria-hungary.... from ancient times dacian, not hungarian.
@@Creepex transylvania 1000 years in europe....103 years in balkan..tragedy,,,,for every nation....
🇸🇮 ≠ balkan
Big respect, this is wonderful! Love from Croatia!
Thank you very much!
Turkey not Balkan
Yes, the 3% in Europe is Balkan
Большая благодарность ансамблю ,который исполнил все танцы Балкан.Привет с Греции.Люблю всех.
🇬🇷🤝🇷🇺👍🇷🇺z✌️
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@@theodorosstamou❤️🖤💪💯 ЗСУ
@@otrutniy--otruiniy 🖕🇺🇦🐓👉👉👉🇷🇺Z💪✌️
Marru Christmas all balkanians people🤗🥂Hai va pup Romanii mei🇷🇴Craciun fericit si sarbatori fericite la toti🥂🤗💯👍🌲🎅
La multi ani si sarbatori fericite.
Beautiful and meaningful video. We are similar, regardless of language. In music, dancing, clothing, temperament, cuisine. We are Balkans, we are brothers and sisters. This video also applies to the politicians of our countries. Thank you from Albania!
Thank you for watching!
My precious Bulgaria, where i was born! I miss 1960's and 1970's. I miss my idealist teachers. They taught us humanism. Thank you Vasilis, good job.
Thank you! :))
Hello Sofu, are you Bulgarian Muslim? Where do you live now?
It was a beautiful and meaningful time, yes Sofu Kadir! 💎🌼
Nowadays is quite different, as in other countries 😊, but the Bulgarian spirit of good, kindness and hospitality is still in full power! 🙏☀️🇧🇬
Hope you visit it again one day! 🙏🌹
You are so right.
@@turcoboshnak.Hello. I dont know . You. But i have a question. Why she have to be a muslim. Peace.
I'm from Bulgaria. I watch and admire the performance. Unbelievable!!! Thanks.👏
Най- хубавата народна музика в цял свят е на Балканите!Вярвам, че тя ще ни обединява и ще ни прави по-добри и мирни!!!Обичайте се!!!Поздрави от БЪЛГАРИЯ!
Teşekkürler, Balkan kültürü bir başka...
Vasilis, you are amazing! Great idea, man, to bring all the Balkan countries together by dancing! 🥇I love it! That way we can get to know each other better and we can see that we are all good people and so beautiful. All of us! You impressed me to tears! Congratulations from ROMANIA! 🥰👏♥
The peoples of the Balkans are the most similar peoples among them in the world, they have similar and most beautiful cultures in the world. Greetings from Albania
Predivno …samo daj Boze Mira i blagostanja na našem predivnom balkanu
Vllahu eshte vella ;) hello from Romania
@@luciano3270 Bravo!
Albanezi si romani sint cei mai apropiati intre ei.
126 de cuvinte asemana!
@@leonoralleshi3789 ...Albanese is the surname of Australia's Labor Party's leader., Antony Albanese.
We are all thracians 😊
I am irish 🇮🇪 and serbian 🇷🇸 , i am so thankful to have such rich culture and music in my dna ❤
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love from bosnia to my balkan brother and sisters🇧🇦❤️
🇹🇷❤️🇧🇦
Đe si jarane pozdrav iz Beograda🇷🇸❤️🇧🇦
Thank You Vasilis for uploading this,i'm from Canada and i'm so interested in Balkan countries
I wish to all of you health and love,God bless you Vasilis
Greetings from the Heart of the Balkans - Bulgaria. We are all brothers and sisters. Love yourself and don't listen to politicians!
Exactly ..Greetings from Greece
Bravo brat,pozdrav Leskovca Srbija
Uhm, by the maps of Balkan isn't the Serbia in the center of it. Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia and Slovenia all surround Serbia that's in the middle. 🤷🏻♀️ Just saying if anything is the heart of Balkan that's Serbia.
@@vexystar3389 When I wrote the heart of the Balkans, I did not mean the geographical location, but that Bulgaria is the oldest country in the Balkans. And it is the bridge between Europe and Asia.
@@ribcobratan ye sorry no bulgaria is not the heart never will be sorry bruh
I did DNA tests and found Balkan ancestors!! I love it. This explains why I love this music so much❤️
Welcome ❤
Espectacular vídeo representando la la cultura popular balcánica. He estado en Croacia, Serbia y en Turquía y me han encantando sus bailes tradicionales. Gracias por este vídeo tan representativo y creativo. Saludos desde Zaragoza (España)
Прекрасно! Поздрав от България 🇧🇬 🇬🇷
Благодаря ти много! ^^ 🇧🇬 🇬🇷
@@VasilisDance но ти не само може да танцуваш всеки балкански танц но и да говориш и малко български🇧🇬🇬🇷
Коя е българската песен?
@@ginismoja2459 Ансамбъл „Пирин" - Копаница
Kosovo is not country!
Oh I loved this video 😍❤️ big love and respect from Azerbaijan and Iran 🇦🇿🇮🇷
Thank you!! :))
Respect from Kosova
Greetings from Türkiye🇦🇿🇹🇷🇹🇷🌹🌹
@@nikibessi3348 ❤️😍
@@mehmetcembolukbasi7225 ❤️😍💋
Balkan je ❤ i duša igre Pozdrav iz SRBIJE 😊
We are all one nation but wars divide us thru history. Much love from Bosnia.
Love Bosnia & herzegovina from Kosova❤️
Bro Turkey Not balkan
vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....
@@nevarlabok8484 they are literally one of the bigger reasons for our cultures mashing up together so much. You can say bulgaria is not slavic, you can say russia and turkey are not balkan but the fact is that they both had quite the influence and shared most of their history and culture with us.
The 3% of Turkey is Balkan
My grandparents came from Marmara. They were Greek living in a Turkish island. I can see both cultures in the dance and music. Beautifully done. And by the way, the videography was fantastic,
Thank you!!
Are you from Marmara Island (Prokonnisos) ? I am from Marmara Island and Izmir and if you want to visit us, you are always welcome in Turkey !! ❤
@@selincaglayan5954 No I'm not. My grandparents were from there and were ousted in 1921. The fled to the U.S.
That's something that brings emotions while watching it. Thank you for this beautiful clip. Greetings from Albania to you, and to all the nations you have included. 😁
Thank you very much!
Kirklareli is my homeland (my ancestors were the Turks who migrated from Bulgaria; Eski Zağra, Karinabad and Menlik to the Thrace region of Turkey during the collapsing of the Ottoman Empire), love for all Balkan nations!
I started crying when i heart the Outro.. Thx a lot Bro for thinking about our Roma People 🙏🏽💙 Gott bless u and ur Family!
The best song ever! Thank you very much, the same for yours🙏🏽💙
That song is so beautiful :)
From choreography point of view it is basically up to 5 dance styles that spread over 11+(1) countries, and even more their regions. Saying this, I just want to stress out on the fact that people living in the Balkans are more similar to one another than one can ever imagine. Brilliant concept, outstanding performance, kudos to that!
Thank you!! :)
Στα Βαλκάνια όπως πάντα έχει πολύ ζέστη. Θα με συγχωρείτε για τα ελληνικά μού, μπορεί και να κάνω λάθος.
Γιατί είμαστε τόσο είδει και τόσο θέλουμε να μη είμαστε κοντά;
Μπράβο Βασίλη, ευχαριστώ για αυτό που κάνεις για το τόπο μας!
Συμφωνώ μαζί σας! Ευχαριστώ πολύ!
@@VasilisDance για να τα πάμε καλά ας μοιράσουμε όπως πρέπει την πίτα και τότε όλα καλά ζητώ Κύπρος Βόρειος Ήπειρος 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇨🇾🇨🇾
What a beautiful video, Vasilis!!! You put your heart and soul into it and it shows! There aren’t many people trying to unite the hot temperamentaled people of the Balcanes on RUclips, but you did such an amazing job showing us all how close our clotures are and how much we have in common! Thank you so much for that! I love how you didn’t leave out the Romani people 😊
Love and blessings from Bulgaria ❤❤❤
What a guy, you made me cry like a baby and I'm 41! Miss my Albania, great performance, thank you!
Thank you!!:)
With respect for everyone Hi from Miami I was born in Romania and I can dance almost all types of music from Balkans. It's obvious we do have a lot in common, our balkan culture is very rich it's my personal opinion. God bless all of you.
The best 12 minutes of my day; perhaps even my week. This is an amazing video, with even better choreography. You’re right when you say “most beautiful and most complicated.” We, as a Balkan people, have had such an extensive and rigor history. Yet, it’s nice to see how similar we really are, like we see in your video. All of our ancestors expressed themselves through these songs and dances - through good times and bad. I wish we could more often see our similarities, rather than our differences. Peace. 🙏
👌Thank you!
Kosova Shqiperia 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇽🇰🇽🇰 super
As an Albanian, I couldn’t agree more. Because of our history, or lack-there-of when it comes to the Balkans, we highly focus on our differences when we so beautifully share many similarities.
So, so true indeed! You are right. Peace to you & to all.
Wow, they're all like kurdish dance
WOW. THis was fabulous!!! Vasilis are a GREAT dancer!! As a Mediterranean Greek here in NYC, this was really impressive. I particularly loved the fact you show how the Balkans are a rich cultural tapestry of different nations with a shared or collective cultural tradition, yet each nation was still able to imbue their own identity on the SAME dance.
Possibly one of the best one man show performances. Great detail and effort put into this video and the final result is awesome.
This pan Balkan message you are delivering is priceless. Chapeau, Vasílis!
Thank you!! :)
Ako obichate napisheto go na bulgarski.Blagodaria.
Бяла спретната къщурка с две липи отпред. Тука майчина милувка сетих най-напред. Тука под липите стари неведнъж играх. Тука с весели другари, скачах и се смях.
Къщичке на дните златни, път свиден и мил и за царските палати не бих те сменил.
Любимата ни България 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️
It's lovely to here folk music from different parts of Europe, much love and peace from England, a real Englishman not scummy politicians
Cel mai frumos spațiu cultural din Europa!❤