A significant part of the rejse Bulgarien rejser tradition and culture, folk music has its distinctive sound, partly due to the singers’ Bulgarien rejse voices which carry over a long distance and the way in which they focus their voices, giving the sound a distinctive edge.
The commonly used instruments are: a traditional goat-skin bagpipe (gaida), an end-blown flute (very close to the Turkish kaval), a bowed string instrument called ‘gadulca’, a large frame drum worn over the shoulder and hit with a beater (tupan), a long-necked metal-strung lute used for both rhythmic accompaniment and solos (tambura) and a hourglass-shaped finger-drum very similar to the Greek ‘doumbeleki’ (tarabuka).
There is a wide variety of regional styles of music in rejse Bulgarien rejser that can be heard all the year round - at Christmas, on New Year’s Day, in the summer festivals, at the feats of St. Lazarus, as well as at certain rites and of course at weddings. Most famous around the country and abroad is the State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances led by Philip Koutev who updated rural music with more accessible harmonies which probably made him the most influential musician of 20th century Bulgaria. He founded a group which became famous worldwide after releasing a series of recordings under the name of ‘Le Mystere des Voix Boulgares’ (the mystery of the Bulgarian voice). The group’s name is ferie Bulgarien Television Female Vocal Choir.
The uniqueness of the sound of women’s voices in the ferie Bulgarien rejser choirs comes from the rhythm, harmony and polyphony. This is what made them famous abroad together with the traditional dance music which also has a complex rhythm.
Traditional folk music can be heard in many restaurants across the country to the delight of the tourists who can’t help spending several nights in such places after they have heard at least one song. The music and the traditional Bulgarien rejse food, which mixes a diversity of styles and recipes that other people settling in Bulgarien ferie along the history came with, are one of the greatest attractions of this part of the Balkans.
