Dance

• Wt mainly on the fore ft.
• Small and energetic steps with high knee
  liftings.
• The movements are light and upward.
• Jumpy and bouncy.

Music

• Fast, vivid tempo.
• Vlach or Romanian influences.
• Principal instruments:
• All kinds of flutes (occarino, svirka, duduk, kaval and violin and Duhov ensembles).

Dance

• Wt mostly on the whole flat ft.
• Slight knee bend pos.
• All accents and stamps are dir twd the
  ground, downward.
• "Earthy" quality.
• Smooth and round movements.
• Gracious hand and arm gestures
  in individual performances
• "Contemplative," dignity.

Music

• Starts often slow, "solemnly" then gradually builds to moderate then fast.
• Composed-irregular meters in Western Thrace.
• Rich melody lines.
• Principal instruments:
• Gâdulka, gajda, and kaval.

Dance

• Wt on the fore ft.
• Body leans slightly fwd.
• Small, light and energetic steps
  with sharp knee liftings.
• The upper part of the body moves fwd
  and back in coordination with the
  knee liftings.
• Šopska Natrisane – relaxed shoulder
  bouncing on the rhythm of the steps.
• "Jerky" and angular movements
• Very expressive, outgoing, and "witty."

Music

• Fast, vivid tempo.
• Graovo – Syncopated beat in many slower and fast 2/4 dances.
• The music consists of many 1/8 or 1/16 notes, which has the effect of the melody supporting and carrying the rhythm.
• Principal instruments:
• Flutes (svirka, duduk, kaval), gadulka, gajda, and tâpan.

Dance

MEN

• Heavy, wt on the whole ft.
• Knee bend pos.
• Hips are slightly turned fwd.
• Upper body erect and proud.
• Every stamp is accompanied by
  slight knee bending or dipping.

WOMEN

• Light, bouncy and feminine.
• Rocking body and arm movements.

Music

• Slow, moderate tempo, "stretched."
• Both cts (main and secondary) are often stressed in the Dobrudžan 2/4 beat.
• Slow 7/8 Râčenik, stressed are two out of three main cts.
• Principal instrument:
• Kopanka (a small gâdulka).
• Typical combination:
• Phuysharmonica, kopanka and gajda (Dobrudžanskata Trojka).

Dance

• High and on the ball of the ft.
• Liftings on the ball of the ft
  on cts & (upbeat).
• Vertical bouncy character.
• "Balanced" movements.
• Many rhythmic and syncopated
  nuances.

Music

• From slow to fast.
• Very melodic, songs.
• Rich in many different rhythms and irregular meters.
• "Stretched" and playful interpretation of the beat.
• Turkish influence; it is also the area of Moslim-Bulgarians (Pomaci).

Dance

• Wt on the whole flat ft.
• Čukče (low hops).

MEN

• Expressive and strong.

WOMEN

• Gracious, almost solemnly
  "deliberate" steps.

Music

• Slow, usually to a song.
• Horovodna pesen (Dancesong) or accompanied by a Kaba Gajda (low-pitched gajda).
• Melancholic, gliding melodies and singing.
• Here too, Pomak and Turkish influence.