Gorom pjeva mladi Radivoje – Gorica, BiH

Rista Vojinović – Lead voice/prvi glas Rajka Vojinović, Petar Žiža, Kacper Siejkowski – Bass/bas Lyrics (original): Gorom, gorom pjeva mladi Radivoje Gorom, gorom pjeva, gora odgovara Pita- pitala ga iz gore djevojka Jesi l', jesi l' ženjen, mladi Radivoje? Nisam, nisam ženjen, ženiti se neću Ajdu, ajducima žene ne trebaju Kad trebaju, oni otimaju Lyrics (english): Young Radivoje was singing on a mountain He was singing on a mountain and the mountain answered back A highlander girl asked him: "Are you married, young Radivoje?" "I'm not, and I don't want to get married Hajduci don't need wives Once they need a wife, they kidnap one" The singing group from the village of Gorica consists of a mixed, intergenerational ensemble of performers. The core of the group is made up of two singers, Rajka and Rista Vojoinović – neighbors who have been preserving the local musical tradition for decades, accompanied by their student, a young singer Petar Žiža. Their collaborative music-making exemplifies the natural transmission of tradition across generations, ensuring that the local repertoire and distinctive style of song performance retain their continuity “Gorom pjeva mladi Radivoje” is a traditional shepherd song typical for the whole Dinaric area. The main topics of the songs are nature, everyday life, and interaction with other members of the village community. Gorica (near Šipovo) – a village located in the Janj region, in the municipality of Šipovo in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. The local musical tradition belongs to the Bosanska Krajina region and includes archaic forms of singing, such as groktalica and bećarac, as well as traditional songs performed during family gatherings and village celebrations. Janj is a geographical, historical, and cultural area of the western part of Central Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina). It is located between the Vrbas River, the Pliva River, and the Vitorog Mountain. The name of the area comes from the small but beautiful river Janj, the tributary of Pliva. It is inhabited primarily by the Orthodox Serbs. The uniqueness of the Janj area lies in its strong roots in tradition. Many aspects of culture including folk costumes, craft, music, or traditional working methods (such as working with draft horses and cutting grass with a scythe to provide food for animals) are still cultivated and constitute the common identity of the Janjani. What particularly enchanted us was the unique singing with a very strong, deep emission. "Preko pola trapću kola" sung in the “na bas” style – a traditional singing style with a 2-piece harmony. It is practiced across the Balkans with different regional variants. It uses intervals of the third and fifth which resemble a medieval organum — About us – Balkan Polyphony is a field research project that collects traditional music from the Balkan area. We are not interested in any ideologies, we don't take sides in any historical conflicts. What interests us is traditional culture and its musical intricacies. — Our Partners: National Museum Zadar, Ethnological Department