March 9, 2026, Playlist, Djipai (Bulgaria) Weekly dancing in March - new schedule

[katia mucha]

There will be weekly dancing on Mondays and Fridays during March. 

All dances in March have now been confirmed (always subject to the unforseen).

Fridays at BACC, Mondays at the RO Center. 

More Complimentary Bulgarian folk dance lessons at the BACC!   

Saturdays: March 14 and 21 11:30 am -1:30 pm. 1451 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48083 

Hi, dancers,

Sally and Marianne attended the Bulgarian dance workshop at the BACC on Saturday where

they danced Djipai, so Tom did a quick reteach of this dance.  In Detroit, we call it Djipai, 

a word that dancers in recordings and videos shout out, and for which we found one translation,"Skip."  The (perhaps) more common names, Cigansko and Ciganskoto reference the style of the Roma as Cigan, or a Romani person. Cigansko is the adjective form. The dance, however, is Bulgarian and was choreographed by a Bulgarian dance group.          

Here's the music, Đipaj Kermes by Serbian, Aleksandar Sanja Ilic ( March 27, 1951 - March 7, 2021 of complications from COVID), a famous composer of Balkan pop and rock music, and the Balkanika Brass Orchesstra.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtSeMnDGkE&t=7s

Through the years, Friday dancers often put down their snacks and abandoned their conversations to get into this exciting dance.  According to Folk Dance Musings, "There are many dances called Cigansko. This one is a variant of the dance Čičovata." 

PLAYLIST Monday, March 9, 2026

 1. Vikivaki (Iceland)

2. Milanovo Kolo (Serbia)

3. Kouventa Stin Kouventa (Albania/Greece)

4. Drumul Dracului (Romania)

5. Djipaj -also called Ciganskoto and Cigansko (Bulgaria) QUICK TEACH

    Video: https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2014/03/cigansko-horo-cicovata-bulgaria.html

6. Rumelaj (Roma)

7. Hopa Hemsin (Armenia/Turkey)

8. Masar (Sacred Circle “Palestinian”)

9. Sapri Tama (Israel)

10. Vlasko Horo (Bulgaria)

11. Opa Opa Ta Bouzoukia (Greece)

12. Guzelleme (Turkey)

13. Sabrali Sa Se, Sabrali (Bulgaria)

14. Tresenica (Serbia/Macedonia)

15. La Mariposa (Bolivia)

16. Carnivalito (Bolivia)

17. Siriul -Vasilescu version (Romania)

Friday Dancing Weekly

Balkan American Community Center at 7pm

1451 E Big Beaver Rd
Troy, MI 48083 

On the north side of Big Beaver just east of Rochester Rd., very close to I-75.

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Donations, please. 

Monday Dancing Weekly

Mahaney Meininger Center, 7:30 pm

3500 Marais, Royal Oak, 48073 

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