I’m from Bulgaria and in my country, and in some other balkan countries, the roma community makes a type of music just for them and their parties and weddings, which involves belly dancing (I think even Ezma’s music is classified as that). I’ve seen that you call belly dancing “qyqek”, is there any kind of “qyqek gypsy music” in Albania?
A few examples:
(From Romania) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeBdeajIdvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeBdeajIdvU)
(From Bulgaria) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3d6\_VdWCoU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3d6_VdWCoU)
https://old.reddit.com/r/albania/comments/1bpv187/what_is_this_music_called_in_albania/
Posted by Theo04t
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Tallava
Tallava!!!
Here is one of my favourites:
https://youtu.be/7YnkHY3kGwM?si=vW-31JgLCs5btioG
And a more recent one from the same guy:
https://youtu.be/mE8Sy_61ecQ?si=11z0r_SnzbF8Qqx0
https://youtu.be/Id0Qi0Y8feM?si=HpY4U7k4lQxrHFNK
This is a similar style but in Albania we don’t really have a name for this except tallava which is not entirely folk music but mostly folk music upbeat with a flavor of the same music you are showing.