Efrén López, Meira segal, Yoni Ben-Dor - the III project - KOPANITSA (HD)

The III Project - Kopanitsa
Efrén López - hurdy gurdy
Meira Segal - gaida
Yoni Ben-Dor - davul
Sound recorded and mixed
by Efrén López
at Vasmaris Studio and Stelios Petrakis Studio
video directed & filmed
by Victoria Trzeciak
edited by Sibylle Meder
assistant camera & gaffer
Manolis Kritsotakis
live sound recordist
Klairi Kefalogianni
With many thanks to
Jérôme Salomon and Giorgos Tsimbragos
a Tola Films production © 2015
www.tolafilms.rocks

[@OshinAttari]

I'm From Iran And really Enjoyed i listened this Piece for 5 Years 🇮🇷🇧🇬 Herja !!!

[@ThePumpingiron27]

99% of my music is folk from all over (but mostly Slavic) and instrumental. Can't get enough of this great music!

[@mboss1973]

The Power of Bulgarian folklore music. Enjoy it! 😃

[@petarantonov8947]

@@catssniaouthyss1105 Nice joke! Thank you! You made me laugh a lot ..!

[@nikolaygeorgiev1691]

@@catssniaouthyss1105 It is Bulgarian music.

[@LowSkillSurvival]

@@nikolaygeorgiev1691 Is it yes? "Lopez" sounded spanish to me, but whatever, I dont know. Anyway, sounds good.

[@lm7338]

@@LowSkillSurvival and Segal and Ben-Dor are Hebrew/Jewish names, it's just the surnames of the players.

[@7811123246]

​@@LowSkillSurvival You're an idiot!! It's Bulgarian or Българска музика е!!

[@sandramorey2529]

I used to dance to Kopanitsa in the SF BayArea in the 1960's. Most fun dance, like flying with others around the room. I love the Gaida being combined with the Hurdy Gurdy and the wonderful drum that usually would accompany this dance. Makes the hair stand up on my arms. Thank you for posting this.

[@huskytail]

Yes, all versions of kopanitsa are SO fun to dance 😍

[@pallasaudio]

I always come back... thank you for this masterpiece

[@user-zs3re6fh4n]

Its bulgarian folklore. Bulgaria is country whit most rich folklore on this planet. In national library is keeped more 240000 folklore songs. Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce

[@user-rr2dv5pi7u]

🇹🇷🇹🇷Türkish slngle tool the tulum black sea people madin Türkish Tulum thank you

[@axotrax]

I always have to come back to this video. It's so mesmerizing.

[@lavenderblue8776]

My two year old is obsessed with this. I visited Bulgaria as a teenager and it's a wonderful country, full of absolutely lovely people.

[@obedinenie]

Beautiful Bulgarian song!

[@isabelleromain4417]

Le folklore de la Bulgarie connaît la vielle à roue, c'est magnifique!

[@philippedanneel8534]

When people decide to make music instead of war

[@dmhq-administration]

...or spicy egg ramen with veggies and poached eggs! 🤔🥰🤗💖🌶️🥚🍜

[@vladimiraleksandrov2282]

Поздрав от България:) Greetings from Bulgaria:)

[@PPINV2012]

If the Earth could sing this would be her flagship song. Well done Efren, Meira and Yoni...

[@onedaybakery7442]

Kopanitsa comes from the Bulgarian world "kopane (копане)" which means digging. The reason for the name is a dance were people stomp their feet on the grown like digging.

[@eternal8886]

Yes, bulgarians invented everything...not just the gaida but the words also. While still were behind Caucassus before their hordes came to where bulgaria exists today. But....the language from their homeland in Kazan, Tatarstan, has nothing to do with the language they adopted in the Balkans. Good luck with your hoarding.

[@micron1983]

I am afraid that kopanitsa is a Greek word, which means "small stick". -itsa is used to pronounce small things and comes from the word "kopanos" which means a stick that used to hit something, kopanitsa is a small stick that used to hit something with not much force. There is a town even in Greece with that name "KOPANOS". Sorry if I disappointed you!

[@Krasnovoin]

You are right, though such tunes can be found in other Balkan countries, as well. Here's some info about Kopanitsa folk music and dance en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopanitsa

[@socratesgoulas9036]

@@micron1983'' Kopanos'' was usually used to hit washing clothes, with hands outdoors! Sounds Greek to me!!! Greetings from Yannina, Hellas!

[@kaloyanvasilev9553]

@@micron1983 А северна Гърция не е ли част от Тракия приятелю?Мелодията и ритъма са типични за тракийска фолклорна област.

[@user-kg1xk5hc1j]

Гордо ми е ! Драго мие! Сърцето ми се пълни с любов към България

[@adolfoclaudiolazary5969]

A bailar! Corrimos la mesa y a bailar ja ja ! Hermosas imágenes. Cuanta alegría Gracias Saludos

[@M1710100]

Efren and Meira are just great, but when Yoni joins in, that's when the large-scale party starts! :)

[@sracimirsavov2266]

Прекрасно звучене и интерпретация, на Български фолклор! Браво!

[@user-lk7sn2wl3r]

И на русском.

[@blakecalhoun2990]

This needs to be in literally every Open World RPG ever. Even with just the three instruments, there is such a luscious wall of sound. Excellent composition and production. It's great to hear music with some soul to it, something like this that you can feel pulsing in the blood.

[@wolfgangbottcher1338]

Ok

[@wolfgangbottcher1338]

Hurdigurdie cool

[@deniserb4754]

That's so beautiful, that I cannot stop listening! Thanks for posting.

[@jeronimonoguera3061]

Simplemente monumental, maravilloso y único.Bellísima música

[@adampapaj4513]

Słowianie południowi. Sława wam i chwała bracia za tą piekną muzyke.

[@user-cb8bh5tr4g]

It's very beautiful...

[@glishev]

'Tis sweet indeed to hear the music of my people made so well by strangers :) Greetings from Bulgaria.

[@mickaelcohen5581]

Manol Glishev we are not stranges we r Jewish

[@soundlegacy]

This music is beautiful and amazing.Thank you

[@Benitostrange]

Thats beautiful folks truly wonderful

[@cheyenneoftheshire4652]

such beautiful music 😀

[@stuwilliamson272]

Keep coming back and listening to it again...Mesmerising...Brilliant love it

[@ViniciusScorpio]

No me canso de escucharlo. Es espectacular, los felicito!!!

[@robinread2250]

Magnificent, earthy, inspiring and just wonderful.

[@pallasaudio]

Thank you for your music!!! what a show of greatness!!!

[@levieuxplatane3920]

Thanks you, for bringing me back so far in my childhood. I love you Yoni !!

[@anairis4256]

Um alimento p nossa alma 💞

[@stephaniepetrova3130]

Yep, one can always recognise the bulgarian sound and rhythm, no matter how or by whom it is interpreted. Thank you for your beautiful work, hope to see more this :) ✌️

[@mohammedjamil9730]

Wowowo wonder full music love that ❤️👍 lots of love from Pakistan

[@bigred8438]

Absolutely wonderful, thank you.

[@Krasnovoin]

An amazing combination of some of my most favourite folk instruments!

[@GeorgeSamprovalakis]

After 36 times of pressing the replay button I think that I need to go back to my work! All this Bulgarian/Rhodopa/Thracian rythms thrill me each and every time...

[@Gkogkas]

Thracyans was Greeks.Bulgarians are SlavoTatars what you wont to say?

[@rosamafia]

@Bebop гърците не бива да ги оставяме на мира, дори и в съня им ;) пък и нашето си е наше, трябва да си го защитим

[@rosamafia]

@Bebop не съм тя ;)

[@rosamafia]

@Bebop живот. Не знаеш и за напред с кого ще те срещне.

[@spiro377]

@Mind Freshener Троя

Daaamn I lived to see a gajda - hurdy-gurdy dialogue on a balkan tune. Hats off, it's remarcable!

[@user-zf5uu1bz4v]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIrUgZ14f5aboMU

[@user-om6gl6qk6t]

Bulgarian dance-kopanitsa-bravo!

[@Rigoerazo]

this song is amazing with friends, dancing and drinking wine in a rite of joy!

[@vicnababa]

Goose bumps!! Magnificent!

[@savarnimusic3346]

Yeah....so this is awesome. Always blown away by how amazing musicians are out there.

[@user-tk5np6ve5f]

Its wonderful beautiful and powerful music... I was listen it many times. And I will listen it.

[@hectorlunarg24]

Excellent Meira And Efren is a great. I admire everyone's work from Venezuela.

[@proffski]

Amazing, it brought a tear or two of joy to my eyes. This is culture indeed!

[@AdamLodestone]

I wish I could hit "like" a million times! This is gorgeous!

[@Airlightf]

After many years, I still love this one :)

[@kazhawnoori916]

amazing this kind of music takes me to another world always...good job guys.

[@fredaltensee363]

This is splendid, a fine and interesting combination of sounds. Very well done, indeed.

[@MisssLilly]

Oh I love this! Great, great piece :)

[@marinamutovchi1347]

That's something incredible and captivating! Thank You all!

[@danielgielow2169]

Simplesmente maravilhoso.....🇧🇷 Belo trabalho

[@bakimc4722]

Ало Бугари,добра вам је ова Копаница,свака част прави звук Балкана ,живи били.

[@mboss1973]

Поздрав от България, брат! Жив и здрав!

[@rosangelareis2377]

Meu Deus , que lindo , esse mundo tem muitas coisas pra eu conhecer .

[@DJnub]

Né

[@estudosestudos7283]

pensei o mesmo quando ouví esta música.

[@hernannavarreterojas5946]

La música hace poesía, nos hace viajar por nuestro yo interno...... Y nos comunicamos con nuestra alma....... Pero sólo el corazón es poeta. Hernan. Humilde samurai.

[@SagabjorlingMusic]

Absolutely stunning. Thank you!

[@voulafour7335]

απλά υπέροχοι.....μπράβο σας!!!

[@vqrapetrova9112]

Браво !!! България !!!

[@arulkumar4682]

Amazing instruments, amazing music and wonderful people!

[@mboss1973]

It is a bulgarian folklore, the dance is called Kopanitca😃

[@fionatanzer5270]

I Love to listen to these old instruments. The sounds are exciting.

[@mattiismouse1086]

I can feel Europe running through my veins while listening to this... And I'm Mexican

[@NicholasKonradsen]

efren lopez is from spain, and the spanish colonized mexico so it makes sense

[@captainbiggles]

Brother

[@axotrax]

Same, Mateo, same. (although I'm also European mixed in with the Mexican :D)

[@onedaybakery7442]

Bulgarian Kopanitsa,Amazing Interpretation!

[@shlomitcnaan7123]

Three beautiful people playing fascinating instruments in a stunning landscape. What's not to like?

[@alexandernaydenov7400]

Thank you, all amazing three of you, for contributing by keeping our culture alive! It's a great shame for our people and nation for not investing, for at least, the same amount of energy you beautifully spent recreating this masterpiece of folklore! By the way, I always noticed Meira's gaida has a slightly different timbre than the traditional Kaba gaida. Sounds a bit like a fusion of Kaba, Djura and Greek gaidas.

[@stanimirgeorgiev6284]

This is just amazing. Thank you!!! Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@Fabrici3d]

Espectacular!!!!!

[@georgegyulatyan3263]

Oh wow. This speaks to my soul. Amazing performance.

[@RobRed2007]

A hurdy girdy is fast becoming one of my favourite instuments. And these guys know how to use it with a bag of pipes - great

[@eliuvafeiro5479]

So many talented people 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I didn't know much about Balkan music and i love it

[@mboss1973]

It is a bulgarian folklore, the dance is called Kopanitca😃

[@steliospapakonstantinou2137]

@@mboss1973 How can it be bulgarian with a greek name ? ... Kopanitsa, from the verb Kopanao, which means, hit. Kopanitsa, the female version in greek of the instrument, where he hits the drum. The video is filmed also in Greece. There is a writing in the stone, Σ'ΑΓΑΠΑΩ, which means, I love you

[@SixStringViolence]

​ @steliospapakonstantinou2137 Some guys like you dies ignorant. Kopane = digging in Bulgarian - Kopanitsa is the name of the folk dance. The name is related to the steps - the footwork of this type of dance. The performers are spanish (Efren Lopez) and jewish (Meira Segal & Yoni Ben-Dor) and they performed and filmed it on Crete. That's why the greek writing on the stone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopanitsa The ending "tsa" or "ца" or "ca" is slavic and means something female - for example in BG krastavitsa (cucumber) , tsarevitsa (corn), krasavitsa (beauty) etc. in polish czarownica (witch), błyskawica (lightning) etc. Not everything is greek in this world. I know it is hard to swallow.

[@nickyfont347]

Excelente trabajo. Buena música, bien compuesta, bien interpretada, un bonito vídeo, sinceramente los felicito!

[@GuildensternTube]

I don't know... I love this song so much.... One of my most played KZbin videos

[@marilenesilvasacramento6873]

Oi Bom dia Goiânia Goiás Brazil que bom que vocês voltaram! É espetacular a música de vocês todos arranjos toda harmonia musical e a essência Musical em si! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Hyperionv2]

YES, WOW this was true an experience.

[@IvanDrakaliev]

Nice Bulgarian Song!

[@doznt12]

Great music with a wonderful combination of instruments.

[@ethnicmusiclover]

This is why I love music. Especially world music. Though I have been lost in Brianna Lea Pruett the last year and a half as she is the healer of my soul after my bride became and angel. This music was incredible. Beautiful scenery as well.

[@petarroteydo7506]

Кви са тея планини, каква е и таз музика. та да сетим.....Браво, браво !...

[@KartazonDream]

Вот как звучит Душа этноса!

[@keithlomas3535]

Very beautiful music and the view is spectacular. Thank you, very inspiring.

[@heymusicforallnoborders6241]

Der Aufbau ist der Hammer - einfach grandios. Wenn die Trommel einsteigt kriege ich jedes mal Gänsehaut. YOH! Das Ganze ist wahrlich mehr, als die Summe seiner Teile. Danke.

[@eiliakashkoli2348]

I like Balkan Folk's Love From Iran!

[@mboss1973]

It is a bulgarian folklore, the dance is called Kopanitca😃

[@PeUrmeleMantuitorului]

Wonderful music and video!

[@Filoujaja70]

bravo!!!!!!! trop beau merci très bon pour le moral merci

[@markwilson4078]

Over 2 million views! Makes the work that went in to making this wonderful video worth it! I have certainly watched many times over--it's THAT GOOD! Bravo guys!

[@doczik]

very good sound recorded ! especially the davul

[@radomirgrozev6869]

Pretty interesting. Kopanitsa actually is traditional ancient bulgarian dance ...The girl plays at Kaba Gayda/ traditional at Rhodopa mountains/ bagpipe.

[@klnptrv77]

Radomir Grozev this is djura gaida

[@edelahaye]

No, it's really a kaba gajda (bass). Djura gajda is more treble.

[@miriamgreen3063]

I like the video - the imagery especially

[@katerinamakedoniaGreece]

There aren't ancient Bulgarians. Bulgarians are turkic race from s.China and their roots are there. They came in Thrace during Byzantine empire. Thracian are ancient Greeks

[@toni7185]

Wake up Marin. .. don't sleep so much you are big man

[@adnanalwan757]

رووووووعة الحان وعزف راقي وجميل وممتع للغاية انتم مبدعون وتتالقون في العزف والحان الرائعة تحياتي لكم جميعا

[@wordofsongsmelody3250]

Música, uma introspecção maravilhosa, cada povo, cada cultura.

[@steveneri7439]

Shema Yisrael..Adonai Echad...Shalom...

[@jurasicfred]

Steven Eri Baruch hashem Adonai

[@karaliana]

Чисто Българска национална музика!

[@difkarim3931]

Taking you to another world very beautiful. An Algerian passed through here

[@VictoriaVesta]

Amazing, thank you so much!

[@andronikyegiazaryan3546]

Unbelievable !!!

[@kolaouzos]

The videoclip is in Greece. You guys are amazing !!!

[@Rastapapaman]

Thank you for sharing this kopanica!

[@sandramorey2529]

Beautiful video and I love Kopanitsa. I danced in a big group at The I House in the 1960's (at UC Berkeley). Loved it. Thanks

[@salomor]

wonderful :-)

[@emi.entiny]

Please, I need more of this divine music...

[@nyagolnyagolov7130]

Try to find other Bulgarian Folk Music then!

[@mickaelcohen5581]

Nyagol Nyagolov those people r Jewish if u didn't notice their names lol

[@skrizovec]

Mickael Cohen This music is bulgarian if you do not noticed lol!!!

[@ionutbejan884]

Celtic music

[@tatyanarussler9244]

@@ionutbejan884 - that's right, truly celtic, LOL, but not... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e167h5esbpVgn7c

[@fabiano6793]

Wonderful music,costums and people!☆

[@Haydarpasa12]

I love youuuuuuuu. Heavenly amazing music.Beautifull people you are.Nice example that we are all brothers and sisters.