A Balkan Dance Medley! • (World Dance Series - Special) | Vasilis

The Balkans! 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇬🇷 🇲🇪 🇲🇰 🇷🇴 🇷🇸 🇸🇮 🇹🇷 | Today's special episode is the most beautiful, but most complicated, peninsula of Europe! ~
The message is quite simple; 🕊️ peace! The Balkans is considered Europe's powder keg ready to explode any minute now. We ought to abolish this title and work towards a better future. Work towards peace. Through this video, I hope I am showing you that each and everyone mentioned is so similar with one another and fighting (verbally or worse) brings nothing in the end. We eat the same things, we have the same mentality, we have the same instruments, we have similar dances and rhythms and the list goes on. ☮️ We are powerful all united and not divided. ☮️🌹
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00:00 ▪️ Intro | Map & Traditional clothing (song: Januske, beluske)
01:00 ▪️ Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 | Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина 🇧🇦 (song: vino piju nane age Sarajlije)
01:39 ▪️ Romania 🇷🇴 | România 🇷🇴 (dances: suita de dansuri muntenesti, geamparalele)
02:31 ▪️ Croatia 🇭🇷 | Hrvatska 🇭🇷 (dance: drmeš pleše cijeli svijet)
03:20 ▪️ Republic of Kosovo*
04:30 ▪️ North Macedonia 🇲🇰 | Република Северна Македонија - Republika e Maqedonisë së Veriut 🇲🇰 (dances: dracevka, malesevka)
05:31 ▪️ Greece 🇬🇷 | Ελλάδα 🇬🇷 (dances: gaida - mpella Olympia, to Margoudi, tsestos, zagorisios, tsamikos)
07:27 ▪️ Albania 🇦🇱 | Shqipëria 🇦🇱 (dances: polifonia jugut, valle me motive te veriut, valle e Peshkopise)
08:37 ▪️ Serbia 🇷🇸 | Србија 🇷🇸 (dances: užičko kolo, selsko kolo, vlaške igre)
09:42 ▪️ Montenegro 🇲🇪 | Црна Гора 🇲🇪 (dance: Crnogorski oro)
10:14 ▪️ Turkey 🇹🇷 | Türkiye 🇹🇷 (dance: Kırklareli karşılaması)
10:51 ▪️ Slovenia 🇸🇮 | Slovenija 🇸🇮 (song: zagodi nam muzikant)
11:28 ▪️ Bulgaria 🇧🇬 | България 🇧🇬 (dance: Pazardzhishka kopanitsa)
13:00 ▪️ Outro | Flag presentation (song: Ederlezi)
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SOME INFO:
* Kosovo is a partially recognised republic. It declared independence from Serbia in 2008, and has since gained diplomatic recognition by 97 member states of the United Nations.
The map chosen is defined by the Soča-Vipava-Krka-Sava-Danube border suggestion. Entirely in the peninsula are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Mostly in the peninsula are Croatia (southern mainland), Greece (Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece, Peloponnese), Italy (Trieste and Monfalcone), Romania (Dobruja), Serbia (Central Serbia), Slovenia (southwestern part) and Turkey (Eastern Thrace). Italy is not considered a Balkan state. Slovenia is also not considered a Balkan state by ethnologists, due to it being part of the Austro-Hungarian empire thus having Central European mentality and culture. Greece is a Western country with a Mediterranean culture. Even so, its mainland is considered Balkan by ethnologists, for having similar traditions and mentality, but its islands are entirely in the Mediterranean sphere.
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Thank you for watching!! Did you enjoy the dances? Did I add your favorite ones? See you in the next episode! Stay safe and stay tuned!
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~ Vasilis Petropoulos.

[@RangaNayanajithSilva]

Balkans are the culturally richest nations in Europe with unique traditions .

[@VasilisDance]

Absolutely :)

[@MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303]

Oh yes, so stunningly amazing & beautiful Sir! You have an interesting name there. I'm guessing you're from Sri Lanka. I used to work with a Sri Lankan lady with your surname , but i also knew an Indian lady with this surname too. I guess it makes sense, when you think of the history of both Sri Lanka & India & the close geographical logistics. Peace & take care.

[@noizy829]

Because the oldest European Race is from Balkan Illyrian-Hellens🇦🇱🇬🇷

[@cengiztaberda5600]

ı agree.

[@blockie9706]

@@noizy829 Not really, Albanians and Greeks are Paleo-Balkanic people (native in Balkan peninsula), and have majority Neolithic genetics (early farmers in Europe) but that doesn't mean Europeans originates from Albanians and Greeks bruhh.

[@josetranquelo7145]

Best place in Europe , best food , the most beautiful people most friendly! Nothing like the Balkans! God bless Balkan people!

[@bitchtoster5834]

Friendly?????What are you?B*lgar?

[@josetranquelo7145]

@@bitchtoster5834 I m from Balkans best place in Europe

[@VonegatManolov]

@@bitchtoster5834 I'm Bulgar. And this is true. Most foreigners have this opinion

[@AK-qi8yz]

most friendly? most racist i would rather say!

[@mcsroom8930]

@@bitchtoster5834 what are ya a S*rb?

[@petrosbright]

I am Greek with Serbian roots. Massive love and respect for all Balkan brothers and sisters.

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

Where are your Serbian roots from? Im just curious, greetings.

[@christoschristos7805]

@@mihailnikoloff2554 XAXAXAXAAA 👍👍👍

[@ivailokirilov9404]

I am Macedonian Bulgarian from Solun , Greetings from Bulgaria

[@mirjanasavic1719]

💞

[@Greecehere]

I'm greek too γειά:)

[@user-fe3sg6pj3i]

I am Bulgarian, with Serbian roots and I live in Cyprus, I know all 3 languages ​​and culture 🙂 Greetings, health and life to everyone from the Balkans

[@snezanapetrovic5189]

❤

[@lemonstealinghorse]

Nazdravlje, pozdrav iz Hrvatske

[@historyhayden]

Where politics devides us, music unites us.

[@user_23vb57xwq5h]

May be not politics ( because they can on contrary gather us like Tito for Yugoslavia or Garibaldi for Italy ? ) but malicious and predatory superpowers in the neighborhood or far away like Nato or western EU ...

[@purespirit8071]

Peace and love for all Balkans!!!!! 🇬🇷🇷🇺🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇹🇷🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰

[@lyubengitev5284]

Hello from Bulgaria

[@purespirit8071]

@@lyubengitev5284 hello from Greece my friend

[@dingdong6559]

Kosovo is Serbia!!!

[@madam-nesli9808]

@@dingdong6559 hahaha really?

[@sm3675]

@@dingdong6559 no. False

[@soruyyorum]

BIG HUG ❤and a lot of love from Istanbul to you all🇹🇷 🇬🇷🇷🇺🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰 Anytime your welcome to TURKIYE❤❤Balkans are the culturally richest nations in Europe with unique traditions .

[@ginaibisi777]

Çok Teşekkürler

[@lindaaliu3443]

Teşekkür ederiz Makedonya'dan.🇦🇱🇲🇰🇹🇷

[@DENVERTZ007]

ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ,ΆΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ,ΠΟΙΕΣ...,,"ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ,(;)..."ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΕΙΣ(;)ΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΑ;ΟΛΟΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ...ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΠΑΡΕΙ.ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΑ..."ΣΚΛΗΡΗ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ",ΠΟΥ ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ.ΔΕΝ ΘΕΛΟΥΝ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΧΤΟΥΝ,ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΑΛΗΘΙΝΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟ ΔΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΥΝ...

[@skopjanec8392]

🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰♥️♥️♥️🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@alimanRudaqi]

Yes, yes go to Russia and make free the country who are not your, oo excuse me!Not country a teritory Long live Anatolia without turks nazists!!!

[@duanjisomar]

My dad is greek and turkish. My mom is filipino brazilian. I love my parents people's culture!

[@armandalikaj]

The sooner people in The Balkans realize they have more things in common that bring them together, the better it will be for the prosperity and peace in the region

[@VasilisDance]

Exactly! :)

[@manjoladuli7227]

Ikr! Our dances are really similar with one another

[@norahyland2963]

Well said!

[@polibezos3710]

Soon as others keep they're nose out they'll be alright

[@lyubenlozanov6471]

@@manjoladuli7227 not only the dances, culture, food, religion, music. We are very similar even if we dont realize it

[@yonabc]

I am from Romania, watching this and seeing how similar dace traditions and life still we all have made me think of one thing, it doesn't matter what language we talk or how the country we live in is called, we all have the same roots so we should be more united. Good bless us all and have mercy on us!

[@stefanbog2495]

unity is not necessary as much as being educated and having basic human features like compassion, understanding, and so on

[@myowngenesis]

I love vampires

[@Bluz1]

​@@stefanbog2495 agree sharing the same moral values is one of the best ways to achieve peace and respect among people of different origin

[@Vegetarianbull]

@@myowngenesis LMFAO

[@octaviandolinschi7238]

Not all Balkans countries have same roots Romania is different, and I'm surprised you don't know history we are latin origin not slave Anyway I like this balkan countries, I travelled there except kosovo and turkey

[@user-mm4ws8iv1k]

IM FROM BULGARIA🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 RESPECT FOR THE BALKANS!!!

[@angelometodiev9516]

Greetings to my lovely Balkan brothers and sisters from Bulgaria. Respect, love and hold your traditions close to your hearts.

[@yanadre9154]

Greetings from Bulgaria! You're always welcome here. Bless you!

[@themartinalex]

Long life to the Balkans. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@lindaaliu3443]

Thank you .....

[@lindaaliu3443]

Muchas Gracias!

[@TruckEu22]

Every Balkan people are my brother. Proud to be Balkan guy. We must be united and have more love for each other. Western Europe always wants us divided and for this create wars so like this we will be weak. Dont believe to them. If we are United Balkan we dont need Europe we can be the most powerfull in Europe. We are the same people same tradition same culture. Long Live to all Balkan brothers and sisters. Much love from Albania

[@vathsalatm1250]

True.United We can live .Divided we will fall. Friends from Tamizh Nadu South India .India

[@nataliagaicu2631]

It just crossed my mind almost the same thing. There is not too much hope for normality in the western world. Their roots are gone, their traditions have vanished, their love for the land they were born in, their faith is dust in the wind, their ancestors forgotten. But there is hope in the Balkans if we don t get too westernized. We should be so proud for the way we are, and not made to feel like the "poor neighbour" everywhere we go.

[@TruckEu22]

@@nataliagaicu2631 we are poor because of bad politics but as people we are the best and full of human values. Wish you the best Balkan sister

[@Balkanbabygirl]

Hajde!!! I’m also Albanian and I agree, we must love all Balkan people! 🌸

[@181ld7]

Well Russia wanted to divide Albania even more than the West already did in 1912, so it’s not just Western Europe.

[@zhanizy6756]

I wish I will live long enough to see Balkan United and respectful towards each other. We are so cute while supporting each other! No one needs war, it doesn’t do any good, who wants their fathers, brothers or family killed ? No one, it does hurt the same for everyone. The day we will meet our creator, will matter who we are as individuals not as a country so leave borders behind we are citizens of the same world! We are 1, the human race ❤️ Love and Peace!

[@Comrade_YG]

You wish you were infinite years old ? 😂

[@vg4241]

Браво! Една кръв сме, балканците, хлябът ни е един и същ, танците ни са същите, песните ни са същите. Какво делим на Балканите, като място има за всички? Тук е райска земя. Бъдете живи и здрави!

[@user-ku9sd7vv9x]

Да !

[@slavicaslavica2580]

​@@user-ku9sd7vv9xnije bas tako zajebi matematiku SRBSKO JE SRBSKO A DTO NIJE SRETNO

[@slavicaslavica2580]

Slavinija srbska a siptsrska muska nosnja srbskih CETNIKA DAL JEDAN ,DVA,ILI TRI GAJTANA A KAPA SKRACENA NA KECU...POZDRAV ALI MUTAVIH I GLUPIH NEMA SAMO OVI KOJI KRADU SRBSKO BLAGO PREVODE...ZIVJELA TI MENI SRBIJO❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-ku9sd7vv9x]

@@slavicaslavica2580 е,нема що!

[@21vitrin61]

Bravo

[@gordiannot4033]

Half Serbian half Croatian here .. big hug to all beautiful Balkan ❤🙏

[@pameti.dragoblago]

aren't you lucky! just kidding: i'm half serbian / half slovenian and my brother in law is croatian.

[@MiticDane]

I am half Serb and half Greek. This video was a great idea and shows how much we have in common. Love my Balkan brothers and sisters.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!:)

[@MiticDane]

Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.

[@mehmetcembolukbasi7225]

Thank you my brother, greetings from Türkiye

[@memmedbaku4606]

Croatian and especially Slovenian music different from the rest of the Balkans.

[@mitromitrovica6180]

Im shqiptar (kosovar) and I’ve been in Serbia, Belgrad is beautiful.

[@ByzantineNoble05]

I am Greek and I have Slavic and Turkish roots, I loved this video so much, and I could see that many dances had a few similarities ❤️

[@ng3057]

I am irish 🇮🇪 and serbian 🇷🇸 , i am so thankful to have such rich culture and music in my dna ❤

[@snezanapetrovic5189]

❤

[@imperatorrr]

I'm from North Macedonia, I'm Albanian and I have respect from all Balkan countries and I hope that this hatred will end soon. Greetings to you all, only with love can you do anything

[@user-ee7cm5hf9l]

бунлар турклер.диллери славйан олсада.биз хаммабызда адам ва хава балалары.салам Руссийадан！йашасын Турклер уа Руссийа достлугу！Аллаху акбар！

[@ginaibisi777]

@@user-ee7cm5hf9l 😒

[@albania881]

@@user-ee7cm5hf9l there are no turks in the balkans.. maybe 00.1%

[@sallycoop935]

Dubi Subi. Stop beeing such a copycats. You are bulgarians

[@marcmangen]

@@sallycoop935 maybe we all are just humans.

[@9911desi]

People trying to divide us in the Balkans because they know how strong we are together 🙌🏻 Greetings from Bulgaria, and thank you for this amazing video 🤍💚❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! :))

[@bennyqendro8324]

Greeting from Albania with Love

[@gezimgjeta1720]

Aз и мойте половинка ви поздравяваме. 🇦🇱❤️🇧🇬

[@just_depie]

So true! Greetings from Greece 💙🤍

[@Bodlasona]

Haha, IDK why I adore folklore cause you can watch something like dances or wear chloats elements that are from the past but actually you watch them in the present ...But when I see some festival dancers are so proud and show off like watch mee watch me now look this move ..Huh Huh !? :)) Classic show-offs :P greetings from the United States of Macedonia lol

[@qefibajrami5848]

Jam shqiptare prej Kosove, se gjen kulturen ballkanike askund në botë. Te lumte per ket prezentim.

[@mitromitrovica6180]

Llafe me vend

[@Marubi2]

Kulture e forte me kcy

[@Armyxbts_872]

Love from Albania per te gjithe motrat dhe vellezerit shqiptare nga kosova!!!❤❤🖤🖤❤❤🖤🖤 Jam shqiptare nga Shqiperia. Edhe pse shtetet e Ballkanit kane kontrakdita nga ana politike, ne jemi te pasur nga kultura. Muzika, veshjet, ushqimet,historia, kultura, i kemi te pasura. jemi edhe shume atdhetare (te pakten ne shqiptaret apo jo?)

[@gordanalukic1424]

Albanci su u Albaniji, na Kosovu tj Kosovu i Metohiji zive siptari.Zivjela Srbija ❤ Kodovo is Serbia ❤❤❤❤

[@claudiiusmaximus652]

@@gordanalukic1424thanks for reminding us how you orcs still behave the same in 2024 dont change

[@nikgeorgio]

I'm greek with albanian and some romanian/hungarian roots...love all balkans...

[@bessamemucho]

I never met my father and six years ago I've done DNA ancestry test to verify my ethnicity from father's side. It showed 48% of Balkan ancestry(Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Albania). No wonder I always liked Balkan music and dances, long time before I discovered my ethnicity.

[@dimitarvasilev5787]

You should visit. :)

[@krasimirparvanov8139]

Which DNA test?

[@zhaw4821]

It's called genetic memory

[@vassilopoula]

@@zhaw4821 it was not very specific though. I did My Heritage and it even showed which part of Greece my origins are

[@zhaw4821]

@@vassilopoula 😊

[@trollpolice3739]

The "hate stereotype" belongs to the politicians and elderlies, I'm macedonian and I love my balkan bros, all have amazing culture, food and traditions, and I've been to greece, the people were really nice.

[@trollpolice3739]

@@macedonia3321 Well educated man

[@ibnenkigalileo9256]

So true

[@sallycoop935]

Have you been in Greece? Well, i thougt you are greek because you said you are makedonian

[@sallycoop935]

Nikola, you are greek from northern Greece? (Makedonia)

[@sallycoop935]

@@nikolche north fakedonian

[@januszmariuszlakucwwicz497]

Miod dla serca ta muzyka balkanska... Pozdrawiam z Polski bratnie narody bałkańskie.

[@vassilopoula]

djekuje

[@eddiepejcinovic306]

WHAT A AMAZING HUMAN BEING TO MAKE THIS THIS PERSON MADE THIS MUSIC VIDEO TO SHOW ALL THAT WE ARE EUROPEAN NO MATTER IF U ARE CHRISTAIN, JEWISH, MUSLIM, OTHER WE ARE EOROPEAN . GOD BLESS MORE THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS

[@gocagoca4495]

Balkan is Europe's gem, warmth, passion, food, music ❤️❤️❤️never accept the negative stigmas about the region, we need BALKAN UNION, 💕

[@georgesdellopoulos5808]

Agree with you!

[@user-jr6vt8do2v]

We have just one problem, OUR POLITICIANS!!! God bless as all! 🇷🇸❤️

[@VasilisDance]

🇷🇸❤️

[@HZV1911.]

Pravo govoris.👏👏

[@HZV1911.]

@Shpejtim Rexha they always win

[@HZV1911.]

@Shpejtim Rexhaeverywere is same,

[@HZV1911.]

@Shpejtim Rexha i hope so. Family its all it meathers

[@sofiasamlidou2071]

Большая благодарность ансамблю ,который исполнил все танцы Балкан.Привет с Греции.Люблю всех.

[@theodorosstamou]

🇬🇷🤝🇷🇺👍🇷🇺z✌️

[@snezanapetrovic5189]

❤

[@stanbatakarata6081]

Best peoples and countries ❤in World Greeting from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Balkans brothers and Sisters

[@snezanapetrovic5189]

❤

[@takecare6178]

I feel so emotional...I love my Bosnia I love my Balkan...I love you all from Balkan...

[@RetroWavePuller]

Svaka cast. I love my Bosnia and the whole Balkan as well.

[@user-qn4be9pn4n]

Колко много общо имаме, а все нещо не можем да поделим. Да се обичаме, братя!

[@yordanmadzharov849]

Общото е родът ДУЛО. 😁

[@johnorlitta]

Amen.

[@esracavusoglu986]

Love will be win! ❤️

[@attilakovacs1415]

vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....

[@alper2248]

Why can't we just live in peace 🇹🇷❤️🇧🇬

[@oshtoolman]

My grandparents came from Marmara. They were Greek living in a Turkish island. I can see both cultures in the dance and music. Beautifully done. And by the way, the videography was fantastic,

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!

[@Jazzgin]

Great job, geitonaki! Lots of love to all Balkans from 🇹🇷

[@lilliansrakovcic1365]

Rođena sam Hrvatica ali sam odrasla uz muziku iz cijele bivše Jugoslavije i Balkana. Baš me danas uhvatila neka reuma I nostalgija ali sluh je Bogu hvala dobar pa si sama poplesem. A ti naši mladi momci što plešu pa to je predivno, bas su kao lutke.Ej da sam malo mlađa pa da mi je pamet ova………..Pozdrav svima ljudima dobre volje

[@user-xo6uo5vv2k]

Τα Βαλκάνια και ο Καύκασος έχουν τα πιο όμορφα τραγούδια και χορούς τού κόσμου. Αγάπη, από την Ελλάδα

[@biljanakusic3200]

Gospođo,to što ste gledali,pleše samo jedan čovjek,tvorac videa,samo je slagao dijelove u cjelinu.

[@teutapeja3458]

​@@biljanakusic3200 po ,ajo dihet, po shihet qe eshte nje njeri duke vallezuar, qfar te keqe ka, art ,bravo per nje artist si ky.

[@lucykirin3966]

​@@biljanakusic3200 MEINE OMA HATTE DEN SELBEN FAMILIENNAMEN❤

[@majasmijeh4629]

@@biljanakusic3200 I maestralno je to uradio ❣

[@frankfranky7410]

Balkans need LOVE NO WAR!! The music brings people together!!Great work Vasilis!!!!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you, I agree! ^^

[@RITA-xe2so]

@@VasilisDance I love you for making this Video. So peaceful. Greetings from Albania to all Balkan people.

[@VasilisDance]

@@RITA-xe2so Greetings to Albania, thank you!! :)

[@prpr7423]

Balkan really need peace and love

[@MIA-kg8te]

Faleminderit nga Kosova🥰

[@jesusslushies2192]

I did DNA tests and found Balkan ancestors!! I love it. This explains why I love this music so much❤️

[@ng3057]

Welcome ❤

[@ng3057]

I am so proud to be balkan ❤️ our music and cultures are just magical 🌟

[@vanya123456100]

Twelve countries can be strong and united! so much beauty in every culture! be healthy ! I applaud what you are doing! Greetings from Bulgaria ! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@mitromitrovica6180]

Love Bulgaria from Kosova

[@NestaSimbaSauti]

Unless one of them want to occupy Your turf. ;)

[@demirg]

@@NestaSimbaSautiWe, Turks, were the last one who tried to unite them all but it backfired very badly :)

[@NestaSimbaSauti]

@@demirg Unite... how cute. If I come to Your house, force You to do my bidding, force my language and religion onto You and Your family would You call that unification or rather You call it a raid and conquering? Hm?

[@mirkogrozdanic6055]

@@demirg Unite ? Your destruction on Balkan past 500 years is visible even today . While rest of Europe was thriving you were stealing and destroying everything you touched

[@ElenaPavlovaTsenova]

Това видео възвиси балканската ми душа и ме накара да се почувствам горда българка! 🇧🇬🇷🇸🇷🇴🇲🇪🇽🇰🇦🇱🇬🇷🇹🇷🇧🇦🇸🇮🇲🇰🇭🇷

[@aryashar2542]

LOVE RESPECT FROM A ANCIENT CULTURED CIVILIZED LAND AND PEOPLES PERSIA ARYA IRAN!!!!!.............

[@amigoads7986]

Е така треба бе брате бугарче да сме сложни поздрав од Македонија 🇲🇰

[@mitromitrovica6180]

Love Bulgaria from Kosova.

[@LuchezarDossev]

@@aryashar2542 Greetings from BulgAria!

[@connappliedscience4973]

Yes sister, I feel the same way. But how can we move forward when North Macedonians try to hijack Greek and Bulgarian history. They are taught to hate Bulgarians, and they are ethnic Bulgarians, they are taught to be Macedonians and hate Greeks, and only Greeks are true Macedonians. With a mentality like that what hope do we have for peace and unity.

[@melihsav1907]

Greetings from Turkey to the Balkans. All this music is great . The magic of Balkan culture with cheerful and lively dances

[@chriscruciat2469]

I am Romanian but I think former Yugoslav Republics all sound so awesome. And also Bulgarian sound of those women are so angelic. I think the Serbs and Bulgarians have the closest dance style to us and the Slovenian one is the most different

[@slobodankaboceska9180]

And Macedonians too

[@AlinaSwistunowa]

💙💛❤️🌸🇷🇴🌸

[@bozidarljubenko9041]

The Croatian dances are also different.

[@milicamarkovicrajcevic5971]

Svaka čast... Balkan etno, stare kulture Evrope...Pozdrav Balkanskim narodima.Pozdrav ❣️🇲🇪🌲⛰️🌍

[@elizabetajambor6010]

Lijepi plesovi Balkana.Prekrasno.Pozdrav svim ljudima dobre volje.👏👍👌💋❤️♥️💓💕💞🇭🇷

[@Mirel.]

Love to my Balkan brothers and sisters. God bless you all.

[@galinajordanova]

I'm from Bulgaria. I watch and admire the performance. Unbelievable!!! Thanks.👏

[@danafejzi5994]

I feel so emotional because of this video… I wish the Balkans were united forever 😭

[@franski6575]

That already happened way back from 1947 up untill 1990-1994.. the country was called Jugoslavia/ Yugoslavia/southslavia. But after death of marshall Josip broz Tito fall apart by wars all over and never reunited.

[@MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303]

I fully agree! Peace to you & to all.

[@justinlove8819]

Beautiful words❤️

[@user-nn1ok8id4o]

@@franski6575 Yeah, but some nations wanted strongly to depart and there should been a reason for that. Plus not all Balkan countries took part in this project. But we can learn a lot from Yugo experience in case we want to have Balkan states in future, for example.

[@Fluti1928]

@@franski6575 yeah but some countries were strongly oppressed by the yugoslavian regime, that‘s mainly why liberation wars were fought

[@llanikai9089]

Wow everything is so exotic! From Japan. Even there are some countries I didn’t know! Fun to learn different culture.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!

[@TTeodora777]

Don’t make an effort to remember Kosovo tho

[@a.l3093]

Music culture in Kosovo made many Kosovo artists be famous worldwide: Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha 😊

[@nikoladuckicgouldamadin2337]

Bježi od nas Kavasski ako boga znaš

[@vathsalatm1250]

True,Friend.From Tamizh Nadu.South India.India

[@violetaxhelilaj3378]

Beautiful and meaningful video. We are similar, regardless of language. In music, dancing, clothing, temperament, cuisine. We are Balkans, we are brothers and sisters. This video also applies to the politicians of our countries. Thank you from Albania!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for watching!

[@AtanasVonWelt]

Братчета, made a bicycle trip from Melnik, Bulgaria, through Greece, Makedonia, Albania and Greece again, and I tell you OUR land, and I say OUR, because we all live on one and the same land, is the most precious peace on earth. We should make all imaginable efforts to work together and make the Balkan the best place to live in Europe. That could happen only when we act together, when we get to know each other, when we connect, and force our governments to establish good connections among our countries. На една земя живеем! Сърдечен поздрав, Атанас

[@awakenone1152]

We are all one nation but wars divide us thru history. Much love from Bosnia.

[@mitromitrovica6180]

Love Bosnia & herzegovina from Kosova❤️

[@nevarlabok8484]

Bro Turkey Not balkan

[@attilakovacs1415]

vajdaság-vojvodina- from 1920 ...nord serbia...not balkan.........erdély--...transylvania..... from 1920 romania not balkan...........szlavónia-slavonia from 1920 nord croatia ... not balkan....

[@deerinheadlights7179]

@@nevarlabok8484 they are literally one of the bigger reasons for our cultures mashing up together so much. You can say bulgaria is not slavic, you can say russia and turkey are not balkan but the fact is that they both had quite the influence and shared most of their history and culture with us.

[@sallycoop935]

The 3% of Turkey is Balkan

[@g.a.r.survival9844]

Romania... one love🇷🇴 Respect to all balkans❣️

[@janniverlangas9137]

Orthodox brothers

[@gezimgjeta1720]

Salutäri prientilor mei din Romania. 🇦🇱🇦🇩

[@g.a.r.survival9844]

@@gezimgjeta1720 Ju pershendes dhe ju perqafoj shume! 🇷🇴🇦🇱

[@luciano3270]

@@gezimgjeta1720" VLLAHU ESHTE VELLA"

[@themurfreebrood-dh6du]

Love from Palestine to my Balkan brothers

[@DarksideEnemy1892]

We love your People too! we are together in this! Fascism will not be tolerated no MORE!!!!!

[@erdin011]

Free Palestine

[@vleresim739]

Great video. It shows how many similarities there are between all our cultures. As someone from Kosovo, I can say you did a really good job with the Kosovan dances!

[@bulgarianbuddhist8747]

Long lived Balkans ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Bulgaria

[@gamesense1012]

Being an Indian I naturally have lot of interest in culturally diverse regions and their art forms. I think this is my first introduction to Balkans’ art forms.

[@nataliavasilenko5902]

Когда люди счастливы, они танцуют и держат друг друга за руки.

[@bane1506]

Just imagine one Balkan power land united. Would be strongest in the world.

[@c-really-h1859]

So I know this is a weird place to get emotional, but hear me out: I live in the US and here no one really talks about the Balkans (or most of Eastern Europe) so I didn't know anything about these countries and their cultures for a long time. At the same time, I'm Ashkenazi Jewish, so the traditional music from my heritage sounds similar to that of the Balkans. I had always just assumed that not many people knew the style of music and that it was dying out. I'm so happy I was wrong. It's amazing to listen to songs that I previously thought where an isolated phenomena, and realize that there's an entire region that gets it. It's been equally cool to hear music from the other side of the world and feel almost at home and familiar. I've been trying to lean more about the Balkans recently. It's awesome and y'all have the coolest culture! Anyway, that's it. Have a nice day :)

[@VasilisDance]

That was a great message! Thank you very much! :)

[@viewercjg]

That's Great Hannah! My family is from Macedonia and I married an Ashkenazi Jewish woman. Our families always loved and got along well with each other as there were so many shared values and cultural elements. Klezmer sounds VERY much like Macedonian dance music! Our people even look physically alike -- people often puzzled over whether I was born Jewish or my wife was Greek or Macedonian. And Vailis, if you read this, Thank you SO much for this treat!

[@dannis70]

Hannah 🥰 our culture is still alive! I am Romanian and my husband is from Serbia but we moved as kids to Sweden! I remember when growing up in Romania everybody in Bucharest, where I’m from, listening to American/English music, Italian, Greek and some Arabic & Turkish! Anything but native music! Funny thing tho, as soon as many left Romania they suddenly started to listen to their native music! Me, I listen to everything cause I’m music addict ❤️❤️❤️ no music no life

[@adrianatopic5103]

Shalom from Serbia❤️we are very similar, almost the same. It is a shame because in the US they just think that Europe means France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy… The Balkans with it all countries , culture are probably the most beautiful what Europe can show. I have friends who are Ashkanazi and Sephardic Jews and we were positiv shoked how similar we are. Greetings from Serbia

[@NikeBG]

It's quite great, Hannah, that you've found a kindred cultural spirit at the other side of the world, namely in the Balkans. I know that feeling as well, as I myself feel strangely fascinated and "at home" with the traditional music of several other regions of the world I have little or no connection with. Though, of course, Klezmer and Balkan music do indeed share many similarities. In that respect, I would highly recommend watching one Balkan documentary (if you can find it), called "Whose song is this?" ("Чия е тази песен?" in the original). It was made by a Bulgarian woman, Adela Peeva, and it starts almost like a joke - a Bulgarian, a Serbian, a Macedonian, a Greek and a Turk are gathered in a pub in Istanbul. Anyway, the movie is about a song (a melody, actually) that exists in all Balkan countries and, naturally, most people here believe it's purely their own song. So the author sets out on a journey across the region, showing the different songs based on that common melody. Unfortunately, something that could serve to unite us, instead tends to divide us and Peeva demonstrated that with some rather provocative segments during her final demonstrations in Bulgaria and Serbia (i.e. where she and her husband are from, respectively). In any case, what I find interesting about that melody and which I am very sad that Peeva didn't really explore further, is that it's a melody stretching far beyond the Balkans - from Spain all the way to India. And from what I've seen, its origin actually seems to be from the al-Andalus, from the Sepharadic Jews, and from there it seems to have spread east, influencing an Italian Renaissance composer, Boney M's hit "Rasputin" and possibly even the national anthem of Israel. It's quite fascinating! Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@zazanova7327]

I love this dance collage of Balkan countries. I am Bulgarian 🇧🇬 with Turkish and Greek roots in my family. I always had this feeling we people from southeast Europe are something special and had and we have more in common than we realise, for some reason there is division and we see it again in the northeast. This all is unreasonable and heartbreaking. I send love ❤️ to all people of our regions no matter where you are.

[@sallycoop935]

Congrats to your many roots. I expect your turkish root to admit comitting the genocide against your greek root.

[@abraxadabra4224]

@@sallycoop935 Well Sally, what you are is what you see in the world...You could chose to see the harmony. Instead you chose to see the discord.

[@sallycoop935]

@@abraxadabra4224 if someone kills (God forbid) your parents I expect you to see the harmony

[@batuhankara672]

@@sallycoop935 Turks ruled the Greeks for 500 years, but the Greeks still speak Greek, live their religion, have their culture, is this genocide? lol

[@sallycoop935]

@@batuhankara672 you are mixing thing up. no, turks ruled for 400 years. During this time greeks revolted 124 times. Why they would do that if they were happy about the situation. Finally the 1821 revolt succeded. The genocide happened in 1914-1922. 3000000 of turkish christian turkish citizens of greek, armenian and syrian descend were genocided. Please look up the difference between ”just” killing people and genocide them.

[@projdusja]

Какой молодец! В 12 минут объединил балканские народы! Пора объединяться!

[@sanjagrgic6496]

Beautiful Balkan. So much culture. People with big hearts ❤️ and rich souls. ❤️

[@richardpodnar5039]

Thanks ever so much for the "Ederlezi" outro, never forgetting that Roma are also an integral part of the Balkans.

[@VasilisDance]

Absolutely! 😊

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Of course!!!

[@chrisgr8509]

Yes they are!!!

[@daniby9894]

@@VasilisDance You really nailed it all and I really loved the video, but the best version ever of Ederlesi is by Esma Redžepova: the greatest Roma music Queen of all times! You have to check her out! I was in balkan nostalgic mode last night and listened to music till 6 am, so now youtube and spotify keeps proposing similar topics... All best!

[@dyawr]

Yes, I loved that also. And *beautiful* song as well. 👏🙏

[@ModifyBankai]

I love how literally all of these dances look like something I could see in my country lol love from Turkey ❤

[@suisixify]

Turkey is included in the balkans

[@dt5478]

Balkan has adopted lots from the Ottoman Empire…

[@dariadimova4614]

@@dt5478 was forced to adopt...would be more true to say.

[@dt5478]

@@dariadimova4614 Nobody forced you to eat sarma and baklava.

[@dariadimova4614]

@@dt5478 I don't. I also have sex with men who have not been cut. A lot more fun. Something you will never be able to change.

[@nadinssh]

What a beautiful video, Vasilis!!! You put your heart and soul into it and it shows! There aren’t many people trying to unite the hot temperamentaled people of the Balcanes on KZbin, but you did such an amazing job showing us all how close our clotures are and how much we have in common! Thank you so much for that! I love how you didn’t leave out the Romani people 😊 Love and blessings from Bulgaria ❤❤❤

[@user-po2fq6dj8b]

С интерес гледах видеото! Колко много красота има в нашите танци! Колкото красиви и изящни ,толкова и гениални!

[@humaidalblooshi6659]

This is the secret of the Balkans beauty each one complete the other with in culture and food and music 🥰😍😍😍big love and respect from United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

[@VasilisDance]

Warm greetings to beautiful United Arab Emirates!!:) 🇦🇪

[@humaidalblooshi6659]

@@VasilisDance I think I’m lucky to find this channel 🥰😍

[@vojsavalagji323]

THANKS...❤

[@jubi3137]

Well said 👏👏🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303]

And the same to you Sir! The UAE is amazing too & is certainly a very unique part of this world. Peace, positivity & light, to you & to all in UAE.

[@kamel5586]

Much love from Algeria to Balkan people, I love your culture especially the music

[@i_love_jews]

أهلا وسهلا من البوسنة أخي

[@slavicakovac764]

Balkans 👏👏👏❤️🍷🍷🍷

[@sophia.boitan.ro.]

Cel mai frumos spațiu cultural din Europa!❤

[@AyhamSpaceE]

love from bosnia to my balkan brother and sisters🇧🇦❤️

[@ZadigLeStructuralist]

🇹🇷❤️🇧🇦

[@vulojankovic7770]

Đe si jarane pozdrav iz Beograda🇷🇸❤️🇧🇦

[@ribcobratan]

Greetings from the Heart of the Balkans - Bulgaria. We are all brothers and sisters. Love yourself and don't listen to politicians!

[@mariaioannidou9874]

Exactly ..Greetings from Greece

[@macajovanovic2071]

Bravo brat,pozdrav Leskovca Srbija

[@vexystar3389]

Uhm, by the maps of Balkan isn't the Serbia in the center of it. Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia and Slovenia all surround Serbia that's in the middle. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Just saying if anything is the heart of Balkan that's Serbia.

[@ribcobratan]

@@vexystar3389 When I wrote the heart of the Balkans, I did not mean the geographical location, but that Bulgaria is the oldest country in the Balkans. And it is the bridge between Europe and Asia.

[@tim7225]

@@ribcobratan ye sorry no bulgaria is not the heart never will be sorry bruh

[@143_amtree-8]

I used to do traditional Macedonia dance, if I had never moved to UK I would have continued to professionally dance:) great video u really nailed it.

[@ahmadmaramis8125]

The dances connecting Balkan. I love reading, watching, hearing about Balkans. They're very impresive. Beautiful and attractive. Love from INDONESIA 💟

[@kristian5080]

Much love to Indonesia 🌎 🇮🇩 the nicest people on the planet ❤

[@artimkalash3347]

Greetings to all my Balkan brothers and sisters

[@VasilisDance]

❣💯

[@vesnanuspahic7510]

🙏🏻❤️😃

[@mladenmedunic5542]

❤

[@MrAydinIreland]

Very nice look at the music and dance culture of the Balkans...Well done...👍 Hello from Ireland 👋

[@bojan7dakovic]

Slainte

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much! :)

[@MrAydinIreland]

@@bojan7dakovic Živeli

[@amelie4205]

Some Balkan ways of dancing is similar to traditional Irish way of dancing, too. Isn't it?

[@MrAydinIreland]

@@amelie4205 Yes, there are similarities in the dancers movements and also in the footwork 🙂

[@JelenaOsijekHR]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOO! ŽIVIO HELM! 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇬🇷 🇲🇪 🇲🇰 🇷🇴 🇷🇸 🇸🇮 🇹🇷 Ide u moju Play listu RASPJEVANI HELM.

[@tupacandeazyefan]

Thank you for including dances from Serbia twice!

[@rodicadraws]

12 countries - one wedding party 😊

[@aoureliofizi2458]

Φίλε είμαι Αλβανός έχεις κάνει καταπληκτική δουλειά σεβασμός σε όλες τις χώρες όλοι έχουμε ωραία κουλτούρα ❤️❤️❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@bumerang-tr]

Love to all of you. Especially to Kosovars. From Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@plamenpetrov3060]

Mr, you ar a geniiy!!!! С цялото си уважение!!! Жив и здрав!!!

[@lusi584]

The peoples of the Balkans are the most similar peoples among them in the world, they have similar and most beautiful cultures in the world. Greetings from Albania

[@baricnina1910]

Predivno …samo daj Boze Mira i blagostanja na našem predivnom balkanu

[@luciano3270]

Vllahu eshte vella ;) hello from Romania

[@leonoralleshi3789]

@@luciano3270 Bravo! Albanezi si romani sint cei mai apropiati intre ei. 126 de cuvinte asemana!

[@darioburatovich2240]

@@leonoralleshi3789 ...Albanese is the surname of Australia's Labor Party's leader., Antony Albanese.

[@victoriaalbastra6325]

We are all thracians 😊

[@mariamoldovan7318]

GREETINGS from Romania, Vasilis, thanks for your great idea:we are the balkanians, with wanderful traditions folklorike !

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!:)

[@adriangujba4011]

You right lady Maria,really nice video about our country

[@dyawr]

I agree. 👍🇷🇴

[@kilaru007]

Romania is carpathian not Balkan

[@elenagruwell2918]

That’s all matter in this world, if we want to still exist and world ☺️

[@daniraspahic2625]

Thank you Vasilis! Balkan is a friendly place.

[@ivanacristinaribeiro3289]

Lindo o folclore de vcs. Danças bem envolventes.

[@moniequajohnson3094]

Hugs and kisses to all Balkan people, love from the US 💕💐

[@VasilisDance]

Who doesn't love the Balkans? 🕊️☮️ Part 2 is available: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6q1pKtsh7Gbl68

[@1superlovefire]

I do ❤️ Balkan

[@itsandrewj1010]

I hope it will find peace.

[@melindandreca6343]

Vasilis this is amazing 👏, you are blessed . Love all these dances 💃 .Sending love from London .

[@dionixhi]

I do love the Balkans and i'm a proud citizen of the Balkans and you make me more broud remembering the beauty in our peninsula!

[@VasilisDance]

@@melindandreca6343 Thank you!!

[@andraperes6112]

Welcome to Balkan Continent ,whit most warm people and strong in the world❤❤❤❤😊!!!

[@user-dr5hy7lz2x]

Браво!!!! Супер!!!! Молодцы!!!

[@romaniancomrade214]

As a Romanian i like you included dances from Ardeal, Moldova, Muntenia and Dobrogea, this is really accurate

[@danmth]

Teoretic zona balcanica se opreste la Nord in Dunare.

[@Johnchannel10]

​@@danmthnup Romania este și ea balcanica prin Dobrogea,insula mica a Brăilei și insula mare a Brăilei ❤🇷🇴

[@mihaela5227]

@@Johnchannel10 Balcanii nu sint in Romanica…

[@oytunpalas6404]

Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷 Great work! As a child I spent all my summers near the town of Tekirdag, in the European part of Turkey (Eastern Thrace). I remember the beautiful sea, the endless sunflower fields, and our parents drinking raki (Turkish version of ouzo) at dinner almost every night. There was really something special in the air. I remember going to the “Bulgarian market” in Tekirdag and buying a bootleg Bulgarian print Led Zeppelin record. Every now and then we would hear stories from someone who had either traveled to a Balkan country, or had family there, or something else. Years later I had a chance to visit Athens, Greece but haven’t been able to explore anywhere else, as I’ve been living in far away countries since my twenties. My maternal grandfather’s parents were from Kircali in Bulgaria and Xanthi in Greece; exploring those parts one day is on my bucket list.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!:) Very nice!

[@dyawr]

Wow, that's a very rich and idyllic heritage! ♥️

[@verakociraj]

Oh you just sent me back to my childhood as well with that word "raki" im albanian but as you probably should know we have loads of similarities together, the cultur, the food, the religion and many words we still have in our vocabulary that we use. The smell of raki is amazing and I rember that year's time when everyone in the neighbourhood would be boiling/preparing the raki all together helping out each-other during the process. I don't live in Albania now and haven't been there since 2017 but inşallah if i get residency from the country where im living at the moment the first destination after visiting my precious home will be definitely Istanbul and Cappadocia. I also have to mention that we do have similarities with Greece too because Albanians have been emigrating in there for soooooo many many years.

[@giannisb2721]

Raki is relevant to ouzo as much as to arabic arak, italian sabuca and French pastris, in terms of all of them being destilled and anised. But, there is an enormous difference: raki is traditional, and kinda the most consumed alcohol in Turkey. Ouzo is not traditional (a specific person from thessaly founded it in middle 19th century) and it's popular among tourists. The most consumed drink in Greece is wine, like in all of Southern Europe Greece, especially if we move away from Northern Greece, is far less Balkan and more southern European than someone would expect

[@zofilep3612]

@@giannisb2721 Ouzo is traditional in certain regions. It doesnt have to be the most consumed or to be invented there to be part of the local tradition.

[@Korivassilyou]

Love from your Ukrainian northern sister--Молодці!

[@JahnA.]

Make the culture the music not the war, the best lesson, greetings from Latinamerica

[@user-is5rq2gn8q]

Прекрасно! Поздрав от България 🇧🇬 🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Благодаря ти много! ^^ 🇧🇬 🇬🇷

[@aDionisss]

@@VasilisDance но ти не само може да танцуваш всеки балкански танц но и да говориш и малко български🇧🇬🇬🇷

[@ginismoja2459]

Коя е българската песен?

[@user-is5rq2gn8q]

@@ginismoja2459 Ансамбъл „Пирин" - Копаница

[@alek1631]

Kosovo is not country!

[@user-sd2vz6gu8k]

Най- хубавата народна музика в цял свят е на Балканите!Вярвам, че тя ще ни обединява и ще ни прави по-добри и мирни!!!Обичайте се!!!Поздрави от БЪЛГАРИЯ!

[@huseyinsever555]

Teşekkürler, Balkan kültürü bir başka...

[@eksaangoyan9162]

The best dances, food & people!❤️🇧🇬

[@Emircan_Un]

I am from Turkey, but Greek and Kosovan songs did not make me feel foreign.