HKUD Široka Kula from Gospić performing ličko ojkanje
Stylistic origins
Croatian music
Typical instruments
Human voice
Ojkanje singing
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country
Croatia
Domains
Performing arts
Reference
00320
Region
Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription
2010 (5th session)
List
Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ojkanje is a tradition of polyphonic folk singing in Croatia characteristic for the regions of the Dalmatian hinterland, Velebit, Lika, Kordun, and Karlovac.[1] As described in The Harvard Dictionary of Music: "The ojkanje is a particular style of singing melisma with a sharp and prolonged shaking of the voice on the syllables oj or hoj."[2] According to experts, ojkanje is a remnant of pre-Slavic Illyrian singing from the area of ancient Dalmatia (today's Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro).[3]
In 2010, it was inscribed as Ojkanje singing in UNESCOs List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
Ojkanje is a tradition of polyphonic folk singing in Croatia characteristic for the regions of the Dalmatian hinterland, Velebit, Lika, Kordun, and Karlovac...
Hopkins University Press. pp. 482–510. ISBN 0-8018-7416-5. Pavlovic, Goran. "Ojkanje - wolf singing" (paper) – via www.academia.edu. Busch 2007, p. 59. Seton...
Herzegovina. Many songs are performed in traditional way of singing called ojkanje. Serbian singers and composers such as Rade Jovanović, Jovica Petković...
performances by various folklore groups. Notable traditions include gusle, diple, Ojkanje singing, and Čuvari Hristovog groba. Many Serbs contributed to the Croatian...
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It is sung in a duet. A folk dance, sakajdo, accompanies the singing. Ojkanje Poznanović & Vlahović 1988, p. 42. Miodrag A. Vasiljević (1960). Mélodies...
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traditions Falconry, a living human heritage Need of Urgent Safeguarding Ojkanje singing Good Safeguarding Practices Community project of safeguarding the...
is also called ancient, archaic or old-style singing. Byzantine chant Ojkanje singing, in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina Ganga singing, in...
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Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
traditions Falconry, a living human heritage Need of Urgent Safeguarding Ojkanje singing Good Safeguarding Practices Community project of safeguarding the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
traditions Falconry, a living human heritage Need of Urgent Safeguarding Ojkanje singing Good Safeguarding Practices Community project of safeguarding the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
traditions Falconry, a living human heritage Need of Urgent Safeguarding Ojkanje singing Good Safeguarding Practices Community project of safeguarding the...
Mystery Play of Elche Nestinarstvo Nijemo Kolo Nowruz Azerbaijani Turkish Ojkanje Olonkho Opera dei Pupi Petrykivka decorative painting Procession of the...
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