Episode 46 Ne spi, Jano, ne spi, ḱerko

Macedonian Postcards by David G. Bilides

Jun 17, 202000:23:52Music

This song from SE centra Macedonia describes a brave woman who wards off a potential assault and joins her love to fight in the mountains. Dragi describes other songs with the theme of brave, strong women. He also descri...

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