The Adventures of Marko Kraljević - Epic Slavic Music of the Balkans

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • Arrangement by Farya Faraji. This isn't an original composition but rather a collage and piecing together of different South Slavic melodic motifs I researched and recorded. Marko Mrnjavčević is a 14th century historical figure and king of the Serbs, and a national hero of Serbs, Bulgarians and North Macedonians. This piece however, is about the folkloric version of the character, called Kraljević Marko. Mythologised in South Slavic epic poetry cycles, Marko is a heroic figure who fights injustice, protects the weak, and embarks on great adventures. A lover of brawls and drinking, he is also a comical figure, both in his jests against his ennemies and his appearance: "Marko grew up into a large, strong man, with a terrifying appearance, which was also somewhat comical. He wore a wolf-skin cap pulled low over his dark eyes, his black moustache was the size of a six-month-old lamb and his cloak was a shaggy wolf-pelt." His inseparable companion is Šarac, his horse with whom he always shared an equal amount of wine. In the epic cycle, Marko lives for 300 years, encountering numerous real life historical figures as allies, such as John Hunyadi, the Hungarian voivode of Transylvania, or Hrelja, a Slavic feudal lord. In many of the versions, his blood sister is the vila (a sort of fairy) Ravijojla who often comes to his aid.
    With all this, I was inspired to come up with a theme for this character, something that could express his lively adventures and companions, like a South Slavic equivalent of a Pirates of the Carribbean theme. I found the answer in the traditional dances of South Slavs, specifically that of the Serbs, Bulgarians and Slavic Macedonians. This song mixes two styles of dance music called Opas and Trite Pati in Bulgarian. Their music revolves around the gaida bagpipe providing the melody, and the davul drums providing the percussions. I found the lively and dancey tone fitting for the adventures of Marko.
    The instrument heard in the beginning is the gusle, a one string fiddle used in the Balkans and most associated with epic poetry-in Serbia, for examples, the guslars recite the poems of Marko's epic cycle using the gusla and singing in a freeform, vibrato-based style unbound by rhythm and metre. Here is an example: • Marko Kraljević i Musa...

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  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +169

    Arrangement by Farya Faraji. This isn't an original composition but rather a collage and piecing together of different South Slavic melodic motifs I researched and recorded-I'm not yet entirely fluent in the musical language of South Slavs so I didn't want to write the melody myself yet; I haven't completely figured out the logic of melodic motifs in the area. Marko Mrnjavčević is a 14th century historical figure and king of the Serbs, and a national hero of Serbs, Bulgarians and North Macedonians. This piece however, is about the folkloric version of the character, called Kraljević Marko. Mythologised in South Slavic epic poetry cycles, Marko is a heroic figure who fights injustice, protects the weak, and embarks on great adventures. A lover of brawls and drinking, he is also a comical figure, both in his jests against his ennemies and his appearance: "Marko grew up into a large, strong man, with a terrifying appearance, which was also somewhat comical. He wore a wolf-skin cap pulled low over his dark eyes, his black moustache was the size of a six-month-old lamb and his cloak was a shaggy wolf-pelt." His inseparable companion is Šarac, his horse with whom he always shared an equal amount of wine. In the epic cycle, Marko lives for 300 years, encountering numerous real life historical figures as allies, such as John Hunyadi, the Hungarian voivode of Transylvania, or Hrelja, a Slavic feudal lord. In many of the versions, his blood sister is the vila (a sort of fairy) Ravijojla who often comes to his aid.
    With all this, I was inspired to come up with a theme for this character, something that could express his lively adventures and companions, like a South Slavic equivalent of a Pirates of the Carribbean theme. I found the answer in the traditional dances of South Slavs, specifically that of the Serbs, Bulgarians and Slavic Macedonians. This song mixes two styles of dance music called Opas and Trite Pati in Bulgarian. Their music revolves around the gaida bagpipe providing the melody, and the davul drums providing the percussions. I found the lively and dancey tone fitting for the adventures of Marko.
    The instrument heard in the beginning is the gusle, a one string fiddle used in the Balkans and most associated with epic poetry-in Serbia, for examples, the guslars recite the poems of Marko's epic cycle using the gusla and singing in a freeform, vibrato-based style. Here is an example: ua-cam.com/video/YWGJnbig70s/v-deo.html

    • @БогунВојиновић
      @БогунВојиновић 2 роки тому +12

      Just for addition, the most usual verse in Serbian epic is a ten-syllabic one. Cesure appears after the fourth, in every verse. I personally don't know any example of a poem where quantitative aspect of the verse is skipped.

    • @dobrindobrev6516
      @dobrindobrev6516 2 роки тому +9

      Once again great work Farya! Your music creates bridges between modern people and their cultural roots.

    • @milosknezevic8798
      @milosknezevic8798 2 роки тому +4

      Serbian singer and composer Slobodan Trkulja may explain you a lot with his works.
      ua-cam.com/video/5Acq-5epQYU/v-deo.html

    • @kunturkusilla1933
      @kunturkusilla1933 2 роки тому +6

      A anime or manga based on him would be epic

    • @gigigigi1271
      @gigigigi1271 7 місяців тому

      Great rythm my bro!
      But this was not Balkan this was Hum or Humlje before.
      every day man learn more about history. :)

  • @paintermontenegro4051
    @paintermontenegro4051 2 роки тому +217

    "Half of wine he drinks,half to his horse he gives"

    • @nikolamarin7303
      @nikolamarin7303 Місяць тому

      @@BlackQback Croat/Bosnian or whatever you are, dont type bullshit.
      He wrote good:
      "Half of wine he drinks,half to his horse he gives".

    • @nikolamarin7303
      @nikolamarin7303 Місяць тому +1

      @@BlackQback "Yugoslavian"... "and neither Croatian nor Bosnian are part of it, at least not in past ~120 years" ... Jesus Christ...
      Yes, as if those peoples existed in the past :D Croatia and Bosnia existed as regions where Serbs lived... Yugoslavia is a country where autochthonous Serbs lived and new people created from Serbs such as croats, bosnians etc... So you have Serbian ancestors that you gave up. As far as I'm concerned, be an alien, that's your problem.

  • @Alexander-cb9yq
    @Alexander-cb9yq 2 роки тому +341

    I am a Bulgarian and I grew up with tales about Marko, this is a masterpiece!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +33

      Super glad to hear that my man!

    • @dominiqueblouin7466
      @dominiqueblouin7466 2 роки тому +4

      A masterpiece it is

    • @xZxOxVx
      @xZxOxVx 2 роки тому +10

      What city are you from in Bulgaria? I guess western, Vidin-Sofia-Velbuzd..?

    • @g_d_k6084
      @g_d_k6084 Рік тому +20

      @@xZxOxVx the tales of Krali Marko are famous in all of Bulgaria.

    • @Popikaify
      @Popikaify Рік тому +23

      @Slavic Asassin We're all related but yet different.Marko kraljevic was Serb,but you know,balkan borders changed so many times,he rulled over today parts of modern macedonia.Greetings from Serbia.

  • @nikolamarin7303
    @nikolamarin7303 Місяць тому +4

    Serbs have the greatest history, mythology and epic... Once many people, but now small, which still resists the enemies who surround it and want its soul.

  • @boris8515
    @boris8515 2 роки тому +380

    You nailed it. This sounds exactly how I, a Serbian, would imagine an epic version of our older folk songs, this is simply flawless. I especially appreciate the percussion rythm, which is very often used in various songs throughout Serbia, most commonly, in, surprisingly, the fan songs on footbal stadiums, almost all of those songs are based around that beat.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +63

      Haha yeah that percussive rythm is a stable in the Balkans, I've heard it everywhere in South Slavic songs. Glad to know the tradition lives on in the football stadiums :p

    • @robinrehlinghaus1944
      @robinrehlinghaus1944 2 роки тому +27

      Who would have thought that something as trivial as football, which is, in a way, nothing more than our modern equivalent to the common man’s territoriality that once was expressed in war, would be such a factor in preserving folk culture. It’s pretty interesting.

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 2 роки тому

      @@faryafaraji please do one the lions for Punjab

    • @nikolamiloradovic8108
      @nikolamiloradovic8108 2 роки тому +20

      @Ebazel Marko Mrnjavčević (better known as Kraljević Marko), son of Vukašin, was an Serb, no matter how hard you Bulgarians cried...

    • @cbv7207
      @cbv7207 2 роки тому +3

      @@nikolamiloradovic8108 Well, I personally don't know whether Marko was Serbian or Bulgarian but the song used as the background here is Bulgarian (trite puti)

  • @glishev
    @glishev 2 роки тому +30

    For some reason, there's no Mediaeval Bulgarian epic cycle. There are some songs about the Sun's Bride and the Zmey's Bride, for example, but nothing like Shahnameh, the Arthurian cycle, the Song of Roland, the Digenis Akritas or Beowulf. Only after the Ottoman conquest there slowly forms a cycle of epic folk songs (Serbian and also Bulgarian) about the great characters of the 14th century: King Vukashin, Marko the King's son, the Rhodope warlord Momchil, Hrelyo the Six-winged and some lesser characters related to them. This is the real Slavic mytho-heroic cycle of legends of the Late Medieval Balkans. It starts with the omens on the birth of Marko, passes through a series of epic adventures (some are humoristic, some even obscene) and end with his loss of strength, old age and death. Most of the songs are quite long and have amazing lyrics. This here is a nice tribute to that cycle.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +27

      This is something that's true for most Slavic cultures' mythology and folklore, it's relatively difficult to get informed about that as a foreigner since it wasn't compiled in literature for a long time, as you said, in contrast with Greek, Iranian, Indian mythology, etc. Which is a real shame; people around the world really need to know more about this body of heroic cycles. Even from a very cynical point of view, all this material would be a goldmine for Hollywood, since they're always after the next fantasy movie/series. I've always dreamed of seeing the history and mythology of the ancient Slavs and Balkans put to screen with the same ambition as something like Lord of the Rings. A man can dream haha

    • @user-di5rm9ee1p
      @user-di5rm9ee1p 4 місяці тому

      @@faryafaraji It is compiled in literature but it is not translated to english. Who cares about Slavs in Europe? Nobody, so I dont care if they are ignorant about our culture. And Lord of the rings is bad movie because director knows nothing about epics. Tolkien knew about old norse poetry and saga but he also knew there is no direct line to modern western culture. Serbian epic poetry was never broken to this day and Tolkien tried to learn serbian to read our epic poems and stories in original but found language too difficult. It is probably for the best, look what they did to the vampires lol.

  • @davidfilipgoransanja
    @davidfilipgoransanja Рік тому +24

    Serbian noble man!

  • @nicotri9722
    @nicotri9722 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent work! Great melody. Very upbeat and fun to listen to. :)

  • @polemistis42
    @polemistis42 Місяць тому +2

    In N.Macedonia when you drink yogurt and get some of it on your upper lip or mustache, we say that you look like Krali Marko.

  • @slobodanvujadinovic8893
    @slobodanvujadinovic8893 Рік тому +3

    Свака част Фарја
    Amazing job Farja
    Everbody is dancing now 😂

  • @robinrehlinghaus1944
    @robinrehlinghaus1944 2 роки тому +1

    This is fookin epic

  • @crowrider199
    @crowrider199 Рік тому +1

    i am Slav. i am wolf of balkan mountains ...hail all high blood slavs

  • @Skenderbey763
    @Skenderbey763 3 місяці тому +3

    Rakija

  • @squishymusic9723
    @squishymusic9723 2 роки тому

    This be bopping me hearties!

  • @viktorvicanovic3548
    @viktorvicanovic3548 2 роки тому +3

    I just have a question, what is that leading instrument called, I've heared it everywhere. Sounds like a violin (not really) so it must be some stringed instrument.
    This is absolutely fantastic

    • @viktorvicanovic3548
      @viktorvicanovic3548 2 роки тому +1

      Nevermind, it sounds like gajde, are they? Its like a mix of instruments combined into one

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +1

      If you mean the main instrument throughout the song, it’s a gaida bagpipe, althouth there’s also a kaval flute playing the melody alongside it

    • @viktorvicanovic3548
      @viktorvicanovic3548 2 роки тому +1

      @@faryafaraji Yes! The flute I recognized but the gajde! Your music is on another level, just saying
      Another question though!
      In dance of the spartans, the main instrument are also the bagpipes or something different?

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +2

      @@viktorvicanovic3548 In Dance of the Spartans it’s a mantouras and an aulos. They’re all reed instruments like bagpipes, so they’re part of the same family

  • @monke3842
    @monke3842 Рік тому +1

    "and a national hero of Serbs, Bulgarians and North Macedonians"
    I've never talked to a single Bulgarian who knows who Marko Kraljević is, I never knew about him until late 2022

    • @kristiyangrigorov5232
      @kristiyangrigorov5232 10 місяців тому

      We all know who Krali Marco was and the legends behind him ... But in real history he was a vassal to the Ottomans

    • @tomgu2285
      @tomgu2285 5 місяців тому

      ​@@kristiyangrigorov5232 yep

    • @isakco764
      @isakco764 2 місяці тому

      I know him from the beer and the legends

  • @Lancista
    @Lancista 2 роки тому +2

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SaladMan199
    @SaladMan199 2 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @TheTaRaNtYlA
    @TheTaRaNtYlA Рік тому +1

    SLAVA BOGU

  • @danielbuckingham108
    @danielbuckingham108 2 роки тому +1

    Is there any way to contact you, via Patreon or otherwise?

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +2

      You can contact me by email, my adress is: aravinderfirebringer@gmail.com

  • @LNLBD
    @LNLBD Рік тому +2

    Great music about the Bulgarian folklore hero Krali Marko!!!

    • @nemanjapezerovic6895
      @nemanjapezerovic6895 Рік тому +8

      It's an Serbian Marko Kraljevic not Bulgarian

    • @LNLBD
      @LNLBD Рік тому +1

      @@nemanjapezerovic6895 He is a very significant figure in Bulgarian folklore too. Actually, ethnically he was Bulgarian but at that time nationality doesn't meant too much. So we can agree to share him.

    • @tomgu2285
      @tomgu2285 Рік тому

      ​@@LNLBD lmao he was a collobrater and traitor. You can claim him if you want.

    • @Popikaify
      @Popikaify Рік тому +10

      ​@@LNLBDhe was ethnic serb,son of a serbian king vukasin mrnjavcevic,like get lost with your fake history.He is one of the most famous figures in serbian history...bulgarian 😂😂

    • @LNLBD
      @LNLBD Рік тому

      @@FckEverybody-rc7fs Look at Bulgaria's map during king Simeon the Great. Then compare it with European ethno-cultural maps from 18th and 19th century. Most of the people you have listed are indeed Bulgarians. Serbs were most of the time less significant compared to Bulgarians. They became mode significant just after WW1.

  • @autokratorbasilii761
    @autokratorbasilii761 Рік тому +1

    1:55

  • @dragoljubshafarevich1855
    @dragoljubshafarevich1855 Рік тому

    Why is Marko Kraljevich national hero of Srbija? We know about him only that he was a high feodal (knjaz? idk), that was vassalized by ottomans and just served them.

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан Рік тому +6

      А шта неки Shafarevich има са Србијом,и зашто уопште дискутује о тој теми?

    • @dragoljubshafarevich1855
      @dragoljubshafarevich1855 Рік тому

      @@СвпетарГајтан lmao, it's just a nickname
      Just interesting southern slavic history
      Actually I'm Russian

    • @ЗоранКузмановић
      @ЗоранКузмановић Рік тому +7

      Marko Kraljević was from the Serbian noble family Mrnjavčević during the empire, it was the second most powerful noble family after the imperial Nemanjić family. In tradition, the Serbian people attributed to him heroism that he did not have, likewise Vuk Branković, the ruler and master of Kosovo who fought against the Turks until the end of his life and behaved heroically in the Battle of Kosovo, remained a traitor in Serbian folklore, which he certainly was not. Also, Marko refused to help Lazar and Vuk in the Battle of Kosovo with his army, which was large for that time. We would call it good and bad marketing in modern vocabulary

    • @tomgu2285
      @tomgu2285 10 місяців тому +2

      So what if he worked with the turks??? Calling him a traitor because of that is so childish. Sorry but politics Were different back then.

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан 2 місяці тому

      ​@@ЗоранКузмановићА где су ти докази да Вук није издао на Косову?
      Можда зато што је то "мит" нижевредног народа?

  • @ГалинаСлавова-м7ф
    @ГалинаСлавова-м7ф 10 місяців тому +1

    Музиката е изцяло българска.Марко Кралевити е Балкански.❤❤❤

    • @SRB3336
      @SRB3336 6 місяців тому

      Хахахаха Бугари 1330 Велбужд 😉 Цар Српски кида главу Цару бугарском

    • @ГалинаСлавова-м7ф
      @ГалинаСлавова-м7ф 5 місяців тому

      Средновековните ни владетели са воювали помежду си с променлив успех,но специално това музикално изпълнение си е чисто българско и вие много добре го знаете.ОСНОВНАТА ГРЕШКА НА БАЛКАНСКИТЕ ВЛАДЕТЕЛИ Е ,ЧЕ НЕ СЪУМЯХА ДА СЕ СЪЮЗЯТ И ОТБЛЪСНАТ ОСМАНЦИТЕ...А ВИЕ СЪРБИТЕ ПОЗОРНО УЧАСТВАХТЕ В ОБСАДАТА НА КОНСТАНТИНОПОЛ И ДОПРИНЕСОХТЕ ЗА ПАДАНЕТО МУ.

  • @anatoliygladkov5941
    @anatoliygladkov5941 2 роки тому +1

    Проскальзывают турецкие мотивы, очень жаль конечно.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +14

      They are not Turkish motifs, they are native to the Balkans. These kind of motifs are originally from Byzantine music, the Turks adopted them from the Byzantines. I have researched the music of Ancient Greece, and these motifs existed in Greece even in Antiquity :)

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан Рік тому +3

      Ти имаш турско име!Анатолија је турска земља!Очењ,жао ми је !

  • @nickmedley4749
    @nickmedley4749 2 роки тому +114

    St. Sabas of Serbia, pray for us and for the Slavic peoples.

  • @CrvenPlaviBeli011
    @CrvenPlaviBeli011 2 роки тому +255

    Marko Kraljević is serbian national hero, son of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (King of Serbia). Good job bro! Greetings from Serbia! 🇷🇸

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан Рік тому +4

      King of Serbia= princ!
      Car=master of Serbia!

    • @danicadabic9789
      @danicadabic9789 10 місяців тому +10

      @@kolobara08 nothing but half-truths and cheap propaganda in this tirade of yours.

    • @user-qq8jl9pf9b
      @user-qq8jl9pf9b 10 місяців тому

      Не секташи него погледај чији су љиљани! Знам ја да те боли што немате народне хероје. А о томе да је Марко Краљевић вазал је сувишно говорити са тобом који прича о бошњацима 90их. Задојен си мржњом према генима брате! И не кривим те, има много таквих! Зато што је твоја "нација" прављена на основу мржње према Србима. Желим ти сву срећу, памет у главу.

    • @nikolapetrovic212
      @nikolapetrovic212 8 місяців тому

      То што би ви да је све Балканско што ваља то мачку о реп, него ти мили потражи цркву у близини и враћај се на фабричка подешавања ако већ Марка, Твртка и остале сматраш својима. Будите ви паметни бар кад су вам преци били пичкурине, па се против сабље гузицом бранили

    • @LazicFilip
      @LazicFilip 7 місяців тому +4

      @@danicadabic9789c’est l’histoire Marko était de la puissante famille de chevalier serbes les mrnjacevic. C’est un faite. Quelle demi vérité vous évoquer ?

  • @danilomladenovic2995
    @danilomladenovic2995 2 роки тому +74

    Thank you for this rythm, some maybe interesting info about picture:
    On the picture:
    - on the left with strange hat - Marko (Mrnjavčević) Kraljević
    - on the right with instrument - Miloš Obilić (serbian knight who killed sultan Murat on Kosovo)
    - on the top - Vila Ravioila
    Painting was made by famous Serbian artist Paja Jovanović
    It was inspired by Serbian epic songs in which these great heroes are half brothers and that Vila (something like nimph in greek mythology) is their half sister (which gives them something like half god nature)
    Best regards people!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +19

      Thanks for the info on the painter, I’ll add it to the description!

  • @00MSG
    @00MSG 2 роки тому +101

    Man this channel is getting better and better. As a South slav I am spoiled and inspired by your roman, byzantine and Slavic themed music. Also loved the gusle at the beginning. Keep it up, greetings from Croatia!

    • @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти
      @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти 2 роки тому +9

      @Sia at least we are both aryans sooo

    • @00MSG
      @00MSG 2 роки тому +1

      @Sia I see the resemblance. I am wondering if that is a Chinese Erhu in the video, is it a traditional instrument in Iran?

    • @religiousmilk8612
      @religiousmilk8612 2 роки тому +1

      @@00MSG I believe it's called a Kamancheh

    • @00MSG
      @00MSG 2 роки тому +2

      @Sia Thanks to both for the information, didn't know that

  • @НебојшаВук
    @НебојшаВук 2 роки тому +135

    жив је Марко док је сунца и мјесеца ❤❤❤

  • @Jtdm-zg5lc
    @Jtdm-zg5lc 2 роки тому +83

    the chad has delivered on his promise

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +53

      Honestly the only chad here is my man Marko

  • @palamaro1603
    @palamaro1603 2 роки тому +72

    This is such a beautiful homage to Balkan culture and mythology. It really does amaze me how well you've capture the tone and spirit of the tales we all grew up with.

  • @teodorak7573
    @teodorak7573 2 роки тому +101

    This is amazing! Love the vibe and atmosphere of this piece.
    As a Serb this makes me so joyful ☺️

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +7

      I'm honoured :)

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 2 роки тому +1

      @@faryafaraji please do the ballards on the lions of punjab like dulla jatt , the great gama , king porus etc

  • @SRB3336
    @SRB3336 6 місяців тому +17

    SERBS SERBS SERBS 🐺🐺🐺🦅🦅🦅🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾👑👑👑👑

    • @Prodavac
      @Prodavac 5 місяців тому +4

      Prilep 🇲🇰🇲🇰

  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy 2 роки тому +76

    This is really cool... thanks also for explaining who Marko was, appreciate the music and the story behind it!

    • @dalia_mar
      @dalia_mar Рік тому

      @HistorywithCy Hello Cy, actually Marco Kraleviti is a real, historical figure with aristocratic background of disputed origin. Ther are medieval and late medieval authors, who described him as an ancestor of the Bulgarian Bolyar called Smiletz.(check up Paisius of Hillendar, a monk).The Serbs followed information written by Mauro Orbini. Farya as a musitian has got serbian friends to "whisper in his ears" their version. I think people should be more careful to mention all opinions on historical data.

    • @mislic
      @mislic Рік тому +4

      He's Serbian he's name is Marko Kraljević@@dalia_mar

    • @UltraSRB1389
      @UltraSRB1389 5 місяців тому

      @@dalia_mar Haha what a lie. He is a Serbian btw.

    • @dalia_mar
      @dalia_mar 5 місяців тому

      @@UltraSRB1389 Haha, have you got his passport? Serbians are desperate for attention, it seams is a typical characteristic for the Balkans.

  • @SRBSKIVUK.
    @SRBSKIVUK. 6 місяців тому +12

    The serbian HE-MAN in this time. 🇷🇸

  • @ivaylopetkov6461
    @ivaylopetkov6461 2 роки тому +66

    Amazing Music! Keep it up man you are touching my soul! Please do more Balkan songs like Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Romanian our folk music is legendary!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +20

      Balkan music is definitely one of the richest folk traditions in the world!

  • @fallennarcotic6981
    @fallennarcotic6981 2 роки тому +38

    We need more of this with alcohol around a campfire

  • @bryanhernandez8441
    @bryanhernandez8441 Рік тому +35

    I'm Hispanic and this song is a masterpiece

    • @puntarski8789
      @puntarski8789 4 місяці тому +2

      Sounds west heard before Slavic/gothic arival

  • @aronmarkovits5396
    @aronmarkovits5396 5 місяців тому +8

    Im hungarian with serbian and croatian heritage, and I think this one slaps

  • @vladimirzivojinovic1410
    @vladimirzivojinovic1410 2 роки тому +24

    Thank you from Serbia🇷🇸☦

  • @Kamil_Hodzic
    @Kamil_Hodzic 7 місяців тому +11

    Proud to be Slavic

    • @Empire-l3w
      @Empire-l3w Місяць тому +1

      Slavic Bulgarian 🇧🇬🤝🇷🇸🤝🇷🇺☦️☦️☦️💪💪💪

  • @Vandal.King777
    @Vandal.King777 2 роки тому +24

    What a great gift for my Slava patron saint.
    As a gusle player myself, I approve this masterpiece.

  • @khantemujin2245
    @khantemujin2245 2 роки тому +19

    My half-Slavic soul is enjoying while listening to it, thank you so much for this piece, Farya! ^^

  • @lubisamladenovic1955
    @lubisamladenovic1955 5 місяців тому +4

    O Marko ne ori drumove, o Turci ne gazite oranje 😁👊👊 O Marco, don't plow the roads, O Turk, don't trample the plowing.. That's how our grandfathers teach us from childhood

  • @predraggeorgijev3999
    @predraggeorgijev3999 Рік тому +14

    A, true Serbian king!

  • @eBayNumismatics
    @eBayNumismatics 6 місяців тому +8

    I am a Bosnian ancient and mediaeval coin collector living in Australia. You are more than just a musical genius.

  • @imperatoralbanie7668
    @imperatoralbanie7668 2 роки тому +46

    Beautiful!
    In North Albania we use the first instrument of this video!
    We call it as Lahuta/Lavda(Glory) and we used that to tell sad events,heroic events and heroes story of also some Serbian figure such as Miloš Obilic(in Albanian we call him Milosh Kopiliqi) and also about Marko fight Muša.
    Respect🇦🇱🇷🇸

    • @dollynina8992
      @dollynina8992 2 роки тому +8

      Much respect!! We share so many cultural aspects throughout the Balkans that are similar or the same!❤🇦🇱🇲🇪🇷🇸

    • @Svevladovich
      @Svevladovich 2 роки тому +6

      @@dollynina8992 Might be somehow similar, but we are sort of Slavic peoples while Albanians are sort of indigenous.

    • @alek6208
      @alek6208 2 роки тому +10

      @@Svevladovich Albanians are never indigenous of Europe.. Serbians and others like Bulgaria, Croatia, bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro: have more than 1/3 of the population that is indigenous to Europe for something like 30k or some say 5k years.

    • @Svevladovich
      @Svevladovich 2 роки тому +5

      @@alek6208 Serbs and Croats are Slavo-Illyrians

    • @alek6208
      @alek6208 2 роки тому

      @@Svevladovich yes, unlike Albanians

  • @Буендиаб
    @Буендиаб Рік тому +16

    Један је Марко!

  • @claudiusxcv
    @claudiusxcv 2 роки тому +20

    I love this channel as my ancestry is based in Balkans and the accuracy and correctness of these is beyond crazy-- this sounds exactly and very close to the serbian folklore songs that we have in Kosovo & Metohija (Serbia). Huge thanks once again @Farya Faraji! Amazing job!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +7

      No credits to me, all I did was research the dances and reproduce them closely, it's a really beautiful folkloric style!

  • @markomare-im2rj
    @markomare-im2rj Рік тому +19

    King of Serbia Marko Kraljević

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан 5 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@Niklot81Мање него било који владар Србије од Милана Недића па све до данас!
      Он је увек у души био Србин,као такав и погинуо!
      Нико не зна каква је све дела у свом животу извршио,пошто никаквих писаних извора није опстало!
      Но сигурно их је било много!
      Није узалуд српски народ хиљаде песама о њему написао!

    • @ZokiDobrojevic
      @ZokiDobrojevic 3 місяці тому

      Никад није постао Краљ . Додатак Краљевић значи да је син краља , по данашњем - принц

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ZokiDobrojevicКако се постаје краљ,по теби?
      Он је био син краља,а после смрти оца он аутоматски постаје краљ!
      Или је требао добити одобрење Ватикана?Или Енглеске и Америке?Или Турске?Немачке?
      Израела?
      Не!Наравно!

    • @ZokiDobrojevic
      @ZokiDobrojevic 2 місяці тому

      1. Титула властеле (и краља) наслеђује се по мушкој правој линији (барем код Срба).
      Дакле прво рођени брат , потом најстарији син , следе : полубрат и родбина по стрицу ...итд.
      На крај листе је зет и род по женској линији (незнам ниједан пример) .
      2. Србског краља осим остале србске властеле , и цркве треба да призна и већина суседних и других држава .
      3 . Мрњавчевићи су били "скоројевићи" који су се "милошћу царском" уздигли до положаја властеле .
      Из Душановог законика види се да је тадашње србско друштво било дубоко подељено на класе - касте .
      4 .Вукашин је самопрозвани Краљ , којег нико није признавао , и који се осилио у време владавине Стефана Уроша - нејаког.
      Прочитај предкосовски циклус или поеме о Краљевићу Марку
      "Урош и Мрњавчевићи" где се каже : "Кажи Марко , ни по бабу ни по стричевима , на кога је царство ?" ... Марко одговара : "...књиге кажу на Уроша царство...."
      5. Свеукупни врховни владар србског царства носио је титулу СТЕФАН у то време .
      А титула Стефан заменила је титулу ВЕЛИКИ ЖУПАН .
      Осим титуле жупана ,остало племство били су БАНови , Војводе ...
      Пошто Вукашин НИКАКО НИЈЕ могао да буде КРАЉ по тадашњем закону . Тако ни Марко није могао да буде КРАЉЕВИЋ .
      Народне приче и песме су једна а реалност , друга ствар .

    • @СвпетарГајтан
      @СвпетарГајтан 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ZokiDobrojevicИначе Стефан Урош је био безплодан! Он није имао деце.А пошто круна иште владара,Стефан Урош је Вукашина Мрњавчевића прогласио за краља,а то значи наследника цара!
      Истина,он се потом предомислио и побегао код Лазара Хребељановића и Алтомановића,Но било је касно!Он је ,лично,прогласио Вукашина,а о сина муМарка за наследника круне!

  • @nikolapetrovic212
    @nikolapetrovic212 4 місяці тому +5

    Краљ Марко Мрњавчевић! 🛡️🇷🇸🕊️🐺

  • @kunturkusilla1933
    @kunturkusilla1933 2 роки тому +15

    Gracias hermano
    Iam peruvian and i would love to hear a old inka music composed by you.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +7

      I'd love to, I really want to start studying the native music of South America soon!

  • @ameliahajduk1462
    @ameliahajduk1462 2 місяці тому +3

    I just discovered your channel and I love all your work! You’re crazy talented!! Greetings from Poland

  • @AcoBoskocevic-eb2zj
    @AcoBoskocevic-eb2zj 11 місяців тому +3

    Il est triste de voir à quel point les occidentaux ne connaissent rien en histoire très riche des pays de est surtout celle de la Serbie. 🇷🇸 de la jalousie je suppose

  • @ИвайлоВелчев-ы3ш
    @ИвайлоВелчев-ы3ш 2 роки тому +11

    Respect Farya............Respect!

  • @Neerepha
    @Neerepha 2 роки тому +14

    You're gracing us with too many beautiful things lately 💖

  • @milekarlica9464
    @milekarlica9464 2 роки тому +31

    This is beyond amazing! I think you should come to Balkans for a visit, since you understand our music so incredibly well. Sepas! :-)

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +14

      It's definitely one of my biggest dreams to visit the Balkans, it has some of my favourite cultures on earth

  • @alexmasic
    @alexmasic 2 роки тому +5

    Real name of the Balkan (turkik word) is Hlm or Hum.It means land of hills and forests.
    Anyway, I love Balkan and all its people living there!We sometimes dont know how rich in culture and traditions we are!!

  • @daliborrakic9195
    @daliborrakic9195 4 місяці тому +3

    Testosterone booster!

  • @OrlandoStanciu
    @OrlandoStanciu 2 роки тому +5

    Brother you must to a ancient DACIAN music, please. Nice work love from 🇷🇴 🇵🇹 ♥

  • @Alexandar1236
    @Alexandar1236 2 роки тому +7

    Ty u for this piece of art, iam following ur work and honestly thought that after composion fall of constantinople simply cant go any better. Thanks for demanting me, and keep doing amasing job, respekt and love from Serbia! P. S. Forgot to add i just adore ur version on 135 psalam❤️

  • @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти

    love this man! u grow in my eyes by appreciating our culture through music.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +9

      How can one not love the Slavic cultures, especially those of the Balkans. I've always found myself completely enthralled by them

    • @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти
      @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти 2 роки тому +1

      @@faryafaraji im kinda curious, where are YOU actually from

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +11

      @@СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти I'm Iranian and I live in Canada :)

    • @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти
      @СрбјеХристоврадујесесмрти 2 роки тому +3

      @@faryafaraji that explains why there is so much iranian music in repertoir😂

    • @adam.marjanovic
      @adam.marjanovic Рік тому +1

      @@faryafaraji Dadash I have friends from Tehran I love Persian Culture and History you are our Brothers we are Separated from Eachother we are very similliar in every look 🇷🇸❤️🇮🇷

  • @alaskanay
    @alaskanay 2 роки тому +15

    This piece has such an amazing tempo!! Loving all the historical research that went into its creation!

  • @JarosławEmert
    @JarosławEmert Місяць тому +2

    Slava Rodu! Zdravo iz Polsko ! ♥️🦾✌️💪

  • @stefo_kid56
    @stefo_kid56 Рік тому +4

    Fun fact, most of the time Marko Kraljević fights some albanian guy called Musa.

    • @theduck0
      @theduck0 5 місяців тому

      As an Albanian I did some research because of this comment lol, and found out that Musa was based on southern Albanian Prince Theodor Corona Muzaka III. Apparently they had some territorial conflicts over a city. Also, I believe Musa is portrayed as a Muslim in south Slavic legends (?), which is ofc not accurate since Theodor was Orthodox and the Muzaka family members in particular are documented as being very religious Christians. It was really cool to learn about this tho

  • @naidenromanov3050
    @naidenromanov3050 2 роки тому +5

    Man, im obsesed with your music those days!! It will be interesting to hear your version of the song for Kapitan Petko Voivoda! Continue with the great music that you are making!

  • @unesgang79
    @unesgang79 2 роки тому +6

    I keep coming back to your music for my workouts and on my walks to school. This one, the epic sparta one and Hikanatoi in particular are very good. I hope there will be more upbeat/warrior type songs in the future! Best wishes to you.

  • @te0czbg
    @te0czbg 2 роки тому +4

    Касно Марко стиже на Косово

  • @abdehldahmani95
    @abdehldahmani95 2 роки тому +6

    Farya Faraji never disappoints, and here he is once again making another folkloric masterpiece.
    Salute to you Ustaz

  • @gkev8095
    @gkev8095 2 роки тому +4

    Great as usual! Maybe you should make a gusle(serbian lyra) epic composition!:)

  • @nikolijarajcic
    @nikolijarajcic Рік тому +5

    ♥♥SLAVA RODU! ♥♥

  • @blackbaron6310
    @blackbaron6310 2 роки тому +12

    Humor about him and his strength was like Chuck Norris jokes.

  • @dannymarashi
    @dannymarashi 2 роки тому +8

    Oh man, what a treat, you really brought the story you described to life with this piece. You'd make for an entertaining companion at the fireside no doubt :)

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  2 роки тому +4

      Honestly around firesides it's either me playing music or being hallucinated by the fire and not talking lol, idk maybe it's the Zoroastrian ancestry

  • @levu5686
    @levu5686 Рік тому +5

    Најлепша је наша музика балкана

  • @MCMLXXXVICCXII
    @MCMLXXXVICCXII 2 роки тому +5

    Joy of the fight can be heard in the melody. Great job.

  • @epikotito
    @epikotito 2 роки тому +14

    Perfect! It sounds exactly how I, a Hellenic Vlach from Macedonia, would imagine a Vlachish Epic Folk Music! So I would say it's not strictly Slavic but rather Pan-Balkan, Ancient Macedonian and Thracian Epic Music! Respect!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  Рік тому +3

      Definitely, it’s Slavic in terms of the specific theme of the song but musically speaking, it applies to most of the Balkans, especially Vlachs as you put it-bagpipes are a strong musical element in old Vlach music!

    • @epikotito
      @epikotito Рік тому

      I don't know. This is the UA-cam page of Farya Faraji, not a Paleo-Balcanic group or a group of Slavic Traditions, so I don't try to insert myself anywhere.
      Anyway although I am definitely not skavophobic, like most of Greeks are, some of them they even call me a russophile, I don't see any obvious Slavic influence in Paleo-Balcanism.
      I see more Paleo-Balcanic influence in some Southern Slavic Traditions. And this by no means is meant to be offensive.
      Farya Faraji in this video on Celtic bagpipes puts it very well when he sees more e ethnocultural bonds in music than in ethnolinguistic once, kind of how Sprachbunds work, he says...
      So that's what I see. I see that there is a strong cultural bund, and in music obviously, in Balkan People('s) just like there is a Balkan Sprachbund. ua-cam.com/video/Snx-1AYh1hY/v-deo.html

  • @johnmanole4779
    @johnmanole4779 Рік тому +3

    Netflix should make a whole series about Marko. That ought to be fun.😂

  • @Lala12355
    @Lala12355 7 місяців тому +2

    Please can you make something similar for King Vukasin Mrnjavcevic Marko's father.

  • @xshandy5812
    @xshandy5812 2 роки тому +7

    Love it! 🙌🏽

  • @DNV89
    @DNV89 8 місяців тому +2

    Well, it seems I just found a new song for my training at gym.. 😀

  • @couto0947
    @couto0947 2 роки тому +4

    quero uma de indigena brasileiro IMEDIATAMENTE!!!

  • @Pack_leader1989
    @Pack_leader1989 Рік тому +2

    Kind of got the greek pontiac vibe to it love im american with polish roots 🇺🇲🇵🇱

  • @mr.atomic2970
    @mr.atomic2970 3 місяці тому +9

    Love from Bosnia. 🇧🇦♥️🇷🇸♥️🇲🇰

  • @norseca542
    @norseca542 Рік тому +3

    The giant slayer using this as his fight intro music and dancing to it sent me here. I fell deeply in love with Slav/Balkan music since Percival introduced me to that genre. Brilliant job there Farya

  • @Rr-rb9uv
    @Rr-rb9uv Рік тому +3

    This is amazing 🔥 it’s unreal how authentic you made it sound. Love your work!

  • @MichaelAmygdalas
    @MichaelAmygdalas 8 місяців тому +1

    What a masterpiece! Would you like to create a song like that for Greek heroes as well? As a Greek i would love to see something similar.

  • @django2451
    @django2451 2 роки тому +3

    With this beautiful music I got curiosity about learning more about kraljevic Marko

  • @dejanxid8303
    @dejanxid8303 4 місяці тому +2

    Amazing 😮

  • @basedkaiser5352
    @basedkaiser5352 2 роки тому +3

    Based.

  • @swar666
    @swar666 2 роки тому +3

    Nice song! Greetings from Ukraine!

  • @stevem4660
    @stevem4660 Рік тому +6

    "Epic Serbian" should be the name

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  Рік тому +5

      As explained in the description, Marko’s story is also part of Bulgarian and FYROM’s culture, and the music uses elements of those too, not just Serbian music

  • @dexippos7721
    @dexippos7721 Рік тому +2

    As a half Thracian half Macedonian Greek I love this master work of @Farya!!!!!

  • @JuditBolega
    @JuditBolega Рік тому +2

    Great music! Thank you for it! Greetings from Hungary!

  • @NaydenRomanov
    @NaydenRomanov Рік тому +2

    Cant stop listening to this, the Three Ways/ Three Times beat is presented magnificently! Хвала!

  • @lucimicle5657
    @lucimicle5657 2 роки тому +2

    I've put off listening to this one for a while. Now I have, and surprise surprise, it slaps.
    I guess I intuitively knew I can digest only so much quality content a month.

  • @alexandradeuen1610
    @alexandradeuen1610 5 місяців тому +1

    Wilder saftiger Sound, nach Abenteuer, Freiheit, Natur und scharfem bohneneintopf mit viel paprika ,knoblauch,,und Brot zum dazu essen ,

  • @serbianboss3294
    @serbianboss3294 9 місяців тому +3

    Poginuo ka heroj jer se nije htio boriti protiv nase Rumunske Hriscanske brace! Pokoj dusi i vjecni mir za brata nasega Marka!

    • @madcyborg1822
      @madcyborg1822 5 місяців тому +2

      @AngryHighlander-kj2lb Postojala je Vlaška, zar ne?

    • @serbianboss3294
      @serbianboss3294 5 місяців тому +1

      @AngryHighlander-kj2lb Valakija, Transilvanija i Karpatija i kasnije Besarabija (moldavija). To je bila Rumunija, samo je bila podjeljena na vise zemalja ka sto je nasa Srbija bila podjeljena na Rasku, Duklju, Zahumlje i Hum, zemlje Mrnjavcevica itd jadan ne bio

    • @tomgu2285
      @tomgu2285 5 місяців тому

      Pa... Je se nije borio??? Sto sam ja cito in jeste se borio I umro I jendu bitku u vlaskoj...

    • @serbianboss3294
      @serbianboss3294 5 місяців тому +1

      @@tomgu2285 Sustinski se zaletio i poginuo odmah na pocetku bitke.

    • @tomgu2285
      @tomgu2285 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@serbianboss3294 ok

  • @wilcom6459
    @wilcom6459 2 роки тому +2

    You've just doomed me dude. Now I have to bang to this till my head fall off...

  • @SuperKraguj
    @SuperKraguj 2 роки тому +10

    Србија!!!