This particular rendition of Rumelaj was recorded in 1995 by the Dutch folklore band ZANAT (vocals by the Dutch Anke Teunissen) and issued by Nevofoon on Hakketoon CD 1995.1045. The original recording of Rumelaj was by the Hungarian gypsy band Kalyi Jag, issued on the LP "Black Fire" SLPX 18132 by Hungaroton in 1987.

@davidmurphey8860

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@B_Ruphe

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information

@enricobaldi4231

6 ай бұрын

Grazie! Thank you!

@sandorkurtan3797

5 ай бұрын

I had the LP. :-)

@S.J.L

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Rumelaj is danced throughout the Balkan by Gipsy populations, and honestly they all dance it the same, which is rare. The speed of the dance may vary, here it is the slow one, one can put more pep into it, more festive. I too have Gipsy roots, originally around 1642 Tsjechia :-)

@Kat-V

Жыл бұрын

Are you saying you can trace your ancestors all the way back to the 17th century? That's amazing! How is it possible? Greetings from Czechia

@SjoeperdKnoepert

Жыл бұрын

Het is prachtige muziek! =)

@TheDianaJC

Жыл бұрын

@@beniciomanulskowicz6058 gypsy culture is more fascinating if you don't actually know any gypsies...

@jsevaldecibatistademorais3480

Жыл бұрын

❤

@cherrywhiskey7297

Жыл бұрын

''gypsy'' it's a slur

How attractive how this music can touch an aspect of your region and your history...I'm from Syria and I'm not a gypsy but it made me feel a certain connection

@sonia7663

Жыл бұрын

Greetings to Syria from Serbia!

@johnmartlew

Жыл бұрын

The first time I heard music from southeast Europe, I think it was Bulgaria, was amazed. I was so….middle eastern, forgive my terms. I realized the borders mean nothing for real human exchange. Greetings from 🇨🇦✌️❤️

@OscarTartalo

Жыл бұрын

That connection is real! :-)

@Neogarcilaso

Жыл бұрын

​@@sonia7663 Greetings to Serbia, Siria and Canada, from México! 🙋🏻‍♂️🇲🇽

@huwpatt3817

Жыл бұрын

& from Aotearoa in the Pacific

I hear the Greek "Rebetiko" in it !!! Loving it !!

@Piloti.

11 ай бұрын

Also the Albanian cifteli

"Rumelaj", for those of you who don't know, is a very fun, seductive, dancable gypsy song that's very popular in the international folk dance community, and is the song to which the gypsy dance "Jeni Jol" is most frequently danced. And now we all find out that it may be x-rated! You can, of course, dance "Jeni Jol" to other music, but "Rumelaj" is by far the most popular music for it. The translation to "Rumelaj" is a controversial puzzle. There was a flurry of discussion about it on the eefc net a few months ago. Basically, it's in a Romanian gypsy dialect which apparently few people in the U.S. know. The words are *apparently*: Zetur minji maj mundra kurva me Zetur minji maj mada mundra da meri Rume-, Rume-, Rumelaj, hojdi hojdi hojdi... (The words just repeat over and over. Yes, only one verse.) If these are indeed the words, then according to Dr. Ian Hancock (the Romany nation's U.N. ambassador/advisor, and a linguist at U. Texas specializing in variants of the Rom language), "minji", "mundra" and "kurva" make it an x-rated song, particularly "minji", which he thinks is a dialect of "mindzh", which means a certain part of the female anatomy.... BUT, another linguist, Victor Frieman at U. Chicago, disagrees with the translation for "minji", saying it is NOT a form of "mindzh". But he doesn't know what it *does* mean. He agrees that it sounds like they're saying "mundra" and "kurva". But without knowing what language the song is in, or at the very least where the word divisions are in the song, he can't do a clear translation. I will stick the translation at the VERY END of this post, so if you want to read it, you can. If you don't want to read it, do not read past the P.S.! This all sparked a big debate on the politics of performing a song that might offend members of the nation from which the song came. Of course it's hard to judge even what they might think is "offensive". For example, Hungarian songs are often raunchy, but the Hungarians seem to think that's perfectly fine. I was fascinated to see Steve Kotansky introduce a new dance at Stockton this year that goes with another song by the same group that did "Rumelaj". It's "Ketri Ketri" -- very nice music and a fun easy dance that I think may be popular. Steve made a curiously evasive speech about the song, completely avoiding saying what it meant, which made me wonder if it might turn into another Rumelaj.... And just for fun -- Here's some alternate words for Rumelaj, written by Linnea Mandell and Craig Kurumada for a Zivio dance party in Salt Lake City: ROOTELAJ Jan Root a question set, before the Balkan net, "Has anyone out there seen what these unknown words mean? A favor we would ask, a simple little task. If the English words you know, please e-mail to Zivio." Chorus: Rumors, rumors, rumors, lies! Hide it, hide it, hide it! This song they translated and found it was x-rated. Rumors, rumors, rumors, lies! Hide it, hide it, hide it! Please don't ask me to say what this means in Romane. Translations she did get, from all the internet Only then was she to learn she'd opened a can of worms E-mail boxes jammed, all across the land No one knew just what to do, and oh, how the comments flew! (Chorus) "Oh, what shall we do?" cried out those who knew. "Perform this song do we dare, now that we are aware? Oh my, woe is me, this song is on CD! This will leave an ugly scar on our favorite repertoire." (Chorus) What language do you speak? Turkish, Chinese or Greek? Search the language of the Kurds, we've got to find some other words! So we wrote this song. Did we do so wrong? Now you know the reason why we can't sing you Rumelaj! **** Cute version, isn't it? My band still performs Rumelaj for our own dance group, most of whom know the story and are just amused. But we sometimes decline to play it for audiences of unknown nationality and temperament. Kathleen P.S. And finally, because you're all dying to know now, here's the supposed translation. WARNING! EXPLICIT TRANSLATION FOLLOWS! READ NO FURTHER IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED! *ahem* "Give me your pussy, You beautiful whore, Give me your pussy, Give it to me today. Rume-, Rume-, Rumelia, [or possibly "Gypsy camp"] Let's go, let's go, let's go..." Kathleen Hunt Oct 14, 1994, 1:16:48 AM

@avramrosenzweig6866

11 ай бұрын

That is not what I expected in the slightest

@habeebee

11 ай бұрын

This is incredibly informative, and also amusingly squeamish :)

@florin-titusniculescu5871

10 ай бұрын

these lyrics are fun and pretty tame compared to what nowadays gets recorded and labeled "explicit"

@estoyaqui5386

10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the translation. I understand the difficulties you had to find the right words. In her mid-30ies, my closest friend found out that her grandmother was a gypsy from Bulgaria. Curious about that she went on to investigate. She described the vocabulary of the people she found as "brutal". Let's leave it at that or we'll get into trouble. But the music is great!

@gravlaxbob355

10 ай бұрын

Really interesting to learn more about what I am listening. Thank you for this, I have no gypsy roots myself but I surely enjoy the music and appreciate the comments.

Несмотря на простоту это очень красивая песня, она завораживает и хочется слушать её ещё и ещё.

@user-yk9or4bg6z

6 ай бұрын

Потому что, это не цыганская..... а собственно, восточная музыка. она вся медитативна по духу.

I am thankful that such an incredibly beautiful song is still available in our time.

@franchescacarrasco6351

10 ай бұрын

Indeed it is....Thanks

@hilarylawrence4588

9 ай бұрын

All songs are still available today, we just have to find them!

Медленно опускается бутылка в воду,над ней дымок и я нахожу эту песню...лучшее,что могло случиться за вечер

@Adson_von_Melk

11 ай бұрын

А что в бутылке?

@antonyakubovskiy1887

5 ай бұрын

Про что хоть песня? Дэнги дэнги давай?

Wonderful Balkan 's song thanks for sharing💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👏👏👏👏

Господи,что это только что я послушала?!Меня унесло куда то в космос .Невероятно красиво!Спасибо за удовольствие!

@marieandersson3290

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

Percussion and manner of singing remind me of the trio called Light in Babylon - they're French, Turkish and Iranian...

This text is the orignal version in the Boyash(Hungarian Roma)dialect in Romanian orthography by Virgil Speriosu: "Dance with me,hey,my beautiful girl(my seductress)dance with me,hey,to die for.Roma,Roma,the world of Roma,come,come,come".....

@larisalaurabisorca2310

8 ай бұрын

ROMANIA HAVE ONLY 4 DIALECTS AND DOESN'T INCLUDE RROMA PEOPLE... THEY SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE DIFFERENT OF ROMANIANS

Wunderschönes Lied und Foto ✌️✨💕🌻💝🦋🌹🕊

Какая сила. Такое язычество, древняя напевность ...удивительно и завораживающе.

@user-lq7cl1im3j

Жыл бұрын

@@mz2535 а Вы повсюду такие следы словесные оставляете? Они что&то меняют- Ваши следы? Здесь другая тема. Вы на заборах , проходя мимо, пишете?🤣😀

@user-lq7cl1im3j

Жыл бұрын

@@javiergalaz2527 перевода нет в гугле этого языка - не понимаю. Лучше написать на английском.

@user-lq7cl1im3j

Жыл бұрын

@@mz2535 вот теперь есть перевод. А у той реплики нет. На мой язык не надо, если он тебе недоступен. Но и твой мне недоступен

Definitely amazing journey muzic set you upon and old classic wqy too nice vibe.🌤🍷🦁👑🦅🗡🎇 I luv Gypsy cultures and history.🌤🎇🗡🍷🔥☮🌊 I'm missing my crystals ball😊🔮🍷🍺🐍🦝 Cheers

живя в молдавии понимаю чютка о чем песня видно разновидность Румынского диалекта Арумынский !!!

@divinaluz69

6 ай бұрын

It's very beautiful ❤

potente ed evocativo, qui è la forza della terra, della carne e del sangue

Bellísima música, gracias !

I remember this in old Bosnia!

Je trouve très belle cette femme qui à du caractère indomptable bravo peuples Tsiganes mes racines hongroise l'homme et la femme demeure libre et doit le rester ❤❤❤ gratitude

beautiful photo. and beautiful music

This is magical in it's sound. brings me to another world . Reminds me of days when we were young. Beautiful.

Estoy aca por que siempre me llamo la atención de musicas diferentes e exóticas, ejemplos como estos,me encanta 🇦🇷💖🧉

Such strength in there voices. Amazing ❤❤

Norwegian here. It connects us all. Bless the gypsies for they are my brothers and sisters. Aho. ❤

@theyard6958

6 ай бұрын

❤ from the US.

@jelefaz

5 ай бұрын

🫶 from germany

My god this melody is............. I don't know. But I suddently feel like crying... WHY?!

Magical, hypnotic. Liked and subbed.

The peoples of Eastern Europe... Unite! We have tremendous power!

Magnifique !

Fico em êxtase. Meu corpo pulsa e vibra nesse ritmo que faz dançar as belas danças das Deusas. Viva a dança do ventre fusionada.

@fabiof2023

2 жыл бұрын

Calma.

@castanhatropicana

Жыл бұрын

Isso é música cigana dos Balcãs e eles costumam ser cristãos ou muçulmanos naquelas paradas.

@karenmorrigan

Жыл бұрын

​@@castanhatropicana e a pessoa pensa que é Belly Dance 😅 o brasileiro só está acostumado com ciganos do Sul da Europa ou falsos ciganos de umbanda, etc. Aqui poucos conhecem e sabem o dialeto dos Romas.

@renataalves8092

Жыл бұрын

Viva!!!

@castanhatropicana

Жыл бұрын

@@karenmorrigan brasileiro acha que tudo é raqs al sharq, mas gringo também acha que dançamos salsa e rumba e nossa capital é Buenos Aires. A humanidade é bem limitada. Pior é que aqui o povo mystiku acha que tudo é das Deusas, é celta, viking e indiano. Ahow, huax e hariboo!

This is excellent. I stand behind this.

Hermoso canto🤗🤗🤗

Greatings from Poland :)

Hermosa música.

Roma music is so amazing

Ale ale!🎻Hajdi hajdi rome rome laj...✌✌

Superbe, musique enivrante

superbe !

Sublime 👏🙏❤

Bu şarkının orjinalini dinlemek çok keyifliydi😊

@murselsenel

11 ай бұрын

Türkçesi neydi?

@Kiasif01-lz8mw

7 ай бұрын

Türkçe de mi var

Very beautiful song - I am thankful that I just discovered it by chance ... sehr schönes Lied 🙂 it has the power to connect people over boarders ... I think ... I can read it in the comments here

This is fabulous i am trying to find it on youtube the artist and song can anyone help thanks

Хорошая песня, и полагаю танец. А в ускоренном режиме, вообще огонь 🔥 👍

Que chic! Puxando o fumo minha senhora como o capitão gancho. Perdeu a linha e o carreté!!

Like music from Eastern Serbia and Bosnia 👌❣️😊

@ondert8503

Жыл бұрын

balkan 😉

Visit the Gypsy city quarters in Istanbul / Sulu Kule... 😂

Awesome. Thanks!!!

I know as this is Macedonian folk song. Once up on a time, Turkish singer Candan Erçetin performed this song in Turkish. Name of the song was Nar çiçeği (pomegranate flower). Anyway, wonderful song 😊 ❤

Adorable.

I like it.

Yep 👍!! 🤙 .. instrument emoji's?? Clarinette ?!❤

Saraha ma3andich zhar la f tssahib la f zwaj walit tangoul tawahad maynawad tawahda matahmal.......

Как чудесно

Gorgeous, if you have in the same style songs please share, cause I want to listen more

@windir88

Жыл бұрын

check these bands: kalyi jag, parno graszt, ando drom

@irafuks7322

11 ай бұрын

​@@windir88 thank you

My type of gal. 😄

Greeting from New Bern

Beautiful

👍 Totally...!

Superbe voi et la musique

Excellent 👍

Great workout dance.

Hare krishna, haribol!

Opre Roma 💃 🕺

Please . . . can we identify the artist/recording?

This would fit well in The Witcher games

Which is the name of the singer and the band?

Where is the image taken from?

beautiful

Where ist this photo from ? IT is Amazing !

@thonbrocket2512

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it has a real "yer wallet or yer nutsack" vibe to it.

@dsvfdgfsfgbfsdssd3667

Жыл бұрын

It's the model Cordula Reyer, photographed by Herb Ritts

@momeara7482

Жыл бұрын

@@dsvfdgfsfgbfsdssd3667 You're right. 1989

@theyard6958

6 ай бұрын

😆@@thonbrocket2512 Hahaha, For real. Id start smoking again if she told me to.

Pikey power ballads are legendary. Campfire magic 🎉

@judeirwin2222

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever reflected on how you would like being called a "Pikey"?

@davepowell7168

Жыл бұрын

When Tyson Fury won the World heavyweight boxing championship the world didn't change ? The Romani people love being settled occasionally..

Witcher and Witch ❤❤❤😊😊😊❤

Eu tbm sou cigano

Its beautiful version, who are the musicians and singers ?

@ryool7107

Жыл бұрын

zanat folk orchestra

@azulamparo333

Жыл бұрын

​@@ryool7107 hola! Has oído la canción "djelem djelem" de este mismo canal? Sabes el nombre del grupo? 🙏 Un saludo desde Argentina

That woman is who I feel like I am inside lol

@sheep1ewe

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@dsvfdgfsfgbfsdssd3667

Жыл бұрын

Cordula Reyer photographed by Herb Ritts

@Neogarcilaso

Жыл бұрын

Hi, where are you writing from? I heard your vide: pretty good!! 🙋🏻‍♂️🇲🇽

@lostcat9lives322

Жыл бұрын

@@dsvfdgfsfgbfsdssd3667 Herb Ritts rocked.

Mi infancia ❤

Super❤🎉🎉🎉

Show.☺♫♥♫☺♥

🤙🤘👍👌

💯❤❤❤

It's really good.

@davidbaxter4910

Жыл бұрын

Yep!!

Please, did someone knows this band?

@irafuks7322

Жыл бұрын

I also want to know

@dikapami

Жыл бұрын

maybe Faraualla

@irafuks7322

Жыл бұрын

@@dikapami thnx

@ultrasoft5555

Жыл бұрын

This recording has been published in 1995, on the CD "Doe Dans Basics vol. 3". It was performed by the Zanat folk orchestra, a Dutch band started in 1972 and consisted of one singer and five instrumentalists. It is not identical to the contemporary Albanian "Ansambli Zanat". The song Rumelaj itself has been created by Kalyi Jag in 1987, see details in my other comment.

Bewegend 🤲👍🙏

Muy bonito

Este în limba aromână cântecul!

@sorinonose8774

Жыл бұрын

Well, no, it's in a bad pronounced romanian, and the rythm is gypsy.

Looks like my kind of lady

Beautiful. What language are they singing in and what are they singing about?

@alexgian9313

Жыл бұрын

The couplet is in Greek - "tetoio menuma epou tragoudame"="such tidings that we sing of" , I'm not sure what the chorus is in, maybe Turkish? "Hayde!" is like a cheer: "Come on!".

@bartvenken7138

Жыл бұрын

@@alexgian9313 Thnx.

@Karolos1337

11 ай бұрын

Its all in a Gypsy dialect actually, someone wrote a lenghty comment in here. Zentru minji maj Mundra Kurva me

@habeebee

11 ай бұрын

Apparently it's in the language of the Boyash Roma. You can find a lot of discussion about the possible translations of the song (some of which are pretty x-rated!) and its linguistic origin online.

Wow

Sözlerini anlamıyorum ama bizim şarkılarımıza çok benziyor🇹🇷 .hadi hadi hadi rumelaj

👍👍

Who is the artist?

thank you Fernanda

This is MUSIC 🙂

dank , schöne frau

what is this song about, anyone know ?

@cherrywhiskey7297

Жыл бұрын

sex

Quelle belle fille.... c'est une gitane?...la photo est superbe.....

@LedigCeline

7 ай бұрын

Cordula Reyer.

Oh toi, tu vas finir dans Ableton.

Is this Cordula Reyer on photo?

@LedigCeline

7 ай бұрын

Yes

😍💥

⚔️

3 +4 marjorie your gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤