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Music genre
Čalgija or Chalgiya (
Bulgarian language: Чалгия) is a
Bulgarian music genre, which also is a subgenre of the old
urban traditional
folk music (
starogradska muzika) of
Bulgaria.
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Čalgija is performed by ensembles called Čalgii (Чалгии) with instruments such as a
dajre (
tambourine) and
tarabuka (hourglass drum) providing percussion for
ut (
lute),
kanun (
zither),
clarinet and
violin.
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Čalgija should not be confused with
Chalga (a contemporary
pop-folk dance music of Bulgaria).
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