GORNI DOMLYAN VILLAGE'S KUKERI - COSTUME & DANCES
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During the restoration of the custom in the Village of Gorni Domlyan, they took the design of the costume from an old undated picture kept by people who were Kukeri in the past
Personages
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The third group of personages perform together with the Kuker band based on the stories heard from the elderly people and after consultation by a folklorist.
ClothesThe shirt is while and made of home-spun with embroidery. If they do not have embroidered shirts they buy a ready embroidery, and sew it.
On the shoulders, the Gorni Domlyan's Kukeri put a white kerchief with sequins at the border; they leave its ends free on the chest casting the one over the other and fixing them with security pins. Once the kerchief was of cheese-cloth, however nowadays they replace the latter with silk in order to prevent the crumpling during the frequent travels. On the waist, they put a red kerchief letting the triangle fall at the front above the abdomen. The Kukeri put on a female pinafore above the shirt, which is today a bit shorter than it was in the past. The legs (“badzhatsi”) are of goat fur with hairs outside. Their colour could be white, black or mixed depending on what the people managed to procure. At both sites, they have long tassels falling to the ground. The Gorni Domlyan Village's Kukeri also have wooden socks without soles (“kaltsi”) exactly the same as the ones worn by the female croppers in the past aiming to prevent the pricks by the ears of wheat . The Kukeri wear traditional leather sandals (“tsarvuli”). |
Moves and Steps
The Kukeri strive to keep the rhythm while stepping ahead in order to prevent inharmonious sounds.
They have a special start step seen and borrowed from some other Kuker band at the Surva Traditional Masquerade Festival in the City of Pernik during their first participation there. The time is: one-two, one-two-three; one-two, one-two-three (twice or three times depending on the size of the square). Another step is in a steady beat: one-two, one-two...
Figures
The Kukeri start by pairs in a column, split and then blow over. They also perform several other figures.
After completing the figures, they draw up in a semicircle, and the amateurs of the folklore ensamble begin singing behind them, and play a “horo” (a traditional round dance). Then, the amateurs go behind the Kukeri, and the latter again start circle round and dance. The amateurs dance three different “horo” dances between the Kuker plays.
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