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Music CD details
Book details:
'The Aromanians of Andon Poci: Songs and Stories, Albania'
Various Artists
(ETHCD012)
Musicians:
Villagers from the village of Andon Poci
Label - Ethnophonie, Romania
Released 2006
CD size book accompanying an audio CD. Book is 140 pages with texts in Romanian,
English, Albanian, Aromanian and Greek. It contains numerous photos and extensive analysis on the music and
singers. Academic in nature this book and CD release is a fascinating
study into an ancient culture in a little known village in South Albania.
Extract from notes:
The Aromanians of Andon Poci
Songs and stories
Aromanians
A researcher of Balkan history and culture may ignore Aromanians for a while.
But as soon as he "discovers" them, he is surprised to remark that there is no corner left
in the entire peninsula in which they haven't played a significant role. Aromanians held for
a long time in control land traffic between Venice and Constantinople; they were active
jewelers (gold and silver artisans), innkeepers, storeowners, bankers and politicians; they
excelled in animal breeding, trade and South East European transport; they set up and
developed companies in most cities across South East Europe; finally, they distinguished
themselves in the Balkan peoples' liberation wars against the Ottoman occupation.
Today, Aromanians live all over the Balkan Peninsula but are grouped especially in
northern Greece (Pindus Mountains, Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia, Vemuon Mountains,
Olympus), southern Albania (especially in the districts of Kolonja, Korqe, Pogradec, Vlore,
Fier), the Republic of Macedonia (the Prespa- Ohrid region, Pelagonia and the eastern valley
of Vardar river), Romania (Dobmdja) and Bulgaria (Western Rhodopes, Rila).
The Aromanians from the village of Andon Poci
Inhabited by Aromanians alone, the village is situated in the south of Albania, 16
kilometers from the town of Gjirokaster (Arom. Ljurokastru). It dates from as recently
as 1957-1960. However, local tradition already mentions the four great families of
founding shepherds, forced by authorities to descend from the Bureto Mountains and join
the communist cooperative farms. The land where they settled went by the name of
Tavan, hence the name of tavaniot given to the inhabitants of the area. The new village was
named after an Aromanian hero from World War II, Andon Poci.
GBP 10.79
'The Aromanians of Andon Poci: Songs and Stories, Albania'
Various Artists
(ETHCD012)
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01 to 17 - Lyric Songs |
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| 18 to 20 - Ritual Wedding Songs | |
| 21 to 22 - Ritual Scanning | |
| 23 to 32 - Stories | |
Duration (73'04") |
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