Balkan Music Videos: 26.01.08

Saturday 26 January 2008

Mahsun Kirmizigul Video - Azar Azar

Mahsun Kirmizigul Music Video
Title: "Azar Azar"

Mahsun Kirmizigul Video - Dinle

Mahsun Kirmizigul Music Video
Title: "Dinle" 2006

Mahsun Kırmızıgül (born Abdullah Bazencir on March 26, 1969) is a popular Turkish Arabesque, pop folk music singer, actor and director and former co-owner of Prestij Müzik, once a leading Turkish music production company. He was born in Bingöl, Turkey and grew up in Diyarbakır. In 1993, he released his first professional album, Alem Buysa Kral Sensin ("If this is the world, then you are the king"), which became a huge hit. This was followed by other hits like Bebeğim Benim ("My Baby"), and in 1994, he became one of the three owners of Prestij Müzik. His 1998 album Yıkılmadım ("I did not fall down") has sold more than 2 million copies and became the best selling album in 1998. The same year, he won three Kral TV Music awards: Best male Arabesque singer, best song, and best selling song. On the same night, Prestij Müzik musicians won most of the awards. A few months later, he won the Altın Kelebek best musician award. He is a Zazaki-kurd. He has made a huge comeback in late 2007 with his newly released film, Beyaz Melek ("White Angel") which he has directed, written and starred. [wikipedia]

Andrea Demirovic Video - Nisi Ti Kriv

Andrea Demirovic Music Video
Title: "Nisi Ti Kriv"

Andrea Demirovic Video - Oblak Od Ljubavi

Andrea Demirovic Music Video
Title: "Oblak Od Ljubavi"
by Aleksandar Bukur

Andrea Demirovic Video - The Queen of the Night

Andrea Demirovic Music Video
Title: "The Queen of the Night"
by Dejan Milicevic

Kaltrina Selimi Video - Auto Stop

Kaltrina Selimi Music Video
Title: "Auto Stop"
by Pixels

Goga Sekulic Video - Seksi Biznismen

Goga Sekulic Music Video
Title: "Seksi Biznismen"
by Dejan Milicevic
+tag: sexy

Danijela Vranic Video - Ti Mi Nisi Siguran

Danijela Vranic Music Video
Title: "Ti Mi Nisi Siguran"
by Vedad Jasarevic

Danijela Vranic Video - Ne Mogu Godinama

Danijela Vranic Music Video
Title: "Ne Mogu Godinama"

Danijela Vranic Video - Da Ne Vidi Ona

Danijela Vranic Music Video
Title: "Da Ne Vidi Ona"

Romana Panic Video - Nikad i Zauvijek

Romana Panic Music Video
Title: "Nikad i Zauvijek"

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The Balkans - Quick Guide

The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).

The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity. It was also a destination for Jewish refugees of Inquisition.

The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Celts, Illyrians, Romans, Avars, Vlachs, Germans and various Germanic tribes.

Possibly the historical event that left the biggest mark on the collective memories of the peoples of the Balkans was the expansion and later fall of the Ottoman Empire. There is not a people in the Balkans that doesn't place its greatest folk heroes in the era of either the onslaught or the retreat of the Ottoman Empire. For Croats it is Nikola Zrinski, for Serbs Miloš Obilić, for Albanians Skanderbeg, for Bulgarians Vasil Levski, and for ethnic Macedonians - Gotse Delchev. In the 20th century, the Balkan nations—except Greece and Yugoslavia—were made part of the Warsaw pact (as a result of Soviet hegemony after the ending of World War II). Following the pact's collapse and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkan states have acceded to the European Union, or are in the process of doing so.

In most of the English-speaking, western world, the countries commonly included in the Balkan region are: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey (the europian section) but sometime the following are included in the list aswell: Moldova, Romania, Slovenia

Other countries not included in the Balkan region that are close to it and/or play or have played an important role in the region's geopolitics, culture and history: Austria, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy and Russia.

The region's principal nationalities include: Greeks (10.5 million), Turks (10 million), Serbs (8.5 million), Bulgarians (6.5 million), Albanians (6 million), Croats (5 million), Bosniacs (2 million), Macedonians (1.3 million), Montenegrins (0.3 million), Romanians (20 million), Slovenes (2 million), others (Roma, ...)

The region's principal religions are (Eastern Orthodox and Catholic) Christianity and Islam. A variety of different traditions of each faith are practiced, with each of the Eastern Orthodox countries having its own national church.

Eastern Orthodoxy is the principal religion in the following countries: Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church); Greece (Church of Greece); Republic of Macedonia (Serbian Orthodox Church and uncanonical Macedonian Orthodox Church); Montenegro (Serbian Orthodox Church and uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church); Romania (Romanian Orthodox Church); Serbia (Serbian Orthodox Church);

Roman Catholicism is the principal religion in the following countries: Croatia, Slovenia. Islam is the principal religion in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey.

The following countries have many religious groups which exceed 10% of the total population:

Albania: Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniacs are mostly Muslim, Serbs are mostly Serbian (Eastern) Orthodox and Croats are mostly Catholic. Bulgaria: Islam. Republic of Macedonia: Albanian population is mostly Muslim. Montenegro: Albanians and Bosniacs are Muslims. Serbia: Albanians and Bosniacs are mostly Muslim, Hungarians, Slovaks and Croats are mostly Catholic. [source wikipedia]