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Kopačka
Genre	Folk dance
Time signature	2; 4
Origin	Pijanec, North Macedonia

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Kopačka (Macedonian: Копачка; English: The farmers dance) is a traditional Macedonian oro, folk dance, from the region of Pijanec, a range of mountains in the eastern part of North Macedonia.

Kopačka is traditionally performed by male dancers. It is a fast-paced dance with fast movements on half feet, featuring extensive jumping, side movements and scissors movements. The dancers hold their belts with their left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is ²
₄.

The dance was first introduced to Tanec (the national folklore performance group in North Macedonia) by the village dancers. The original name for the dance was Sitnata (Macedonian: Ситната; English: The small/fine one). Tanec changed the name to Kopačka and the dance subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopačka for both the dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.

The dance is based on a combination of two songs: Dimna Juda for the slow, walking part of the dance, and Derviško Dušo (Viško) for the fast part of the dance.

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-'''Kopacka''' (Копачка) is a [[Macedonian]] dance from the [[Delcevo]] region.
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+'''Kopačka''' ({{lang-mk|Копачка}}; {{lang-en|The farmers dance}}) is a traditional [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] [[Hora (dance)|''oro'']], [[folk dance]], from the region of [[Delčevo Valley|Pijanec]], a range of mountains in the eastern part of [[North Macedonia]].
+Kopačka is traditionally performed by male dancers. It is a fast-paced dance with fast movements on half feet, featuring extensive jumping, side movements and scissors movements. The dancers hold their belts with their left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is {{music|time|2|4}}.
-It was first introduced to [[Tanec]] (the national folklore performance group in the [[Republic of Macedonia]]) by the village dancers. The original name was Sitnata (the small/fine one). Tanec changed the name to Kopacka and the dance subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopacka for both the dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.  The dance consists of small, choppy epileptiform steps.
+The dance was first introduced to [[Tanec]] (the national folklore performance group in [[North Macedonia]]) by the village dancers. The original name for the dance was Sitnata (Macedonian: Ситната; English: ''The small/fine one''). Tanec changed the name to Kopačka and the dance subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopačka for both the dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.
-The dance Kopacka is based on a combination of two songs: [[Dimna Juda]] for the slow, walking part of the dance, and [[Dervisko Duso]] for the fast part of the dance.
+The dance is based on a combination of two songs: ''Dimna Juda'' for the slow, walking part of the dance, and ''Derviško Dušo (Viško)'' for the fast part of the dance.
-In [[Serbia]], Kopacka is a version of the Bulgarian [[Kopanitsa]], Greek [[Diaspora]].
 ==See also==
+*[[Kopanitsa]]
-*[[Music of the Republic of Macedonia]]
+*[[Kopačka (folklore ensemble)]]
+*[[Music of North Macedonia]]
-==Video==
+==Further reading==
+*Dimovski, Mihailo. (1977:80-6). ''Macedonian folk dances (Original in Macedonian: Македонски народни ора)''. Skopje: Naša kniga & Institut za folklor
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvroIfN2jWQ Video of the Kopačka folk dance]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.dunav.org.il/dances/kopacka.html More about Kopacka (music, video, lyrics)]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331001314/http://www.dunav.org.il/dance_histories/macedonia_kopacka.html About the Kopačka dance]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_wrz7hBTs Video with a wedding lunch followed by the Kopačka dance on YouTube]
-* [http://www.esnips.com/doc/92bf9b77-354d-4179-889b-b5c9883b633f/Omega_vibes_diaspora Diaspora]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130600/http://www.vest.com.mk/default.asp?id=160043&idg=8&idb=2532&rubrika=Makedonija Kopačka folklore ensemble marks 60 years jubilee - Vest newspaper]
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+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvroIfN2jWQ Video of the Kopačka folk dance on YouTube]
-{{macedonia-stub}}
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqTaWRFkWA Video of the Kopačka folk dance] by [[Tanec]] on YouTube
+{{Macedonian Oro}}
-[[Category:European folk dances]]
-[[Category:Macedonian dance]]
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+[[Category:Macedonian dances]]
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