Cyganski Music

DomPolski 7 | 33

11 Jul 2008 / #1

Theres something I'm a little confused about, the term cygan means someone of Roma origin or something along those lines doesn't it? Well the other day I was searching through some Polish folk and in particular Goral music and looking at videos like these,

People are saying that these are cygan music, why so? It's traditional Goral polish folk.

Is there something I'm not getting that could be explained.
Cheers

Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,148

11 Jul 2008 / #2

Looks like It is Gypsy stuff, at least some mix of It...

Switezianka - | 463

11 Jul 2008 / #3

Cygan = Gypsy
Góral = highlander

These are guys wearing traditional highlander clothes singing a Gypsy song in Polish with a bit highlander-style fiddles, '80-sheavy-metal-style guitar solo and Russian-style male choir. Quite a mix-up. And I really don't know why they're wearing those clothes.

Here you've got some typical highlander folk, for comparison:

OP DomPolski 7 | 33

11 Jul 2008 / #4

Ok Thanks for the answers. Is it a true statement to say that Polish music, culture has cygan influence? Searching through youtube I see a lot of Poles singing this music

Switezianka - | 463

18 Jul 2008 / #5

Some people are fascinated by Romani culture and there are some Romani music festivals in Poland, but I wouldn't say there are a lot of influences of Romani music on Polish music. Sometimes you can hear some gypsy-inspired folk songs or sung poetry, some stuff of a gypsy girls in love etc. but this appears in the form of a stylization. Even if Romani elements are incorporated into Polish music, they remain an alien element.

plk123 8 | 4,138

18 Jul 2008 / #6

Romas are everywhere but as you may know they stick to their own kind. same with music but i am sure some of it percolates out onto other cultures.

check out gyspi kings sometime

Polak89 1 | 13

31 Jul 2008 / #7

lol have you guys ever heard yugoslav music? its so beautiful and it has alot of gypsy influence, i am sure polish,russian,ukrainian also has some but not as much

Switezianka - | 463

31 Jul 2008 / #8

i am sure polish,russian,ukrainian also has some but not as much

Any examples, please?

Polak89 1 | 13

4 Aug 2008 / #9

Cyganeczka Zosia
Darko Domian - Zono Moja Serce Moje (sounds yugoslav)
Kayah & Goran Bregovic - 100 Lat Mlodej Parze (Most Kayah Songs)

Switezianka - | 463

4 Aug 2008 / #10

Oh, that means that we can also talk about African, Australian or Tibetan influences in Polish music. It's enough to listen to Karpaty Magiczne discography.