“Memede, dobâr junače” (“Mehmed, you are a brave lad”) is the first line of the song to which the dance was originally performed. The patterns described here are from the village of Jakoruda, Velingradsko district in the Rhodopes.
Pronunciation: MEHH-meh-deh
Music: 5/8 meter counted 1-2 1-2-3 or 1-2 or Q-S
Bulgarian Folk Dances with Jaap Leegwater, Stockton Edition, Track 14
Presented by Jaap Leegwater in 2011. View pdf here.
