čalgija

{{short description|Music genre}}

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Čalgija or Chalgiya (Bulgarian language: Чалгия) is a Bulgarian music genre, which also is a subgenre of the old urban traditional folk music (starogradska muzika) of Bulgaria.{{cite book|title=Self-Orientalization in South East Europe|author=Georgiev, P.K.|date=2012|publisher=Springer VS|isbn=9783531932712|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4fiPifHJGgC|page=54|accessdate=4 October 2014}}{{cite web|last=Seeman|first=Sonia Tamar|title=Macedonian Čalgija: A Musical Refashioning of National Identity|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/remf/2012/00000021/00000003/art00002|publisher=ingentaconnect.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Macedonian chalgija - Dafino vino crveno (oro) - instrumental|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ZV1bsyu6w&list=PL342936D49D4E7473&index=2 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Z7ZV1bsyu6w |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}

Čalgija is performed by ensembles called Čalgii (Чалгии) with instruments such as a dajre (tambourine) and tarabuka (hourglass drum) providing percussion for ut (lute), kanun (zither), clarinet and violin.{{cite web|title=Čalgija|url=http://www.tousauxbalkans.net/Cat%C3%A9gorie:%C4%8Calgija|publisher=tousauxbalkans.net|accessdate=2 January 2014}}

Čalgija should not be confused with Chalga (a contemporary pop-folk dance music of Bulgaria).{{cite web|title=Izvor Music News|url=http://www.izvormusic.com/news.html|publisher=izvormusic.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}