Originally Posted by
Streyndza
As a Serb from Krajina, I'm a pretty musical person and I love dancing, but the funny thing is that I know what your relatives meant when they compared the Serbs from Serbia to gypsies when it comes to celebrations/parties. I've got a great disdain towards certain music genres that are very present in Serbia, such as the gypsy trumpeters "traditionally" brought to celebrations, as well as music heavily influenced by Turkish and Oriental rhythms and instruments, present in folk/turbofolk. The only way such music can be properly danced to is exclusivelly through, imo, carnal, provocative and lustful movements - which have a gypsy vibe to them, but are very present in the middle east and countries like Armenia, Turkey and such. The movements I have in mind is twirling of the body, the hands, provocative hips thrusts/movements and belly-dancing, which is typical for Arab countries. I think this explains the fact that when such music is playing, most people feel too uncomfortable to dance, and instead just clap or stomp their feet. Dancing requires you to let go and let your body become some sort of medium for the music, which is extremely inapproriate and awkward with such music, especially for men. Maybe Serbs from Krajina have a bigger disdain for such music and dances due to them not being under the Turkish cultural influence.
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