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The legendary Valia Balkanska sings "Излел е Дельо Хайдутин" ("Izlel e delio haidutin"), a song from the Rhodopian mountains in Bulgaria. This song was included on the golden record which was launched into space on board the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977.
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Valia Balkanska was born in a hamlet near the village of Arda in the province of Smolyan in Bulgaria in 1942, and has been singing Rhodopean folk songs since childhood. She has been working with the Rodopa State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances in her native Smolyan since 1960, and in 2002 was awarded the "Stara Planina Orden", the highest Bulgarian award, for her work.
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Here is another tune for bagpipe from the Rhodopean mountains, played by renowned musician Stefan Zahmanov:
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The legendary Valia Balkanska sings "Излел е Дельо Хайдутин" ("Izlel e delio haidutin"), a song from the Rhodopian mountains in Bulgaria. This song was included on the golden record which was launched into space on board the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977.
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Valia Balkanska was born in a hamlet near the village of Arda in the province of Smolyan in Bulgaria in 1942, and has been singing Rhodopean folk songs since childhood. She has been working with the Rodopa State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances in her native Smolyan since 1960, and in 2002 was awarded the "Stara Planina Orden", the highest Bulgarian award, for her work.
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Here is another tune for bagpipe from the Rhodopean mountains, played by renowned musician Stefan Zahmanov:
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