Chalga

Chalga
Chalga
Stylistic origins	Bulgarian music; Serbian folk music; Greek folk music; Balkan folk music; Macedonian folk music; Arabesque music; Balkan brass music; Balkan pop; dance-pop; pop;
Cultural origins	1960s, Bulgaria

Chalga (Bulgarian: чалга; often referred to as pop-folk, short for "popular folk" or ethno-pop, short for "ethnic pop") is a Bulgarian music genre. Chalga or pop-folk is essentially a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Bulgarian music (Bulgarian ethno-pop genre) and also primary influences from Greek, Turkish and Arabic.

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