Shopi or Šopi is a regional term, used by a group of people in the Balkans. The areas traditionally inhabited by the Shopi or Šopi is called Shopluk or Šopluk (Шоплук), a mesoregion. Most of the region is located in Western Bulgaria, with smaller parts in Eastern Serbia and Eastern North Macedonia, where the borders of the three countries meet.
A Shop of Tran, Bulgaria, 1921
A Shopluk horo (round dance)
"Self-conscious, but happy. A newly engaged couple, Bulgaria", National Geographic, 1915
View of a cloud-covered Sofia Valley from Vitosha
The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.
Gadulka
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices
Bulgarian folk dances in Brussels, invited by the Bulgaria's EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva
Raina Kabaivanska in Tosca, Madrid 2004