Romania: Gypsy Music & Manele (Balkan music style)

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About Romania: Gypsy Music & Manele (Balkan music style)

Romania: Manele (singular: Manea) is a Balkan music style mainly derived from Turkish love songs, considered by many to be a form of sub-culture.

The phenomenon is most prominent in Romania, especially in rural areas and poor urban neighbourhoods, but is also present in Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania and parts of Turkey.--

The manele current is a mixture of dance, hip-hop, oriental influences, some Balkanic, but also with a very strong influence from the Rroma music. The texts and verses of the songs usually refer to love, enemies, money, drinking alcohol, the hardships of life, but there are also some texts specifically designed for parties, weddings and so on. Manele composers and players also use the term "oriental music" for their creation, and consider their music as a sub-genre of traditional, folk Rroma music.

Text taken from wikipedia.org