The incredible intangible heritage of UNESCO, present in Montenegro for a thousand years, solemnly opens the VII Budva festival "Ćirilicom", sponsored by TO Budva.
This traditional manifestation will be opened with the performance of the Byzantine singing duet - Verica Ožegović, leading melodious voice and Milica Aleksić, accompanying voice-ison. Byzantine chant, a musical genre unique to Eastern Christian churches, originated with the beginnings of Christianity and has survived to this day, despite turbulent historical events and divisions, which is why it deserved to be included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO.
It is traditionally performed a cappella and monophonically, as an accompaniment to liturgical texts in churches. Chants are codified into an 8-tone system and use different rhythm styles to emphasize certain syllables and words.
The repertoire of the Byzantine duet unites several different periods in the development of Byzantine singing, starting from the 13th century and the composition "Ninje sili", through "Dostojno jest", a song in the first voice, dedicated to the Mother of God, to "Vsjakoje dihania da hvalit gospoda" from the 19th century. century.
The festival will open with the compositions "Godi vozvah" and "Da prasravitsja", as well as every choir "performance" at the evening service.
The opportunity to connect the world phenomenon of UNESCO-protected goods and the manifestation that inherits the most important Montenegrin heritage of literacy speaks volumes about the intention and idea of the festival organizers.
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