| Ojkanje | |
|---|---|
 HKUD Široka Kula from Gospić performing ličko ojkanje | |
| Stylistic origins | Croatian music |
| Typical instruments | Human voice |
| Ojkanje singing | |
|---|---|
| Country | Croatia |
| Domains | Performing arts |
| Reference | 00320 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2010 (5th session) |
| List | Need of Urgent Safeguarding |
Ojkanje is a tradition of polyphonic folk singing in Croatia characteristic for the regions of the Dalmatian hinterland, Velebit, Lika, Kordun, and Karlovac.[1] As described in The Harvard Dictionary of Music: "The ojkanje is a particular style of singing melisma with a sharp and prolonged shaking of the voice on the syllables oj or hoj."[2] According to experts, ojkanje is a remnant of pre-Slavic Illyrian singing from the area of ancient Dalmatia (today's Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro).[3]
In 2010, it was inscribed as Ojkanje singing in UNESCOs List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
- ^ "UNESCO - Ojkanje singing". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Don Michael Randel (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2.
- ^ "Culturenet.hr - Ojkanje na UN-ovom popisu zaštićene baštine". www.culturenet.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-19.