Famous Macedonia

" Famous Macedonia " ( Greek : Μακεδονία ξακουστή - Makedonía xakustí ) is a folk song that is often regarded as the unofficial anthem of the Greek region of Macedonia .

It is with the Makedonomáchi (the "Macedonian Fighters" or [Greek] Macedonian Fighters) during the Greek struggle for the liberation of Macedonia and can be heard on parades and national anniversaries.

Until the changeover to a 24-hour program, it also marked the end of the radio programs of the regional Macedonian radio station "Radio-Makedonia 102FM" at midnight, it was played before the Greek national anthem.

According to the website of the Greek army , the hymn is a military song (εμβατήριο), it is based on the traditional “Macedonian dance” (Μακεδονικός Χορός). It is written in the Doric scale , in fifteen-syllable iambic verses (ιαμβικός δεκαπεντασύλλαβος). It is in 2/4 time and is also danced as chasápiko (χασάπικο). with a reference to Digenis Akritas , a heroic epic from Byzantine times . The text also refers to Alexander the Great , who is claimed to be the progenitor of the Greek Macedonians .

text

The star of Vergina , the unofficial flag of Greek Macedonia

Original modern Greek text	transcription	German translation
Μακεδονία ξακουστή, του Αλεξάνδρου η χώρα, που έδιωξες τους βάρβαρους κι ελεύθερη είσαι τώρα! Ήσουν και θα 'σαι ελληνική, ελλήνων το καμάρι, κι έμεις τα Ελληνόπουλα, σου πλέκουμε στεφάνι. Οι Μακεδόνες δεν μπορούν να ζούνε σκλαβομένοι, όλα και αν τα έχασαν η λεφτεριά τους μένει!	Makedonía xakoustí, tou Alexándrou i chóra, pou édioxes tous várvarous, ki eléftheri íse tóra! Ísoun ke tha 'se ellinikí, ellínon to kamári, ki emís ta Ellinópoula, sou plékoume stefáni! I Makedónes den boroún na zoúne sklavoméni, óla ke an ta échasan i leftería tous méni!	Famous Macedonia country of Alexander , you drove out the barbarians and now you are free! You were and will remain Greek , pride of the Greeks , and we Greek children weave a victory wreath for you! The Macedonians cannot live as slaves. Even if they have lost everything, they still have their freedom!

Web links

• Makedonia ksakusti sound sample (mp3; 1.6 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ V. Roudometof: Collective Memory, National Identity and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria and the Macedonian Question . Greenwood Press, 2002, ISBN 0-275-97648-3 , p. 81.