Linđo

Linđo is a dance from the Croatian city of Dubrovnik and the surrounding area. He is accompanied by the three-string string lijerica . In the past the Linđo was also danced with the accompaniment of a simple bagpipe ( mišnice ).

The seated musician leans the lijerica on his left knee, strokes the three strings with his bow and sets the pace for the dancers with the entire foot of his right leg. The dance is very interesting in terms of the polymetric between the three-part metric of the step sequence of the dance and the two-part metric of the musical accompaniment.

The dancing takes place in pairs, which are spread around the musicians. The tone setter (leader of the Kolo ) gives instructions in a funny, often ambiguous manner, which figures and which dancers should dance together. This takes place in a strict tone and in the rhythm of the music, the tone setter also encourages dancers who compete with each other through improvisations .

The repetition of important sections is characteristic of the dance. The description was made by Ivan Kukuljević-Sakcinski in 1856 and is still danced in the same way today.

Origin of name

Originally the dance was called simply Dubrovnik dance, but today it is better known under the name Linđo. The dance got its name from the nickname of a famous lijerica player, Nikola Lale Linđo from the Župa dubrovačka municipality . His descendants now live in Petrača and are still known by the nickname Linđo.