Jeni Jol
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Jeni Jol (New road) is a Rom (Gypsy) folk dance
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....

 from the region of Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

, Macedonia.

It is a woman's line dance
Line dance
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...

, in 2/4 meter, with a walking rhythm, with sensuous hip tilts. The dancers form a curved line, holding hands, and the dance moves to the dancer's right. The step pattern is 6 measures long. The dance is in the čoček
Cocek
Čoček is a musical genre and dance that emerged in the Balkans during the early 19th century...

 musical genre that developed in the Balkans from Ottoman military bands in the 19th century, and is done to slow Rom brass band
Balkan Brass Band
Balkan Brass Band or Chochek is a distinctive style of music originating in 19th century Serbia when trumpeters in the military transposed folk music during harsh times. It is popular throughout the Balkans, especially Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The beats are usually fast and accompanied by...

music, particularly the song Rumelaj.
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