Ojkanje | |
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![]() HKUD Široka Kula from Gospić performing ličko ojkanje | |
Stylistic origins | Croatian music |
Typical instruments | Human voice |
Ojkanje singing | |
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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]
In 2010, it was inscribed as Ojkanje singing in UNESCOs List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.