title: Kopačka (folk dance)
text: Kopačka (; ) is a traditional Macedonian Oro, folk dance, from the region of Pijanec, a range of mountains in the eastern part of North Macedonia.
  
  Kopačka is traditionally performed by male dancers. It is a fast-paced dance with fast movements on half feet, featuring extensive jumping, side movements and scissors movements. The dancers hold their belts with their left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is .
  
  The dance was first introduced to Tanec (the national folklore performance group in North Macedonia) by the village dancers. The original name for the dance was Sitnata (Macedonian: Ситната; English: The small/fine one). Tanec changed the name to Kopačka and the dance subsequently became so famous that the villagers adopted this name of Kopačka for both the dance and the name of their group, to remind everyone whence this dance originally came.
  
  The dance is based on a combination of two songs: Dimna Juda for the slow, walking part of the dance, and Derviško Dušo (Viško) for the fast part of the dance.
  
  See also
  Kopanitsa
  Kopačka (folklore ensemble)
  Music of North Macedonia
  
  Further reading
  Dimovski, Mihailo. (1977:80-6). Macedonian folk dances (Original in Macedonian: Македонски народни ора). Skopje: Naša kniga & Institut za folklor
  
  External links
  About the Kopačka dance
  Video with a wedding lunch followed by the Kopačka dance on YouTube
   Kopačka folklore ensemble marks 60 years jubilee - Vest newspaper
  Video of the Kopačka folk dance on YouTube
  Video of the Kopačka folk dance by Tanec on YouTube
  
  Macedonian dances