Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
About "Gelem Gelem, Đelem Đelem (Djelem Djelem)"
BalkanEros version of the anthem of the Romani people. The title has been adapted in many countries by local Roma to match their native orthography and spoken dialect of the Romani language.[1] Some of the song's many titles include,
"Gyelem, Gyelem" (Hungarian orthography),
"Jelem, Jelem",
"Dzelem, Dzelem",
"Dželem, Dželem" (alternative Croatian and Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Đelem, Đelem" (Croatian and Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Djelem, Djelem" (German and French orthography),
"Ђелем, Ђелем" (Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Ѓелем, Ѓелем" (Slavic Macedonian orthography),
"Џелем, Џелем" (alternative Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Джелем, джелем" (Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian orthography),
"Opré Roma" and
"Romale Shavale".
"Gyelem, Gyelem" (Hungarian orthography),
"Jelem, Jelem",
"Dzelem, Dzelem",
"Dželem, Dželem" (alternative Croatian and Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Đelem, Đelem" (Croatian and Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Djelem, Djelem" (German and French orthography),
"Ђелем, Ђелем" (Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Ѓелем, Ѓелем" (Slavic Macedonian orthography),
"Џелем, Џелем" (alternative Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography),
"Джелем, джелем" (Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian orthography),
"Opré Roma" and
"Romale Shavale".