Klapsko pjevanje i ča-val - mediteranske dimenzije popularne glazbe u Hrvatskoj

The concept of Mediterranean-ness in the Croatian music culture - and culture in general - is largely linked geographically with regions of Dalmatia, Kvarner Bay and Istria (the narrow coastal strip and island region). If one were obliged to select a single music-making phenomenon as being most representative of the Mediterranean as far as the Croatians are concerned, it would definitely be phenomenon of klapa singing - which represent a coming together of traditional and popular music even with a tendency of spreading outside the imagined borders of the Mediterranean. Author discusses development of the present klapa ensemble - a popular music phenomenon, which emerged from traditional klapa singing, as a result of social, political and cultural changes in Croatia in last decades. At the same time, traditional klapa songs are explored, experimented and popularized by musicians of various popular musical genres (ethno, world music, rock, techno, rap). This dimension is closely related to the musical genre in Croatian called "ča-val" (eha wave), a popular musical genre of Istria, one of the Croatian Mediterranean regions. The text sung in the regional Istrian Chakavian dialect is the primary evidence of the Mediterraneanness in this popular music genre. It has found devotees among proponents of rock, pop, jazz and more recently, ethno and world music musical genres