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{{Short description|Bulgarian folk dance}}
'''Yove male mome''' ({{langx|bg|'''Йове мале моме'''}}; Jove male mome, Jove malaj mome, "Jova, little girl"), also called Povela e Yova (Повела е Йова), is a fast [[Bulgarian dances|Bulgarian folk dance]]. It is done to a {{music|time|7+11|16}} = {{music|time|18|16}} [[Meter (music)#Compound meter|compound meter]] with alternating (sub-)bars of 7+11, in their turn divided into common chetvorno and [[kopanitsa]] rhythms. Some dancers count it as 3-2-2, 2-2-3-2-2 or SQQ-QQSQQ, "S" meaning "slow", and "Q" meaning "quick". It originates from the traditional dance ''Jove'' from the [[Shopluk]] region of [[Bulgaria]].

Yove male mome is a complicated [[line dance]] performed in a curved line or open circle, with each dancer holding their neighbours by the belt. Dancers may also [[Handhold (dance)|hold hands]] if belts are not available. One common version has seven patterns of four bars each. Musical renditions of the song often feature the traditional Bulgarian [[gaida]].

The dance is popular among [[international folk dance]]rs around the world. Its choreography was first introduced outside of Bulgaria by US folkdance instructor Dennis Boxell in [[Stockton, California]], 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkdancecamp.org/s/FDC1966.pdf|title=19th Annual Folk Dance Camp|access-date=2023-08-28}}</ref>

==Lyrics==
Повела е Йова - хоро

:Повела е Йова, леле,
:два коня на вода, леле,
:два коня на вода.
:Йове, мала моме, леле,
:Йове, мала моме.
:Па си един пои, леле,
:с вода размътена,
:а другия пои
:с вода избистрена.
:Що си коня пои
:с вода размътена,
:този ѝ е коня
:на милото братче.
:Що си коня пои
:с вода избистрена,
:този ѝ е коня
:на милото либе.

From Манол Тодоров, Българска народна музика, Музика Софна (1976), p.&nbsp;109.

==See also==
*[[Bulgarian dances]]
*[[List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503174547/http://www.dunav.org.il/lyrics/jove_malaj_mome.html Lyrics with translation]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022018/http://www.dunav.org.il/dances/bulgaria/jove_malaj_mome.html Dance description]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061115215102/http://www.dunav.org.il/balkan_folkdance_videos.html Video of dancers performing ''Yove male mome'']
*[https://www.balkanfolk.com/bg/lyrics.php?lyrics_id=167 Lyrics by Bulgarian singer Hristina Boteva]

[[Category:Bulgarian dances]]
[[Category:Line dances]]


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