"This song is called tepsije and is sung by women as one of them spins a copper tray. The tray is spun on its edge on a tabletop. The women sing, taking their rhythm from the tapping of the ring on the spinners finger against the spinning tray.
This song is not the exclusive property of Albanians living in Kosovo; it is known to Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Church members, and Moslems in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia.
The song is often performed as a ceremonial so…