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- ↑ "Old Serbian Tunes from Kosovo and Meothija and Southern Serbia", Kosovo.net
- ↑ "Belo Platno Ensemble - White Linen Ensemble", Panacomp, zemlja čuda
- ↑ Jovanović, Jelena. „The Power of Recently Revitalized Serbian Rural Folk Music in Urban Settings", in: Music, Power, and Politics, ed. by Annie J. Randall, Routledge, 2004. p. 137.
- ↑ Discography at Discogs
