Big Flute

This 2m long flute is called Fujara. I asked one of the locals what the songs were about and he said "Sheep, Forrest, Mountains or Man and Woman!!"

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Terchova Folk Festival - Mala Fatra

May 7th 2007
We headed to the village of Terchova in the Mala Fatra hills to catch a Slovak folk festival. Folk tradition and music is very much alive in Slovakia and people seem to be very keen to keep it alive. In the more rural villages there are a lot of farmers living off the land in quite a simple way. There are a number of communities around who are purposely trying to live and farm as the generations ... read more

Europe » Slovakia » Zilina Region » Malá Fatra

In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once... ... read more

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