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Sounds from Slovakia

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2015
Quite distinct from the rest of Europe, Slovakia’s musical treasury includes its national instrument, the fujara (pronounced ‘fuyara’), a tall, relatively simple shepherd’s flute ... And tells tales of separation), the subtle ache that lay deep within its sound, and was yet effervescent, cheery and calming, the mysticism of the fujara captivated my soul....

Community Coalition Holds Bake Sale to Keep John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Pediatric Services Open ...

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2015
(Source. Doctors Council SEIU). Posted on October 7, 2015. Leave a Comment. For Immediate Release. October 6, 2015. Contact. Marti Smith, 312-607-8619 ... Stroger, Jr. Hospital inpatient and emergency pediatric services open ... Nurses, physicians and community members point out that John H ... 'It is critically important that we maintain the current high standard of care for our most vulnerable children,' said Stroger pediatrician Marjorie Fujara, MD....

A Visit to Slovakia’s Pavilion. A Flying Car Takes You to a Sustainable Future. View ...

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2015
(Source. Expo 2015 SpA). A Country steeped in the greens of the forests invites visitors to a space combining innovation and culture ... Energy from Tradition ... The Musical Fujara Tree, a sculpture in metal and wood made up of flutes,. whistles and bells, focuses on one of the country's typical popular musical instruments, the wooden Fujara flute, which since 2005 has been part of UNESCO's World Heritage List ... Energy from Innovation ... (noodl....

Readers recommend: songs featuring flutes, pipes or whistles

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2014
Piccolo, recorder to pan pipe, a fleet of flutes and non-reed woodwinds instruments will blow through your song suggestions. Blowing hot and cold. a giant snow-carved flute player sculpture in Harbin, China. Photograph. Frederic J Brown/EPA. “Blow on this,” someone said ... And don’t forget there are other non-reed contenders blowing in too from South America to China, from pan pipes to the gemshorn, flageolet, tonette, fujara, or ocarina ... ....

SANS: Live review – 'Subtle and at times unsettling'

Edit The Guardian 17 Apr 2014
Cronshaw plays a variety of zithers, along with the enormous fujara flute, and he's joined by Ian Blake on bass clarinet and saxophone and Tigran Aleksanyan, a master of the haunting Armenian reed pipe, the duduk, while ......

Impressionistic musician rewards the senses with squeaky toys, bird songs and a flute

Edit The Miami Herald 18 Feb 2014
Ushered into a dark room, the audience stood in a halo of light that illuminated a pile of squeaky rubber toys. A forest’s worth of bird sounds filled the air. Soon a low, hollow melody joined in, produced by a slender man dressed in white, eyes closed, playing a four-foot wooden flute ... The flute is called a fujara and, like Kojs, it hails from Slovakia ... By avoiding explicit narrative, Kojs discourages a literal interpretation ... ....

Stepping on First Amendment to defend Second Amendment

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 22 Jan 2014
I came across two interesting things in my inbox last week. The first was from state Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) outlining new laws in effect for 2014. It included an invitation to an educational forum on the concealed-carry law to be held Wednesday at the Glenview Police Station ... The second email was forwarded to me ... “Rep ... They persistently stir up fears about gun confiscation ... Marjorie Fujara, Evanston Keep up the good work ... 21] ... Mr....

Music of Terchova was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity UNESCO (Ministry of foreign affairs of the Slovak Republic)

Edit noodls 06 Dec 2013
(Source. Ministry of foreign affairs of the Slovak Republic) ... The Slovak Republic was represented by seven musicians from Terchova at the session ... The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity includes 257 elements ... Since 2005 the Slovak unique musical instrument "Fujara and its music" is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity UNESCO ... distributed by ... (noodl. 21247326) ....

Slovak Heritage Festival celebrates tiny country off most tourists' radar (University of Pittsburgh)

Edit noodls 05 Nov 2013
(Source. University of Pittsburgh). By Chris Togneri. Published. Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, 12.01 a.m. Updated 11 hours ago. When Nick Bocher first visited his wife's homeland of Slovakia, he was struck by locals' emphasis on detail ... "It's unspoiled by Western influence ... A guest in the home is like God in the home ... He traveled to the festival from North Carolina, where he lives, to perform on the fujara, a traditional Slovak flute....
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