Podlavice, originally a small village, is now a neighbourhood of the city of Banská Bystrica with a predominantly concrete „socialist“ achitecture, and partly also remaining rural architecture. Local...
The “With Fire and Sword” festival (www.tuzzelvassal.hu) has been organised yearly since 2004. The aim is to introduce traditions and techniques of the crafts of cutlers, smiths and gunsmiths. The...
The Chodsko Folk Festival, held since 1955, is one of the oldest folk festivals in the Czech Republic. Nowadays, it always takes place during the first weekend after the 10th August and is connected...
The village of Dobrá Niva is situated in Central Slovakia. A number of houses in the village have kept their original architectural characteristics. The house „U Lukáčov“ has been a protected...
Lomidrevo (name means something like "timberbreaker"), also called Valibuk or Valihora is a traditional Slovak folk character typical for his unnatural strength, but also for his...
Domažlická dudácká muzika patří již více než 15 let k předním souborům prezentující chodskou dudáckou hudbu v různých stupních úpravy.
Většina jejích členů jsou profesionální hudebníci, kteří hudbu...
Čatež is a mythical creature in human form above the waist and as a male goat, complete with horns and beard, below it. According to the tradition from east and west Slovenia it lives in mountains, ...
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Folk heroe Kralj Matjaž (King Matthias) probably got his name from the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), who was famous for being a just and benevolent ruler. Slovenian folk songs sing ...
Pehtra Baba (Pehta) is a female supernatural being of ambivalent nature. As a bearer of light, Pehtra Baba is a kind and beautiful apparition (Old German perahtun = bright, glittering) while as the le...
