Alexander Králik, the manufacturer of musical folk instruments is well known throughout the Banská Bystrica Region. He started playing the fujara, a traditional Slovak overtone flute, in the 1980s ...

Craftsman Tibor Koblíček didn't make his first Slovak folk instrument until after his 30th birthday. Now, at age 63, he has trouble counting how many he can make."Whew," he says when asked, standing ...

Slovakia's nationalist government on Wednesday presented a new arrangement of the country's ... a typical Slovak folk instrument. Rozsa received 46,500 euros ($48,000) for the job, according ...

Experience the mountainous heights and folk instruments of Slovakia Broadcast Wed 7 Jun 2023 at 5:00am Wednesday 7 Jun 2023 at 5:00am Wed 7 Jun 2023 at 5:00am ...

When National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library curator Stefanie Kohn first saw Slovak photographer Monika Kluciarova's photos of babies wearing kroje — traditional Slovak folk dress — she was ...

A fujara is (wait for it…) a large Slovak folk shepherd’s overtone fipple flute. Still not sure what it is? Here’s a bit more detail: the fujara is essentially a large woodwind instrument, in the same ...

The Tatra Slovak Folk Group provides a means of demonstrating that pride. The group will perform Sunday at the 13th annual Slovak Day at Kline’s Grove; ...

A sincere devotion to its heritage has kept the Tatra Slovak Folk Group going strong for 15 years. Founded in Bethlehem in 1977, the 22-member group celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving Sunday morning… ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - An old tradition from Slovakia has new life in an art exhibit on display at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library now through April 19. 'Party in the 21st Century” centers ...

This instrument, most probably, originated from the words “to talk”, “to babble”. Musicians would play the balalaika and “babble” some folk lyrics - it was a rather popular leisure ...

Now, thanks in large part to a $10,000 grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, Slovak folk musicians are headed to Naperville and Lisle as part […] Skip to content. All Sections.