“This is a Christmas Carol, a Villancico, and on Christmas Eve (Noche buena) we like playing this song with a ‘zambomba’.” A zambomba is a traditional friction drum. The friction of a reed going in and out of the drum makes a special sound.
Author: m.heczko
Schaumburger tracht
The typical traditional costumes in Schaumburg were worn in the rural areas where
mainly three different variations exist in the region since the 18th century:
- the Bückeburger style
- the Lindhorster style
- the Friller style
Major differences between the different styles were the shape of the women‘s cap and some customs when wearing the different variations of the costumes.
Architecture in Schaumburg
Weser Renaissance & Half-timbered houses
The typical architecture in Stadthagen and the county of Schaumburg is mainly in the Weserrainessance style. This is a Northern and Central German interpretation of the Italian Renaissance style named after the river Weser, not far from Stadthagen.
Chods cakes
Traditional cake from Chodsko, which is in south-west part of the Czech Republic
National costumes of Slovakia
Slovakia is divided into 28 regions. Every region has it own national costumes, songs, traditions, meals… Folk culture plays an important role in the history of our country. It is important to note that all forms of traditional dress (kroj) are a result of centuries of development.
The black lady of the Orava castle
A folktale of The Castle of Orava
Or Thecurse of Lady Alžbeta
Valašská kyselice
Walachian sour soup
Jablčník
Recipe for typical slovakian apple pie.
Na Kráľovej holi
It is a Slovak folk song from Horehronie region.
According to the legend, the text was written by a screaming soldier fighting on the Russian front, who was seen and aware that his home would no longer be his home anymore.
According to another interpretation, this is a song of a convict before execution. A tree with a tilted hill is a gallop.
Narodi nam se
This song is from the beginning of the 20th century so the language is somewhat archaic. It is about Jesus’ birth which symbolizes the new beginning, new time, new year. All the saints related to his birth are mentioned as well. The saints actually represent all the society classes – those who suffer, husbands, wives, children, bishops, popes… The song consists of 12 stanzas, but usually only the 1st, 2nd and 12th stanza are sung. Last two lines in the 1st stanza are repeated after each stanza.