Fujara flute – an instrument of shepherds & sheep …
Fujara flute is an instrument of Slovak shepherds. Formerly, the Fujara flute was mostly played by the shepherding. Martin Sanitar (famous Slovak Fujara flute maker and player) said: “when I was 10-12 years old, I did shepherding. I did not…
Unique flute from Central Europe
There are many amazing and unique flutes in the world but no one is similar to Fujara (Slovak overtone flute). Fujara is remarkable not only with its grand dimensions (1.7 meter / 67 inches long) and design but also is…
Fujara – kind of fipple flute ?
– simmilar and different – Fipple flute is end-blown flute that can be found in traditional folk music of many cultures all over the world. In fipple flute the top end is stopped with a block (fipple) except for a…
Decoration techniques
The most traditional Fujara decoration techniques are carving and acid pickling. Every folk flute maker in Slovakia develops over years his own ornamentation style to carve or stain onto the outside of the instrument that identifies his instruments. All the…
UNESCO – Proclamation of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
25-11-2005 1:20 pm, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, proclaimed 43 new Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity. Fujara – musical instrument and its music (Slovakia), traditional Indian performances of the Ramayana, the Ramlila, Japan’s Kabuki theatre,…
Brief Fujara Description
The fujara is a Slovakian folk instrument, a shepherd’s flute. It first appeared in the 10th century, but the oldest fujaras preserved are from the second half of the 19th century only. Modern fujara: wooden tube with a length of…