Ancient Calabrian (Italy) love song
Sonia Simpatico – JUMP Team (Italy) In the ancient villages on the Ionian Coast in Southern Italy there are powerful women who still haven’t…
THE CHRISTMAS CAROLING TRADITION IN POLAND
“An old Slavic ritual of caroling (kolędowanie) was once a widespread custom in the Polish countryside. The tradition involved dressing up (usually as animal…
December 8th: the official start of the holiday season in Italy
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team (Italy) The 8th December is an important Italian national holiday which kicks off the holiday season. The Immacolata…
A typical musical instrument of Calabria: the Zampogna
By Francesco Tirinato – JUMP Team The “Zampogna” is a musical wind instrument that is very widespread in southern Italy, particularly in Calabria, where…
MUZA – one of the oldest cinemas in Europe located in Poznań
By Marta Gburzyńska, KONTAKT, Poland. If you walk Św. Marcin Street, you may stumble on a neon inviting you to go inside the oldest…
“The Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition-the oldest European violin competition in Poznań”
By Małgorzata Kwiatkowska,KONTAKT, Poland. International Violin Competition named after Henryk Wieniawski. It is a music competition held every five years in Poznan, paying tribute…
Old sounds from Southern Italy: Calabrian folk music
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team “Listen to a Calabrian peasant singing as he follows his oxen along the furrow,or as he shakes the…
Winchester Treasures
Once the most important city in the U.K, it’s little wonder the first and former Capital City of England has lured some of the greatest writers…