GODCI IZ RESIJE

 GODCI IZ RESIJE

GRUPPO FOLKLORISTICO VAL RESIA

LIVE FOLK MUSIC 

Druga Godba, 1988, DG 005

The Val Resia is a valley in Italy at the Italian/Slovenian border and inhabited by people speaking an old Slovenian dialect. It is part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
The fiddle (citira) and the bass (bunkula) are still used by traditional musicians for dance music while the accordion replaced them in other places of that province. This music is rarely recorded and this tape is a good example of the revival in action there.  Silvio Buttolo ''Pala'' plays fiddle and sings as Elio Micelle ''Klit'' while Antonio Buttolo ''Pala'' plays the bunkula a kind of bass the size of a cello with 3 strings. The word ''folkloristico'' could lead us to think of a band with dancers in costume etc... Although the picture on the cover shows that these 3 musicians wore a costume during that concert, their music is as closed to the tradition as can be.
I thank a friend of mine, Yves, a Frenchman who lives in Northern Italy for this tape quite rare I believe.
The brief notes are in English, Italian and Slovenian. Only the English bit is available here.

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