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Kennslustund · Music · 🇸🇮 Slovenia

Slovenian song and dance

Folk songs and circle dances passed down through generations

Dancers in Slovenian folk costumes performing a circle dance

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Hvað er það?

Slovenia has a rich tradition of folk singing and dancing. Choirs are everywhere - small villages all have one - and people still dance in big circles with accordion music at festivals.

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Slovenia has more registered choirs per person than almost anywhere else in Europe.

Traditional folk music uses the accordion (a small squeezebox), the 'frajtonarica', and the 'tamburica' - a small string instrument.

The famous Avsenik brothers wrote Slovenian polka music that has been played at weddings around the world.

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Umræðuefni

  1. 01What song does your class sing together that everyone knows?
  2. 02If your family made up a circle dance, what would it look like?
  3. 03Why do you think singing in groups makes you feel different from singing alone?
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Verkefni fyrir bekkinn

Stand in a circle as a class and clap a simple four-beat rhythm together - then try adding a step on the fourth clap.

Meira um Slovenia

Annað sem gerir Slovenia sérstakt

Viltu að bekkurinn þinn hitti Slovenia?

Veldu Slovenia þegar þú skráir þig og við sýnum þér hvort tímabeltin passa.

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