Practise for Guča Music Festival

Listen to the YouTube song and point to the exact piece of clothes in the embedded photo:





Read more about the Serbian ethnic clothes.

Dress for Guča one detail at a time

The listening task joins music with traditional clothing. Instead of memorising a list, point to the garment exactly when you hear its name; the visual detail anchors the sound.

Useful words include košulja, prsluk, opanci, pojas and šajkača. Adjectives must agree with each item: bela košulja, vezeni prsluk, široki pojas.

Five garments inside the brass-band crowd

Latinica	Ћирилица	English
Muzičar nosi belu košulju ispod crnog prsluka.	Музичар носи белу кошуљу испод црног прслука.	The musician is wearing a white shirt beneath a black waistcoat.
Igrač je stegao široki pojas oko struka.	Играч је стегао широки појас око струка.	The dancer tightened a wide belt around his waist.
Na nogama ima vunene čarape i kožne opanke.	На ногама има вунене чарапе и кожне опанке.	He has woollen socks and leather opanci on his feet.
Stariji trubač je nakrivio šajkaču.	Старији трубач је накривио шајкачу.	The older trumpet player tilted his šajkača cap.
Vez na nošnji razlikuje se od kraja do kraja.	Вез на ношњи разликује се од краја до краја.	Embroidery on traditional dress differs from region to region.

At Guča, clothing, movement and trumpet sound belong to one scene; learn the words inside that noise and colour.
Marina Petrović