Treasure seekers. So many ensembles coming to the FESTIVAL OF THE CHILDREN OF MOUNTAINS could be called that. Along with their instructors, choreographers and families, they dig through the successive layers of the culture of their country, or more often their region, their little motherland, to get to what is authentic and authentically traditional. To get to the truth about the roots. To get to the roots themselves.
For members of the OMLADINKA ensemble, this task may have a special dimension. They come from Moravské Slovácko, which can also be rendered as Moravian Slovakia. Despite its name, it is a Czech ethnographic region located on the border with Slovakia, in south-eastern Moravia. OMLADINKA - as the ensemble members describe themselves - “focuses on reviving the treasures of traditional folk art of the Slovácko region, which boasts a very rich culture and unique traditions.”
And why this particular dimension of treasure seeking? Well, Moravské Slovácko is one of those places that historians point to as the alleged cradle of Great Moravia. So this is probably where the historical path trodden by the Slovaks, Czechs, partly Hungarians, Lusatians began; and who knows, maybe even the Lesser Poland Vistulans thrived under the sword of Moymir for a while?
And what treasures have the children from the town of Uherské Hradiště already found over the twelve years of the ensemble's existence under the direction of Barbora Olszarová?
OmLAdinka (in English “maiden”) will show us traditional games. The girls will be looking for the “magic pen,” dancing on the potato field, getting along with the boys in a game of “fishing rod”, or in dances from the Kopanice region.
And why this particular dimension of treasure seeking? Well, Moravské Slovácko is one of those places that historians point to as the alleged cradle of Great Moravia. So this is probably where the historical path trodden by the Slovaks, Czechs, partly Hungarians, Lusatians began; and who knows, maybe even the Lesser Poland Vistulans thrived under the sword of Moymir for a while?
And what treasures have the children from the town of Uherské Hradiště already found over the twelve years of the ensemble's existence under the direction of Barbora Olszarová?
OmLAdinka (in English “maiden”) will show us traditional games. The girls will be looking for the “magic pen,” dancing on the potato field, getting along with the boys in a game of “fishing rod”, or in dances from the Kopanice region.