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Explanation of the name Gadoelka:
Gadoelka is the Dutch pronunciation of Gadulka.
The Gadulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка) is a traditional Bulgarian bowed string instrument. Alternate spellings are "Gudulka" and "G"dulka". It is a descendant of the "hudok" or "gudok". It"s name comes from a root meaning "to make noise, hum or buzz". The "gadulka" is an integral part of Bulgarian traditional instrumental ensembles, commonly played in the context of dance music.
One possible origin of the
"gadulka" is the "lira", the bowed Byzantine instrument of the 9th century AD and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. Similar bowed instruments and lira descendants have continued to be played in the Mediterranean and the Balkans until the present day, for example the "Lira Calabrese" of Calabria, Italy; the "lyra" of Crete and the Dodecanese, Greece; and the Armudî kemençe in Istanbul, Turkey.
Age
63
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Therapist / Naturopath