Master Resia fiddler Giovanni Micelli plays Ta Zagatina. The particular fiddle and dance style of the Resia Valley (north-east Friuli) at its best.
Recorded live during a festival in 1983.
Giovanni: citira (violin), Alberto: bunkula (three-stringed cello), Luciano and Loretta: dancers.
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Ta Zagatina. Zagata is a name of the alpine farm in mountains above the main village in Resia Valley. "Zagatina" is a possesive meaning "Zagata's" and "ta" gives a meaning of definitness: "The Zagata's (Song)". The construction is Slavic with people from Resia being the westernmost Slavic people in Europe. Resia valley also directly borders on Slovenia.
NikNovi 8 months ago
Grazie.
jofdelbosco 2 years ago