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Val Resia
Italia
Val Resia (Italy)
The Val Resia folk Group was founded in 1838 when some people from Resia Valley danced before the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand, the first, and his wife in Udine in October of the same yea. The group represents the typical music and dance of the Resian people who live in the north-east of the region Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy. Resia Valley is well known for its unique and particular cultural heritage still now studiend by many renowned experts and scientists.
The instruments played by the small "orchestra" are the Violin, called Citira in Resian dialect, and Bunkula a sort of Violoncello. Violin and violoncello were introduced recently in the history of the music, before Resian players played a sort of bagpipes. The third instrument is represented by the "foot's beat" and it is, very important.
The costumes are those typical of the XVIII century: the young man dress in black woollen trousers, white shirts, colouret waistcoats, white blouses, coloured waistbands and black headscarves. The widow wear only black dresses, the wife dress a brown or a dark green costume. During Carnival times our Group uses the "Lipe Bile Maskire" The beautiful white carnival costumes" The programme of the Folk Group Val Resia includes a lot of dances, the moust famous are: LIPA MA MARICA (MY beautiful Mary), TA EMIGRANTA WA (The emigrant song), TA SOLBASKA (Song of Stolvitzza a small village in Resia Valley), TA MITVËDAWA (The emigrant song), CERNI POTOK (Black virulet)... In its history the Group has taken part in many important festival and performances all over Europe in Italy, Austria Eslovenia, ex Yugoslavia, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium Luxemburg, Germany, England, Russia, Poland, Ungary and Ukraine.
