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The Folk Ballad of the Infanticide: Slovenian and Gottscheer Versions

By Marjetka Golež Kaučič
16/10/2024

The motif of the illegitimate mother who murders or casts out her child and is punished for it is known in folk song tradition almost throughout Europe, including Slovenia. In…

Reflection of the Aristocratic World in the Gottscheer Folk Song Tradition

By Marija Klobčar
05/10/2024

Gottscheer couple (Balthasar Hacquet 1778)…

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How Did Micika v püngradi come to the Kočevska Region? – Folk Songs of the Prekmurje Region in Kočevska Region

By Anja Serec Hodžar
23/09/2024

The multicultural character of the wider Kočevska area could be thought of as a single intertwined “culture” or community. It is home to people who have migrated from all over…