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Pozdrav dolasku proleća
Greeting spring’s arrival
Sedište
do prozora
Window seat
Pripremite se
za sletanje
Prepare for landing
Snimio / Photography: Dragoljub Zamurović
Rikalo, ili pastirska truba je dugačak duvački in-
strument koji pastiri u Homoljskim planinama na istoku
Srbije prave svakog proleća od kore lipe, vrbe ili trešnje,
kada je drvo bogato sokovima, a kora se lako odva-
ja. Instrument je služio u davna vremena usamljenim
čuvarima stada da se sporazumevaju zvučnim signalima
preko udaljenih brda.
U narodnoj tradiciji rikalo, koje proizvodi fanfarni
zvuk, služi da pozdravi dolazak proleća, kada se svi obli-
ci života razigraju. Pastiri izlaze na planinu i svojim tono-
vima najavljuju početak novog produktivnog ciklusa.
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The rikalo, bucium, or shepherd’s horn, is a long
wind instrument that is made each spring by shepherds in
the Homolje Mountains of eastern Serbia, using the bark of
linden, willow or cherry trees, when the wood is rich in sap
and the bark can be removed easily. Lonely shepherds used
the instrument in ancient times to communicate over distant
hillswith acoustic signals.
In folk tradition, the rikalo, which produces a fanfare sound,
is used to greet the arrival of spring, when all forms of life
flourish. Shepherds head out onto the mountain and produce
their tones to announce the start of a new productive cycle.
