- Date: EASTER 2021 (beginning Friday early evening, ending Sunday afternoon)
- Number of participants: 4-6
- Contribution: from 159€/person
Special discount of 60 €/person for a family or group using their car(s).
The intoxicating sound of fujara emanating directly from the soul, the stories of unique local people and the undulating romantic scenery of the highest and best-preserved volcano in Central Europe – Poľana. Poľana underwent three phases of volcanic activity. Its last eruption scattered the original volcanic cone, which was similar in size to Mount Kilimanjaro. It has created a huge crater which, even after millions of years, is still clearly legible in maps and in the country as a caldera with a perimeter of more than 23 kilometers. It is really still an untouched corner of Slovakia, included in the UNESCO biosphere reserves.
EXPLORE PODPOĽANIE WITH ALL YOUR SENSES
Experience breath-taking, beautiful living landscape of the sleeping volcano and get to know the stories of Slovaks and their folk art in 2 days. Discover a village lost in the mountains and in it an old master who found a recipe for the production of famous glass. Listen to the story a chapel built of tree bark and many other secrets hidden in this corner of Slovakia: Podpoľanie – where people defended their lands at all costs and Novohrad – where life is so tough that many have left.
Did you know that you could originally find fujara players in Zvolen County only and nowhere else? Do you want to experience how the instrument sounds under your breath? Find out what a kovoroľník (metalworker) means and why they never had a Cooperative in Hriňová? How to embroider with a crooked needle? Who brought all the shades of colors of the wooden carved crosses to this region? What is the story of the mysterious carved tombstones that remained only here?
DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF POĽANA AND NOVOHRAD WITH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST JANKA: 
Day 1: Hriňovské lazy, getting to know several villages in Podpoľanie and meeting people who decided to live here (Klokoč – old school museum, Horný Tisovník with unique wooden tombstones, Bzová – exploring the bark chapel and the village with extinct glassworks – Zlatá Zuzana), blowing into fujara.
Day 2: Decorated wooden crosses near Detva, discovering family school of Detvian embroidery run by the granddaughter of a famous costume collector, adventure on rock formations above Detva
Contribution:
- Group of 6 participants: 159€/person
- Group of 5 participants: 193€/person
- Group of 4 participants: 239€/person
Discount of 60 €/person for a family or group using their car(s).
Contribution includes:
- accommodation for 2 nights in a stylish wooden house in the village Bratkovica
- adventurous guidance with a local expert on history, culture and ecology
- entrance to local small museums
- transport from Zvolen (bus / train station) to Látky
- transport within Podpoľanie and Novohrad
- fujara workshop
- crooked needle embroidery workshop
The contribution does not include insurance.
If you want to cook on your own, there is a small kitchen or you can book breakfast, lunch and dinner for 20 €/person/day in advance.
This experience has been designed for everyone who cares about the environment and wants to help preserve it. It is for those who want to develop, support others and leave a positive footprint. Pets are welcome.