Guča Madness

Dragačevski sabor trubača, the biggest brass festival in the world, celebrated it's 50th anniversary. During ten days of madness Serbian town Guča hosts almost 600 thousands visitors from all over the world. They had an opportunity to hear 2,000 musicians playing on a brass instruments, including Goran Bregović and the Boban Markovic orchestra. The sound of the trumpet traditionally accompanies every major event in Serbia's life: births, baptisms, weddings, funerals, state and church festivals.

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Pilgrimage

Every year hundreds of highlanders go on a pilgrimage to the monastery on the Jasna Góra in Częstochowa. Walks takes 9 days. Last day pilgrims dressed in regional clothing are entering the city and celebrate the end of  the way.

Poland, Częstochowa, August 2010

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