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- Workshops for bagpipes and Kaval
Оn April 13 and 17, 2023, the members of the Veles Wiki Club, under the mentorship of the parent Wikipedian and Professor Lila Arsova, the club's coordinator, actively participated in workshops in the premises of the "Goce Delchev" - Local Library in Veles. The young Wikipedians got to know the traditional folk instruments bagpipe and kaval, which are part of the spiritual intangible cultural heritage of Macedonia. The 85-year-old Lazar Petrovski from Veles was a guest at the workshop for getting to know the folk traditional instrument bagpipe. He started playing the bagpipe at the age of 48, probably his love for the instrument was passed on to him by his uncle who also played the bagpipe. The participants of the workshop got to know how the bagpipe is made, what parts it is made of, and then they enjoyed the sounds of the bagpipe performed by the oldest bagpipe player in Macedonia, Lazar Petrovski, who besides playing and singing with the bagpipe, has also made many bagpipes. At the second workshop, our young and outstanding fellow citizen, Filip Arilon from Veles, who is a graduated musician, introduced the workshop participants to the folk instrument kaval. The members of Wiki Club Veles listened to Philip enthusiastically and were curious and asked many questions, such as: what is the kaval made of, what kind of music is played on it, why did he choose to play traditional folk instruments, and so on. The two workshops were followed by mutual satisfaction, because the young Wikipedians, all students in Veles schools, could also enjoy the music of these traditional folk instruments. These activities were part of the program of the association GLAM Macedonia to mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO convention Wiki Loves Living Heritage for the preservation of the intangible spiritual heritage, which is celebrated all over the world.
