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| Posted by: Thomas March 16, 2006 01:19 pm |
| What is the instrument called that the elder is playing on? How come the violin plays such an important role in Romanian musical culture? Is this a gypsy influence or is the other way around? |
| Posted by: Dénes March 16, 2006 02:36 pm |
| Yes, the dancers appear to be Rumanian (dancing the 'Hora'), while the old musician looks to me a Gypsy. I don't know the English term of the musical instrument he plays (if any), but in Rumanian it's called 'tambal' (tzambal). Here is how the instrument is officially described: "A large dulcimer, i.e. a percussion instrument with strings that are hit with two sticks, often used in Gypsy orchestras (it has nothing to do with 'cymbals', i.e. the percussion instrument consisting of two metal plates, as it is often mistakenly translated)." As for the influence of the violin, since Gypsies play it all over the world (not only Rumanian Gypsies), often on a sophisticated level, I don't believe it is a Rumanian influence upon them. Gen. Dénes |
| Posted by: cipiamon April 05, 2006 01:51 pm |
 I found a picture whit the explication: A romanian women giving water to a soviet solider. Clearly a proaganda pic, i did not had any ideea where to put it. Source: www.4chan.org at wepons section |
| Posted by: Iamandi April 05, 2006 02:02 pm |
You can open another topic "details on ppsh".. or another one - "how big was the russian soldier, and how small were the romanian old ladyes"..  Iama |
| Posted by: dragos April 05, 2006 06:28 pm |
| An inappropriate joke by D13-th_Mytzu was deleted. |
| Posted by: Québec August 04, 2006 07:50 pm | ||
According to my PPSh, with the test that I made on myself, the Soviet soldier must be between 1,65-1,70m. So this is not a big guy, he is about my size....  |