Traditional Guca Trumpet Festival is held anually in Guca, a town hours south of Belgrade, near the city of Cacak, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The event remains the main topic of the country’s bloggers ...

Trumpeters perform anthem of the 63rd Guca Trumpet Festival in the village of Guca, Serbia on Aug. 4, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) A couple in Serbian traditional folk costumes are pictured at the venue of a ...

The Guca Trumpet Festival concluded on Sunday with the presentation of awards to the best musicians and orchestras, and a concert by folk music stars. This year, the Guca festival gathered 19 ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) VISITOR FROM PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, BEB, SAYING:"I'm very happy that this can exist. You know, the world has to exist the way it should - before and after. And I think we should ...

And Serbia's Guca Trumpet Festival, held every year for the past 53 years in the small western town of Guca, celebrates this tradition. But the festival is increasingly finding itself torn between its ...

With his eyes closed, a man listens intently to a song he requested from the band during lunch in Guca, Serbia, on Aug. 9, 2014. The itinerant Roma bands that go from table to table in kafanas ...

The trumpet is present at all major life events throughout the Balkans, from baptisms to weddings and funerals. And Serbia's Guca Trumpet Festival, held every year for the past 53 years in the small ...