Скачать или смотреть Brass band festival in Belgrade

(18 Aug 2002)
1. Crowded town centre of Guca
2. Various of statue of a trumpeter in the town centre
3. Parade of brass bands walking through the town
4. Close up of young man in Serbian traditional clothes waving a flag
5. Brass band players walking in the street
6. Boy sitting on father's shoulders watching the players passing by
7. Another band passing by the camera, playing
8. Group of girls in the parade, dressed in Serbian traditional costumes
9. Various of crowd at the festival
10. Stage with all the participants of the "Golden trumpet" competition
11. Close up of drummer playing
12. Brass band performing on the stage
13. Audience listening to the concert
14. Town centre with church
15. People dancing in the street
16. Woman dancing behind bar
17. People dancing in the street
18. Brass band playing in the restaurant, people dancing
19. Man dancing on the chair
20. Close up of a girl dancing and clapping hands
21. Tent at the festival, people dancing, band playing
22. Pigs and lambs roasting on a spit
23. Band playing inside tent
24. Close up of woman dancing
25. Street vendor selling pictures of Karadzic and Mladic
26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dan Tamir, visitor from Tel Aviv, Israel
"It is very interesting. I did not expect so many people here. The atmosphere is wonderful, maybe a bit noisy, but it's great."
27. Street vendors selling heart-shaped cakes
28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vuk Draskovic, Serbian politician
(Asked why did he come to the festival)
"This is Serbia, and I am the voice of Serbia."
29. Brass band following Draskovic
STORYLINE:
Every summer, the town of Guca in Serbia hosts an amazing and utterly unique brass festival in which as many as forty brass bands compete for the coveted prize of the Golden Trumpet.
The festival attracts crowds of 300,000 and seals the fortunes of the winners - at least until the next competition comes around - because the best are in huge demand to play at the biggest weddings and other major celebrations.
For four days, visitors drink large amounts of alcohol, eat spit-roasted lamb and pig and dance around and on their tables, as some 40 blaring brass bands wring chaos on the town until the small hours.
Often several brass bands in close proximity play different songs simultaneously in tent-shaded eating areas, competing for the attention and tips of diners.
The highlight of the festival is the competition of its final day, Sunday, when 20 bands, all finalists from contests around the country, face off for the Golden Trumpet award, the highest prize.
The day begins with the parade when bands march through the town, playing the songs to wake up the residents.
After a parade, the contest begins with the firing of a cannon as all of orchestras, some 180 brass musicians play the same song at once.
The brass-band music is Serbian tradition, born of a culture that has spent almost its entire existence at war or in subjugation.
The music began in 1804, when the trumpet first came to Serbia during the uprising against the Ottoman Turks.
Though it was a military instrument to wake and gather soldiers and announce battles, the trumpet took the entertaining role as soldiers used it to transpose popular folk songs.
When war ended and they returned to their homes, the music entered civilian life.
The annual Guca festival, in its 42nd year, involves four days full of good brass music and Serbian national cuisine in a big open-air party with more than 300,000 visitors.

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