Monday, October 7, 2013

Summer 2013: Bieszczady




 


Sight

Arts and Crafts Street Vendors in the Bieszczady Mountains

While exploring the Bieszczady mountains, you can stop by one of the many gift shops that sell hand made crafts. The photo on the top left features piles of small detailed figures made out of beads. The salesman was an older man who suggested that the best way to choose a figurine was to pick from the pile at random. The other stand I visited sold clay angels. The angel in the photo on the bottom right is holding a plaque that says "an angel for the dear daughter".

Sound

Daughter - Youth

Elena Tonra's classic voice reminds me of the crafts being sold at these gift shops. The delicate figurines must be handled with care or else they will shatter. While this song has a dreamlike and gentle sound, the lyrics suggest that it is about heartache.


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