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Iž, otok glagoljice

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How it feels

This short documentary from Croatia focuses on the island of Iž. It covers ancient chanting in Old Church Slavonic during the Feast of the Assumption and shows clips of Glagolitic singing, alphabet letters, and how the Old Church Slavonic language has no swear words.

meditativereverentsereneinformativeleisurelypoeticquietrespectful

What happens

Iž, otok glagoljice, hrvatski kratki dokumentarni film autorice Zrinke Krešo o otoku Ižu. Dotiče se teme pjevanja na staroslavenskom jeziku na blagdan Velike Gospe. Prikazani su fragmenti glagoljaškog pjevanja, slova azbuke i posebnost staroslavenskog jezika - jezik u kojem nema psovki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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