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ethnobotany

The Living Instruments
The Living Instruments
A term coined by Marek Styczyński to denote the category of undurable instruments made from plants (e.g. the fadno - idioglottic clarinet made by the Saami in Scandinavia build by Angelica archangelica or Angelica silvestris)
 
 
Elder (sambucus nigra)
Elder (sambucus nigra)
Elder (sambucus nigra) is a bush or a small tree up to 3-7 m high, with trunk up to 50 cm in diameter. It is found in all over Europe and Asia Minor. Since the days of old the elder tree is known for its healing properties and hard, rot-resistant wood. White blossoms of the elder tree, gathered in large, umbellate inflorescences, are dried and used for infusions, while fresh blossoms are soaked in honey or even fried in pancake dough...
 
 
 
 

You are on Marek Styczynski webside. Marek Styczyński (M.Sc.) is a forestry engineer , a musician and a specialist in mountain ecology. His specialties are musical ethnobotany and magic plants of the Carpathian Mountains. With his wife, Phd Anna Nacher, they work on their The Lost Space : Magic Carpathians Project concerning experimental music, based both on new technologies and ancient sources of Eurasian culture. Together they recorded several albums available in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. Looking for inspiration and interesting musical techniques they visited India, Nepal, Central Asia, the Balkans, Canada and the USA as well as the land of Saam beyond the Polar Circle. They are both authors of alternative guidebooks, scientific publications and numerous press articles.