OUR SHEEP AND ITS WOOL
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20,00 €PAGES: 208
FORMAT: 170 MM X 235 MM
BINDING: HARDBOUND
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2011
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THE JEZERSKO-SOLČAVSKA SHEEP, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISABLE SLOVENIAN AUTOCHTHONOUS BREEDS, IS NOW SPREAD THROUGHOUT SLOVENIA, ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL AREAS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT – SOLČAV, JEZERSKO AND PART OF THE GORENJE REGION, THE NARROWER PART OF THE UPPER SAVINJ VALLEY AND KOROSKA REGION – HAVE LONG LONG LOST THEIR FORMER LEADING ROLE. IT WAS THE BREEDERS FROM THESE AREAS WHO LAYED THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FIRST PLANNED SELECTION WORK AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE BREED, WHICH IS WHY THEIR ROLE IN THE HERITAGE OF SLOVENIAN SHEEPBREEDING IS INVALUABLE.THE 208-PAGE BOOK PROVIDES A RICH INTERTWO OF HISTORICAL SOURCES ABOUT THE JEZERSKO-SOLČAVSKI SHEEP, PRESENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BREED AND THE BREEDERS’ TODAY’S VIEW OF “OUR SHEEP”. A SPECIAL CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO THE MEAT OF THE TROBNICA AS A HIGHLY VALUED FOOD AND TO THE WOOL, ITS PROPERTIES AND WIDE OPTIONS OF USE. AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BOOK ILLUMINATES THE TRADITION OF FELTING IN THE SOLČAVSKI REGION, WHILE OPENING UP A VIEW OF FINLAND – THE LAND OF FELT AND DESIGN, WHERE THIS CRAFTS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ROLE.
IN THE STORIES ABOUT SHEEP GRAZING IN THE SOLČAVSKO REGION, MEMORIES, EXPERIENCES AND FRAGMENTS OF THE FORMER EVERYDAY LIFE ARE INTERWOVEN, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF LOCAL EXPERTS. AN EXTENSIVE GLOSSARY OF SHEEP FARMING TERMS IS ALSO ADDED, ROUNDING THE BOOK AS AN IMPORTANT ETHNOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENT.
THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 2011 IN A PRINTING OF 2000 COPIES WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT.