On October 19, 2018, a scientific seminar took place in the Magija Zagreb (Orelec 6a, 38-623 Uherce Mineralne) from 10.00 to 15.00, during which four presentations on the project were presented   "Wallachian Culture Trail".

They were:

1. "Material and spiritual culture on the Polish-Slovak border" - hosted by Robert Bańkosz, from the Association of Tourist Guides of the Carpathians, author of scientific publications on the tradition and rich material and spiritual culture of the inhabitants of the Carpathians. In his presentation, he focused on presenting the everyday life of the inhabitants of the Polish-Slovak borderland - on their construction, wooden religious architecture, costumes, tools and materials used for work, and spiritual culture - beliefs, rituals related to the calendar and regional years.

2. "On a turbulent borderland - the subjective history of the Bieszczady Mountains" - Łukasz Bajda - doctor of humanities, historian, Beskids guide presented in his presentation the shadows and splendors of everyday life of borderland residents, which can be reached by searching for records from old books, court files and clippings newspapers. From his lecture you can learn many interesting facts about robberies, assaults and robbers in this part of the Carpathians.

3. Crank lyre - history narrator. Traditions of wandering lyrers in the Carpathian culture - Maciej Harna - musician, founder of the Matragon band, academic teacher led his lecture presenting the participants with the instrument - the crank lira and its various variants. He presented the history of the instrument and focused on the analysis of traditional grandfathers' songs, which in their artistic way tell about the lives and stories of people. Traveling lirsters were then the transmitters of information and various messages between villages and regions like modern media.

4. "Carpathian pastoral instruments" - Józef Sowa, an expert and promoter of Carpathian musical instruments, presented us with their entire rich collection. Talking about the lives of people in the mountains and pastoral culture, he emphasized how important and necessary musical traditions in this culture were. He presented the whole spectrum of shepherd's instruments, from bells, squeaks, sopilos, drums, thrombits, to bagpipes describing their structure and playing traditional melodies on each of them, which he also talked about. Each of the seminar participants had the opportunity to try playing the instrument on their own.

The seminar was attended by 25 people who, thanks to the content-rich program expanded their knowledge of the culture of this part of the Carpathians.