Southeast Moravia, especially the ethnographic region of Moravian Slovakia is a place with a particular and unique culture. The character of the local songs is totally unique and anyone who has ever experienced a cimbalom music performance must have fallen in love with the local region through the music.
Inseparable from the music is dance. The local verbuňk dance is just as peculiar as all the other regional dances. It is an exclusively male dance, which, although it is improvised, is nevertheless bound by strict choreographic rules. It is a dance involving a lot of jumping. Its uniqueness has given it a place on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List.
If you want to see verbuňk with your own eyes, it would be best to travel to Moravian Slovakia during the period in which traditional hody (annual folk entertainment) take place. Not only will you then be able to admire with young men in folk costume to the accompaniment of cimbalom music, but you will also see also women in traditional costumes and enjoy feasts from the bountiful local region. You will long remember the local wine in particular. Verbuňk can also be seen on stage at various folk festivals.