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Kurentovanje connects worlds
Created Monday, 30 January 2012Ptuj, Slovenia – The oldest town in Slovenia, Ptuj, is renowned for its more than a thousand-year old history and 51 years of Kurentovanje, the most prominent cultural and ethnographic carnival event in this part of the world. The main mystic figure that gave name to this festival is the so-called Kurent or Korant known only in the region of Ptuj. Symbolically it represents a victory of good over ...
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Carnival Hall Programme
Created Thursday, 19 January 2012This year's Carnival Hall Programme offers something for every musical taste. Tickets are available at Eventima, and you can buy them also at Radio Tednik Ptuj, Don Caffeju Ptuj and at TIC-u Ptuj. The organisators of this year's programme are: PP Gostinstvo d.o.o. and Radio Tednik Ptuj d.o.o. Carnival Hall Programme 2012 Friday, 10. 2. 2012 Winter House Party 15,00 € (pre-sale ...
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New carnival prince crowned
Created Friday, 11 November 2011Carnival season started all over Europe today at 11 and 11 minutes (am). Similar to the other carnival towns over the Europe also Ptuj got its carnival prince for the new season – he will rule the town during 2012 Kurentovanje festival. This years prince is Vlado Hvalec that will carry a title “noble Jurij Oprossnitzer, Ptuj castle capitan”. This inauguration event was also an official opening of ...
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Martinovo and Kurentovanje are closely related
Created Tuesday, 08 November 2011New wine queen of Ptuj and the carnival prince – both will be crowned during the Martinovo (st. Martin's day) festivities on the following weekend. The two events share an important role in the history and heritage of Ptuj and are symbolically linked with this crowning weekend – the prince of the last years carnival will pass it's crown to the successor on Friday and past wine queen will...
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Ethnology and international cooperation
Created Thursday, 20 October 2011Kurentovanje 2012 will be held under the motto Ethnic Heritage Connects Continents - its main theme will be ethnological heritage and international cooperation based on it. For the first time the event will be divided into three parallel ongoing festivals - EtnoFest, KarnivalFest and ArtFest where subject areas are grouped together on the common themes. With this division we wish to emphasize non...
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