67^th KURENTOVANJE

3–9 February 2027

Visit Ptuj in the winter, when it turns into the biggest open-air ethnographic museum showcasing intangible cultural heritage.

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING CARNIVALS IN THE WORLD

Lonely Planet singled out Kurentovanje as one of the ten best carnivals in the world, on par with those in Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and New Orleans. The carnival is an excellent opportunity to see not only the door-to-door rounds of Kurents that UNESCO put on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, but to also observe a number of folk and carnival parades, meet traditional and modern carnival characters, go to a masquerade and so much more. Kurentovanje features a number of parades, the carnival promenade, presentations of traditional costumes, concerts, masquerade balls, exhibitions, and so much more, divided into ArtFest, EtnoFest, and KarnevalFest.

Enrollment in the UNESCO list contributed to greater international recognition and thereby the enrichment of the general shared world history. At the same time, the inscription protects the heritage from the excessive influences of commercialization and prevents the decontextualization of the intangible cultural heritage of its implementation and appearance outside of the primary time and space. At the same time, awareness is rising that the wealth of the world is not in cultural and other monolithicity, but rather in cultural and other diversity. The circuit of the Kurents is one of the many ethnographic traditions from different parts of the world, which strive towards a common goal through their own external images and rituals. In the vast majority of different nations and nationalities, this is aimed at ensuring the conditions for a better quality of all living things.

HIGHLIGHTS OF KURENTOVANJE

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