64th Kurentovanje (2024)
Appearance
Kurentovanje 2024 | |
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"Kurent's House" next to Town Theater (the light greenish building on the far right) | |
Information | |
Date: | 3–13 February 2024 |
Location: | Ptuj, Slovenia |
Organized by: | Ptuj Tourism Public Institute |
Edition: | 64th |
Main character: | Kurent (Korant) |
19th carnival prince: | Francesco Guffante, city judge |
Opening Ethnic Procession | |
Current: (2024) | 15,000 |
International Carnival Parade | |
Current: (2024) | |
Record: (2011) | 65,000 visitors[1] |
Awarded group masks | |
1st award: | |
2nd award: | |
3rd award: |
Kurentovanje 2024 is the upcoming 64th Ptuj carnival, organized by Ptuj Tourism Public Institute.
Schedule
[edit]Every night between 4 and 12 February, Kurents (Korants) will perform at 6 pm local.[2][3]
Introduction
[edit]Since | Events | Always on the same day | Visit |
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2001 | 23rd Kurent (Korant) Jump | Midnight ritual by the fire at Zoki's homestead in Budina (Candlemas – 2 to 3 February) |
+1,000 Kurents |
Main traditional events
[edit]Since | Events | Always on the same day | Visit |
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↓ Ethnic and carnival parades ↓ | |||
1998 | 27th Opening Ethnic Procession | Saturday (3.2.) | 15,000 |
2017 | 8th Day of Kurent (Korant) Groups | Wednesday (7.2.) | |
2015 | 10th Night Spectacle | Shrove Friday (10.2.) | |
1873 | 12th City Carnival Promenade | Shrove Saturday (11.2.) | |
2013 | |||
1960 | 64th International Carnival Parade | Shrove Sunday (11.2.) | |
64th Slovenian Kindergartens Parade | Shrove Monday (12.2.) | ||
64th Burial Shrove | Shrove Tuesday (13.2.) |
Accompanying events
[edit]Since | Charity cooking event | Always on the same day | Visit |
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2006 | 19th Obarjada | pre-Shrove Saturday (3.2.) | 8,000 |
Since | Art events | Always on the same day | |
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2009 | 16th Ex-Tempore | Art colony | pre-Shrove Saturday (3.2.) |
Exhibition Opening | Shrove Saturday (10.2.) |
Evening display of indigenous characters
[edit]Date | Indigenous character(s) | Day | ||||
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↓ In old town every night at 6:00 pm ↓ (on Shrove Saturday exceptionally at 12:30 PM) | ||||||
4th | The Whip Crackers, Rusas, Kurents (Korants) | pre-Shrove Sunday | ||||
5th | Ploughmen, Old Woman Carrying Her Man, Kurents | pre-Shrove Monday | ||||
6th | Gypsies, Kurents (Korants) | pre-Shrove Tuesday | ||||
8th | Spearman, Fairies, Cockerels, Bears, Serfs, Kurents | Shrove Thursday | ||||
9th | Jürek and Rabolj, Log-Haulers, Kurents (Korants) | Shrove Friday | ||||
10th | Kurents (Korants) | Shrove Saturday | ||||
12th | Kurents (Korants) | Shrove Monday |
Music entertainment
[edit]From 3–13 February 2024, various music acts will perform at Kampus Hall, a commercial part completely separated from the carnival.
Indigenous characters
[edit]Indigenous characters (masks) from Ptuj wider area including Ptuj field, Drava field and from Haloze:
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Prince of the carnival
[edit]Francesco Guffante, city judge, will take over the keys of the city hall from the mayor at the carnival opening (3.2.) to "rule" the town for 11 days.
Routes
[edit]Opening Ethnic Procession (3rd February)
[edit]- Muzejski trg – Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Slomškova – Miklošičeva – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Mihelič gallery
Day of Kurent Groups (7th February)
[edit]- Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Slomškova – Miklošičeva – Mestni trg – Murkova (Kurent's House)
International Carnival Parade (11th February)
[edit]- Potrčeva – Kivi junction – Trstenjakova – Vinarski trg – Lackova – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Mihelič gallery
References
[edit]- ^ "Pustna nedelja presežkov (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Štajerski tednik. 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Princ karnevala je Marko Šamperl oziroma Francesco Guffante" (in Slovenian). petv.tv. 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Official 64th Kurentovanje brochure/programm" (PDF). petv.tv. 15 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kurentovanje Official