Wednesday

16:00

Folklore festival Folkart

28th FOLKART (CRC, SRB)

Folkart is a colourful palette of infinite colours of folk traditions from all over the world.

The folklore festival in Maribor, which is taking place for the 28th time, is one of the most visible ones in the folklore world. This year's performing groups is very broad – from South America to Europe and Asia. The cold distant Finland will be heated up by passionate Argentina. The former joint homeland will be represented by the ever excellent Serbians, and the Asian part of the world will be presented by mystic Kazakhstan. The beauty of the Pacific world will be personified by the members of the group from Fiji, who will be competing with the hot rhythms of Costa Rica.

The festive opening will take place on Tuesday, June 28th, on Trg Leona Štuklja square, where all of the groups will be introduced with two dances. Before that the folklorists will take a stroll on Lent. On Wednesday, June 29th, and Thursday, June 30th, there will be a lot of folklore events in the whole city; in the morning on Grajski trg square, in the afternoon in Marprom arena, in the evening at the Drava river on Lent, next to the Jurček stage, and later on Glavni and Grajski trg square.

Saturday, July 2nd, will be very cheerful, loud and colourful. The performances on Grajski trg square in the morning, the parade through the city to Europark, will be followed by the festive closing ceremony on Trg Leona Štuklja square, where the groups from Argentina, Fiji, Finland, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Serbia and Slovenia will be performing their last two best dances for the audience. The folklore week on the banks of Drava will be concluded with majestic fireworks!

COSTA RICA

Inspiraciones Costarricenses, San José

Columbus named this small, but wonderful land Costa Rica – rich coast. The times of Spanish colonialism went by relatively calmly, and that’s why this is a well-organized and stable country today. Its inhabitants are one of the happiest people on the planet which can be experienced through their dances and music. The group has been representing its country since 2004 and has been performing at festivals all over the world.

SERBIA

KUD Zora, Belgrad

The folk dance group Zora was founded in 1992. ZORA means early morning dawn, which is one of the most wonderful parts of the day. The devoted and serious work of professionals with children and youth made them one of the best groups in Serbia. They have participated at more than 1000 concerts and 50 folklore festivals all over the world.