51ST INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL

18 to 22 July 2017

51st International Folklore Festival features performances, workshops, concerts, exhibitions and meetings with performers. Folklore groups perform in a themed program featuring the ethnographic heritage of Banovina and the Una River region, characteristic singingand dancing, presentations of customs and crafts, which are all very diverse and rich, but previously underpresented in Croatia.

The themed program will be presented in Gradec during an evening performance of groups from Banovina and the Una River region, and it will be broadcast live by the Croatian Television.

Apart from Banovina and the Una River region, the Festival will feature a total of 29 different groups presenting the variety of Croatian ethnographic heritage, as well as Croatian groups from neighboring countries. Eleven groups will present the heritage of other nations and cultures. This year we will have seven groups from other continents and four from Europe.
The 51st International Folklore Festival is held under the auspices of the Croatian Parliament.

51TH INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL

PROGRAMME: ETHNOGRAPHIC HERITAGE OF BANOVINA AND THE UNA RIVER REGIONS

BOBOVAC, KUD „Seljačka sloga“ video
BREST POKUPSKI, KUD „Pokupljanka“ video
DIVUŠA, KUD „Pounjski pleter“ video
DONJA BUDIČINA, KUD „Budičanka“ video
GLINA HKUD „Glinska tamburica“
GORNJI VIDUŠEVAC, KUD „Viduševac“ video
GRABERJE, KUU „Seljačka sloga“ video
GREDA SUNJSKA, KUD „Sloga“ video
HRASTOVICA, KUD „Hrastovička gora“ video
HRVATSKA DUBICA, KUD „Jeka“ video
HRVATSKI ČUNTIĆ, KUD „Čuntićanka“ video
JABUKOVAC BANIJSKI, KUD „Zvuci Banije“ video
KOŠUTARICA, KUD „Košutarica“ video
MAJUR, KUD „Sloga“ video
SELA, KUD „Radost“
SELIŠTE KOSTAJNIČKO, KUD „Selište Kostajničko“ video

PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF CROATIA

BRIBIR, KUD „Bribir“ video
GATA, KUU „Mosor“ video
IMOTSKI I IMOTSKA KRAJINA – koncert crkvenog pučkog pjevanja (Studenci; Gorica-Sovići; Podbablje [Grubine]; Slivno; Zagvozd; Zmijavci), Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
KOPRIVNIČKI IVANEC, Društvo izvornog folklora Koprivnički Ivanec video
KUTEREVO, KUD „Dangubice“ video
MOSTANJE, KUD „Mostanje“ video
PRIDRAGA, KUD „Luzarica“ video
SALINOVEC, KUD „Salinovec“ video
SATNICA ĐAKOVAČKA, KUD „Sloga“ video
ŽRNOVO (o.Korčula), KPD „Bratska sloga“ video

CROATS FROM ABROAD

BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA,
Lug – Branković, HKUD „Ognjišta“, video
SRBIJA, VOJVODINA,
Bački Monoštor video

FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS

ARGENTINA, Ballet „Malambo Argentino“ (Piedritas)
BRASIL, GEMP Escola e Cia. de Dança (Crissiumal)
INDONESIA, Sumbar Talenta Indonesia (Padang, Sumatra)
ITALY, Associazione culturale „Triscele“ (Aragona, Sicilija)
MACEDONIA, Ansambl Makedonija (Skopje)
PARAGUAY, „Alma Guarani“, Luque
USA, WICI Song and Dance Theater (Chicago)
USA, Cripple Creek Cloggers (Murfreesboro, TN)
SPAIN, Compañía de Danza “Nuevo Amanecer Ángel Martínez” (Fuensalido, Toledo)
TURKEY, Hayali Suat Veral – the art of Karagoz and Hacivat (Istanbul)