Festival Kurentovanje 2014 in Slovenia

Festival Kurentovanje 2014 in Slovenia The carnival in Ptuj, called KURENTOVANJE, is the most high-profile carnival event of public importance in Slovenia. During independent european tour packages created by our trip planner or travel to Slovenia we recommend visit to Kurentovanje 2014 very interesting funny festival. The 54-year-long tradition of organised events and performances is, among other things, meant to preserve and develop this extraordinary movable cultural heritage and ethnographic tradition. The first organised procession of traditional carnival masks took place on Shrove Sunday in 1960 and has been organised ever since. There have been many changes and modifications which have turned this tradition into an attractive carnival event worthwhile seeing.