Meet Traditional Carnival Characters - Kurentovanje

Meet Traditional Carnival Characters

Old town

Ptuj is the capital of traditions, and a place to meet traditional carnival characters in an intimate setting. In the evenings, the city center turns into the venue of a 101 course on
Slovenian traditions, full of entertainment for kids.

Sunday
WHIP-CRACKERS, RUSA, KURENTS, and KORANTS

Monday
PLOUGHMEN, THE OLD WOMAN CARRYING THE OLD MAN, KURENTS, and KORANTS

Tuesday
JÜREK AND RABOLJ, GYPSIES, KURENTS, and KORANTS

Wednesday
KURENT and KORANTS

Thursday
SPEARMEN, FAIRIES, COCKERELS, BEARS, KURENTS, and KORANTS

Friday
LOG HAULERS, GYPSIES, KURENTS, and KORANTS

Monday
KURENTS and KORANTS

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Kurent’s / Korent’s Jump

20.01.2019/by ptuj

International Painting Ex-Tempore

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Carnival Culinary Event “Obarjada”

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Intercontinental meet of traditional carnival characters – Folk Parade

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Meet Traditional Carnival Characters

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Night Spectacle

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Bourgeois Parade

20.01.2019/by ptuj

International Carnival Parade

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Children’s Parade

20.01.2019/by ptuj

Shrove Tuesday and burial of the Carnival

20.01.2019/by ptuj

The Kurent

A Mystical Character

21.01.2019/by ptuj

The Devil

Beware, he's coming.

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Ploughmen

Outlining Magical Circle

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Gypsies

21.01.2019/by ptuj

The Trough

Seeking a Husband.

21.01.2019/by ptuj

The Rusa

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Fairies

Dancing and singing

21.01.2019/by ptuj

The Cockerels

for health and laying of poultry

21.01.2019/by ptuj

The Bear

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Old woman

carrying her man

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Shrovetide Dancers

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Jürek and Rabolj

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Log-haulers

Fertility Wizards

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Kopjaši

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Heritage of Humanity

Kurent inscribed by UNESCO

21.01.2019/by ptuj

Pokači

for happiness and well-being

25.02.2019/by ptuj

KURENT VISIT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

A day before the 60th Kurentovanje kicked off, Kurents visited the Parliament.

21.02.2020/by Gregor Bobovnik

THE 60TH KURENTOVANJE STARTS THIS WEEKEND

Ptuj is all ready for the largest cultural and traditional event this winter in Slovenia.

21.02.2020/by Gregor Bobovnik

AN EXCEPTIONAL START TO THE 60TH KURENTOVANJE

Some 15,000 visitors to the 2020 European Carnival Capital welcomed over 2,200 costumed participants from 10 countries

21.02.2020/by Gregor Bobovnik

DAY OF KURENT AND KORENT GROUPS

Over 600 Kurents from 30 societies flooded the town’s streets.

21.02.2020/by Gregor Bobovnik

PTUJ SENTENCES THE CARNIVAL AND PUTS THE BELLS AWAY FOR 11 MONTHS

26.02.2020/by Gregor Bobovnik

61st INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL KURENTOVANJE 2021

14.01.2021/by ptuj