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THE FESTA 2010 DUBROVNIK EVENT

The Festa Dubrovnik Association, for nine years running, is preparing for its traditional great humanitarian concert, which will be held on Friday, January 29, 2010 in the Sports Hall in Gospino Polje.
The five-day event FESTA 2010 DUBROVNIK generally starts with a «Vocal Group Festa» on Thursday, January 28, at the Marin Držić Theatre. There will be about ten men and women's vocal groups. The net profits from this concert are regularly donated for the restoration of St. Blaise's Church. The central great concert on January 29th in the Sports Hall will be dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Dubrovnik's MAESTRAL Vocal Group, who will perform alongside a few of Croatia's best vocal groups and soloists.

Saturday, January 30th, will mark the 35th anniversary of the famous Dubrovnik Rock-Parade, whose original hits will be performed by present-day Dubrovnik rock bands, including those originating from Dubrovnik, such as Jinx.

Sunday, January 31st, will mark another jubilee concert, the 45th anniversary of Dubrovnik's singer, Ibrica Jusić. At the very end of the program, on Monday, February 01st, a book on St. Blaise will be presented by Europe House Dubrovnik in St. Claire's Convent.

This humanitarian concert will be organized and sponsored by the City of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, the municipalities of Konavle, Župa Dubrovačka and Dubrovačko Primorje, in cooperation with the Croatian Tourist Board and Croatian Television, as part of the program celebrating the Festivity of St. Blaise and the Day of the City of Dubrovnik. The humanitarian proceeds from FESTA will go to the newly-established Indigo Crystal Bridge – Dubrovnik Association.




MUSEUM NIGHT

Museum Night is a traditional event in which the Croatian museums open their doors to visitors at the time that is usually reserved for evening outings. Organizer of the event is Croatian Museum Society, and the program is devised from Museums all around Croatia.

Dubrovnik Museums
Night of Museums, 29 January 2010
6 pm – 1 am

Cultural Historical Museum (Rector's Palace)

6.30 pm
- Presentation – Legacy of Ivo Vojnović in Cultural - Historical Museum
- Announcement of the exhibition: "The State coat of arm of the Dubrovnik Republic (Frane Čizmić)

7.15 pm
Performance -"Dubrovnik String Quartet"

-At 10 pm a guided tour through the permanent museum exhibition

Visitors can also see the following exhibitions:
- „Pulene – Figureheads – Decorations on bows of sailing vessels“ (Maritime Museum)
- „Božidar Gjukić – war photographs 1991 / 1992 “ ( Modern History Museum )
- „The archaeological heritage of Župa dubrovačka“ (Archaeological Museum).

Modern History Museum (In the Fortress Revelin)

8 pm
-Presentation of photographs from the holdings of the Modern History Museum (with the exhibition "The suffering of the population, civilian objects and cultural monuments in Dubrovnik area during Indepedence war 1991-1995 “ accompanied by a professional lecture. (Varina Jurica Turk and Miso Đuraš).

Archaeological Museum (The Rector's Palace)

9 pm
- Lecture: "The ancient aqueduct Vodovađa - Cavtat: the results of previous archaeological researches " (Ljiljana Kovačić)

Maritime Museum (Fortress of St Ivan)

-At 6 pm and 8 pm guided tours through the permanent exhibition of the museum are organised

10 pm
-Lecture on the occasion of 80th anniversary of the shipwreck steamer Daksa - memorial suffering steamer Daksa and the entire crew 26th , January,1930 (Dr. Anthony Ničetić / Đivo Basic)

We invite visitors to socialize with occasional refreshment and traditional Dalmatian food and drinks.

Ethnographic Museum (Granary "Holes")

-At 6 pm and 10 pm guided tours through the permanent exhibition of the museum are organised




CELEBRATING THE 1039 TH FESTIVAL OF ST BLAISE

The Festivity of St Blaise, secular and church celebration of the Dubrovnik patron saint - together with the Lacemaking in Lepoglava, Hvar and Pag, the Annual carnival bell ringers' pageant from the Kastav area, the Procession Za Križem («following the cross») on the Island of Hvar, the Spring Procession of Ljelje, the Traditional manufacturing of children's wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje, and the Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale - joined the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. On the 30th anniversary the city of Dubrovnik's joining the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we are very proud because the Festivity of St Blaise – the essential part of Dubrovnik and its residents since 972 - has been included in this representative list.

The traditional Festivity of St Blaise has joined the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. At the Abu Dhabi conference, the UNESCO Committee has decided to include the seven phenomena of Croatia in the Representative non-material cultural heritage list. The Festivity of St Blaise was included in the List together with the Lacemaking in Lepoglava, Hvar and Pag, the Annual carnival bell ringers' pageant from the Kastav area, the Procession Za Križem («following the cross») on the Island of Hvar, the Spring Procession of Ljelje, the Traditional manufacturing of children's wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje, and the Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale.

UNESCO secures the world cultural and natural heritage and the List of World heritage Sites includes a total of 878 sites in 145 countries. Thirty years ago, in 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined this prestigious company. Situated on the Dalmatian coast, this pearl of Adriatic began to affirm itself as a major Mediterranean power since the 13th century. Although destroyed in the disastrous earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful gothic, renaissance and baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. After the enormous war damages Dubrovnik suffered during the aggression against Croatia in the 1990s, this city-monument has constantly been under the surveillance of UNESCO.

The story of Dubrovnik, the southernmost Croatian city and the pearl of the Adriatic, is the story of St Blaise, the patron saint whom the city has been honouring for more than a thousand years. From the year 972 onwards, we have been opening wide the gates of our city, and the flight of white doves marks the beginning of the festivity, reminding us of the value of freedom – the most precious treasure of the Dubrovnik Republic. It is difficult to find a city the identity of which is so inseparably connected with its patron saint, as is the case with Dubrovnik. The Saint and the City are one. The Festivity of St Blaise is a bridge that spans the centuries of the glorious history of Dubrovnik. The honouring of Dubrovnik's patron saint is special and typical of Dubrovnik. It begins on Candlemass, on 2 February, with the release of white doves, which symbolise freedom and peace, in front of the patron saint's church and with the raising of St Blaise's flag on Orlando's Column - the Old City's central point. At dawn on 3 February, to a gun salute by the historical Dubrovnik Musket-bearing Guard of Honour, honorary representatives of Dubrovnik’s guilds – a respected tradesman and a seaman - welcome banners from the east and west that will take part in the ceremonial procession honouring the patron saint.

On the festival day, 3 February, a solemn mass is celebrated in the open air, where a religious procession of banners, numerous people of faith – who hasten to the City from the entire surroundings of Dubrovnik – and prelates starts from.

In Stradun and the city streets the holy relics of St Blaise are carried, including the most valuable one from the Dubrovnik Cathedral – Jesus’ loincloth, which is carried under a canopy.
In front of St Blaise's Church the banners are unfurled in a special way. They bow paying respect to the saint who has watched over Dubrovnik for many centuries. This is the opportunity for the banner carriers to show this special skill, as well as their exquisite and rich folk costumes which attract attention with their genuineness and beauty.
At sunset on the festival day the stained-glass windows and laurel decorations in the church of the Dubrovnik patron saint radiate with a special glow. The priests perform the throat blessing ceremony for the congregation members who visit the church the whole day long. The ceremony, which comprises a blessing in front of interwoven candles, is believed to protect from throat diseases.

Every year the Festivity of St Blaise attracts a large number of Croatian and international guests. Certainly the major church and secular winter event, it is also a unique tourist attraction that in the best way conjures up the expression “the Mediterranean as is used to be”.




DUBROVNIK CARNIVAL 2010

If you happen to be in Dubrovnik at carnival time – do join in! You will be welcome. Particularly if you are wearing a mask!

Our ancestors also had fun, and so should we... is a proverb which one can hear in Dubrovnik in February during the carnival, the time when everything is allowed, when people become someone else or show their true face...
The merry time of carnival and putting on masks begins after New Year's time and ends with the arrival of spring.
The name of all carnivals, including the traditional Dubrovnik Carnival, comes from the Italian word “carnevale”, and the Latin “carrus navalis” – meaning: boat on wheels. The people pulled the decorated boats along the streets during the old popular festivities, in order to launch them into the sea before the new voyage in the beginning of spring.

The carnival festivities which came to Dubrovnik from across the sea – from neighbouring Italy – were prohibited by the Church for a time for being “too perverted” and “too lecherous”, but, in spite of that, they survived until the present day.

There are numerous writings and illustrations about the tradition of putting on masks in Dubrovnik. The best known masks of Old Dubrovnik are Bembej, Turica, Čoroje and Vila and pictures of these characteristic masks have been preserved thanks to the painter Rafo Martini.
In the 1970s the Njarnjas Theatre Company was active in Dubrovnik. They turned their original ideas most often into group masks with a large number of people taking part, who prepared their performances for months. One of the best known masks from that time was the arrival of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin in Dubrovnik in 1989 in order to decide about “carving-up Yugoslavia”, evoking the famous meeting of the three statesmen in Yalta during World War II.

During the carnival the Dubrovnik Tourist Board and the City of Dubrovnik organize numerous themed events.
The Four Dubrovnik Carnival Days will traditionally take place in Stradun and Fort Revelin from 13 – 16 February, with all ages taking part.
Thus, after the Sporchi Macaroni Masked Competition taking place on Saturday, Sunday is reserved for the march past of masked children and entire families in Stradun.
On the masked school day, which always takes place on Mondays, several thousand children and young people gather together and show their imagination and creativity in the large and cheerful procession. Numerous characters from the world of fancy but also from the real world can be seen in Stradun, which radiates with the colours of all seasons.

Other carnival events in Dubrovnik include the satirical performances of the Nazbilj Society, the Carnival of Župa Dubrovačka with the actual, satirical and provoking masks and performances (on Sunday, 7 February), masked balls at the City Café and the Theatre, exhibitions and carnival mask workshops in the galleries of Dubrovnik, and the Children's Gala Masked Ball (on 7 February, at the Libertas Rixos Hotel).
Experience the special atmosphere of the Dubrovnik carnival festivities characteristic of jokes, laughter, merriment, joy and acerbic mockery.

If you happen to be in Dubrovnik at carnival time – do join in! You will be welcome.
Particularly if you are wearing a mask!

PROGRAMME

City of Dubrovnik and Dubrovnik Tourist Board
DUBROVNIK CARNIVAL 2010

Sunday, 7 February

3.00 pm, Stradun
ŽUPA CARNIVAL

3.00 pm - 6.00 pm, Libertas Rixos Hotel
CHILDREN'S GALA MASKED BALL
Naša Djeca Society of Dubrovnik

FOUR DAYS OF DUBROVNIK CARNIVAL


DAY ONE
Saturday, 13 February


10.30 am, MASKED PARADE OF THE SAMBA ISPOD VOLTE GROUP OF SENJ IN STRADUN

11.00 pm, in front of St Blaise's Church
MASKED COMPETITION IN SPORCHI MACARONI PREPARING Masked competitors get one portion of sporchi macaroni free of charge! (in case of bad weather, the competition will take place at the City Café – Arsenal)

DAY TWO
Sunday, 14 February (St Valentine's Day)


2.00 pm, Stradun
APPEARANCE OF MASKED CHILDREN, NAZBILJ
ASSOCIATION AND ŽONGLERATA GROUP (participants include pre- school children and masked families)
Victory Ceremony – Best Masked Children and Families

4.00 pm, Fort Revelin
MASKED DJ PARTY

9.00 pm, City Café
SWEETHEARTS MASKED BALL
Featuring: Đosi & Đivo

DAY THREE
Monday, 15 February

MASKED SCHOOL DAY

11.00 am, PROMENADE IN STRADUN
(participants include the Dubrovnik elementary schools pupils from 1st-4th grade)
Victory Ceremony – Best Masked Classes

2.00 pm, PROMENADE IN STRADUN
(participants include the Dubrovnik elementary and secondary schools pupils from 5th-8th grade)
Victory Ceremony – Best Masked Classes

4.30 pm, Fort Revelin
MASKED DJ PARTY

DAY FOUR
Tuesday, 16 February


8.00 pm, MASKED PARADE IN STRADUN
FEATURING NAZBILJ GROUP AND DUBROVNIK BRASS BAND

8.30 pm, Marin Držić Square
Operetta LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE OR LIFE IS NOT A DREAM
Featuring Nazbilj Group

9.00 pm, City Café - Theatre
LAST MASKED BALL featuring Taliri Group





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