64th Kurentovanje (2024)

Kurentovanje 2024

Kurent's House next to Town Theater (the light greenish building on the far right)
Date	February 3–13, 2024 (2024-02-03 – 2024-02-13)
Location	Ptuj, Slovenia
Organised by	Ptuj Tourism Public Institute

Kurentovanje 2024 is the upcoming 64th Ptuj carnival, organized by Ptuj Tourism Public Institute.

Schedule

Every night between 4 and 12 February, Kurents (Korants) will perform at 6 pm local. ^{[1] [2]}

Introduction

Since	Events	Always on the same day	Visit
2001	23rd Kurent (Korant) Jump	Midnight ritual by the fire at   Zoki's homestead in Budina   (Candlemas – 2 to 3 February)	+1,000 Kurents

Main traditional events

Since	Events	Always on the same day	Visit
↓ Ethnic and carnival parades ↓
1998	27th Opening Ethnic Procession	Saturday (3.2.)	15,000
2017	8th Day of Kurent (Korant) Groups	Wednesday (7.2.)
2015	10th Night Spectacle	Shrove Friday (10.2.)
1873	12th City Carnival Promenade	Shrove Saturday (11.2.)
2013
1960	64th International Carnival Parade	Shrove Sunday (11.2.)
	64th Slovenian Kindergartens Parade	Shrove Monday (12.2.)
	64th Burial Shrove	Shrove Tuesday (13.2.)

Accompanying events

Since	Charity cooking event	Always on the same day	Visit
2006	19th Obarjada	pre-Shrove Saturday (3.2.)	8,000

Since	Art events		Always on the same day
2009	16th Ex-Tempore	Art colony	pre-Shrove Saturday (3.2.)
		Exhibition Opening	Shrove Saturday (10.2.)

Evening display of indigenous characters

Kurent (Korant), the main figure

Date	Indigenous character(s)	Day
↓ In old town every night at 6:00 pm ↓ (on Shrove Saturday exceptionally at 12:30 PM)
4th	The Whip Crackers, Rusas, Kurents (Korants)	pre-Shrove Sunday
5th	Ploughmen, Old Woman Carrying Her Man, Kurents	pre-Shrove Monday
6th	Gypsies, Kurents (Korants)	pre-Shrove Tuesday
8th	Spearman, Fairies, Cockerels, Bears, Serfs, Kurents	Shrove Thursday
9th	Jürek and Rabolj, Log-Haulers, Kurents (Korants)	Shrove Friday
10th	Kurents (Korants)	Shrove Saturday
12th	Kurents (Korants)	Shrove Monday

Music entertainment

From 3–13 February 2024, various music acts will perform at Kampus Hall, a commercial part completely separated from the carnival.

Indigenous characters

Indigenous characters (masks) from Ptuj wider area including Ptuj field, Drava field and from Haloze:

"Kurent" or "Korant" (the main character) "The Whip Crackers" (for happiness and well-being) "Carnival dancers" (from Pobrežje, Videm) "the Spearman" (marital character) "Ploughmen" (draw a magic circle) "Log-Haulers" (to enchant fertility) "The Devil" (fear, fear, is coming) "The Trough" (the straw bride)

"Old Woman Carrying Her Man" (spirits of heaven) "The Mischievous Bear" (from Ptuj field) "Kurike and Piceki" (for a good harvest) "Jürek and Rabolj" (from Haloze) "Fairies" (Zabovci) "Rusas" (from Ptuj field) "Gypsis" (from Dornava)

Prince of the carnival

Francesco Guffante, city judge, will take over the keys of the city hall from the mayor at the carnival opening (3.2.) to "rule" the town for 11 days.

Routes

Opening Ethnic Procession (3rd February)

• Muzejski trg – Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Slomškova – Miklošičeva – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Mihelič gallery

Day of Kurent Groups (7th February)

• Prešernova – Slovenski trg – Slomškova – Miklošičeva – Mestni trg – Murkova (Kurent's House)

International Carnival Parade (11th February)

• Potrčeva – Kivi junction – Trstenjakova – Vinarski trg – Lackova – Mestni trg – Krempljeva – Minoritski trg – Mihelič gallery

References

1. "Princ karnevala je Marko Šamperl oziroma Francesco Guffante" (in Slovenian). petv.tv. 15 November 2023.
2. "Official 64th Kurentovanje brochure/programm" (PDF). petv.tv. 15 November 2023.

External links

• Kurentovanje Official