Don’s miss this unique adventure and get a valuable insight into the colorful carnival traditions from near and far. Ptuj streets will be filled with traditional carnival characters, such as Kurents/Korants, spearmen, Dornava Gypsies, ploughmen, rusas, cockerels, and bears.
Also at the parade: the handower of powers
After the parade, join us at a party with Deja Vu Band in DJ-em na Mestnem trgu and Pustnem ringarajanju na mestni tržnici (approximately between 1 and 4 PM)
V času Kurentovanja bo potekal tudi LOKALKO – sejem domačih rokodelcev, kjer boste lahko odkrivali unikatne izdelke slovenskih ustvarjalcev. Podprite domače mojstre in si privoščite pristne rokodelske izdelke ter spominke, ki ohranjajo tradicijo.
📍 Ptuj marketplace
📅 Dates:
• Saturday, 22 February 2025, 10 AM onwards
• Saturday, 1 March & Sunday, 2 March 2025, 10 AM onwards
Spominke ter kurentovo vino Mistik lahko kupite tudi v TIC-u Ptuj na Mestnem trgu.
TRAJNOSTNO NA KURENTOVANJE:
Na Ptuj se zapeljite trajnostno – z vlakom ali avtobusom, po mestu pa z brezplačnim mestnim avtobusom ali peš. Več here.
Seznam parkirišč najdete here.
Obvestilo o zaporah cest v času 65. Kurentovanja najdete here.
PARADE ROUTE
PARADE ORDER AND GROUP DESCRIPTIONS
1. PTUJ BRASS ORCHESTRA
The City Band of Ptuj was mentioned for the first time in 1855, so the city and its orchestra record 170 years of continuous band activity - more than a century and a half of love for music that never gets old!
The Ptuj Brass Orchestra is one of the carriers of cultural events in Ptuj and actively participates in all important cultural events.
Francesco Guffante, Ptuj magistrate, 19th prince of the Ptuj carnival
3. THE PRINCE'S MERCHANTS
A magical ethnographic character that brings happiness and satisfaction
5. WHIP-CRACKERS
Župečja vas, Tržec, Pobrežje
Announcing the Beginning of Carnival
6. SPEARMEN
Markovci
Indispensable companions of the married couple
7. FAIRIES
Markovci
Dancing and singing harbingers of good
8. COCKERELS
KUD Baron
Boys with Colorful Ribbons and Feathers
9. JÜREK and RABOLJ
Dolena
Green George Defeats the Winter Demon
10. BEARS
Markovci
Mischievous bear and herdsman from Ptujsko polje
11. CIRKOVCE LOG-HAULERS
Cirkovce
Log-Haulers as fertility wizards
12. POBREŽJE DANCERS
Pobrežje
Festively dressed carnival dancers from Pobrežje
13. THE OLD WOMAN CARRYING THE OLD MAN
Soviče-Dravci
Playful Display of Marriage Roles
14. PLOUGHMEN
Leskovec, Podlehnik, Podvinci, Mali Okič, Markovci, Rogoznica, Kicar
The Magical Circle Is Outlined by Ploughmen
15. MINERS
Sodinci
Miners of the 18th Prince of Carnival, Knight Hinko Sodinski, Noble Gall,
they certainly accumulate enough coal to heat his manor in the winter and hang out on cold winter days.
16. SERFS
Spuhlja
Subjects of the 7th prince of the carnival Klinc Hauptman Spuhljanski - commander of the shooting manor - prince of the Ptuj carnival in 2006
17. HERBALISTS
Draženci
18. ŠKOROMATS
Hrušica
The Škoromats from Hrušica perform the harvest on Shrovetide Saturday, when they gather early in the morning in the middle of the village and in a procession go around the village to the most distant houses,
where the pickers separate from the main group and start collecting gifts from house to house.
19. ŠJME VRBOVO
Ilirska Bistrica
Preservation of ethnological customs,
especially original masks made of leather and natural materials and the representation of various characters from the past.
20. LIŠKI PUSTJE
Kanal ob Soči
Like an ancient memory, like ghosts from the past, the Liški pustje, "the ugly one" and "the beautiful one" appear during the carnival season.
and they connect us with their magical power to the natural and supernatural forces of the time.
21. SEVSKI POTECINI
Selšček
In terms of art, the Sevski potecini are recognizable mainly by leaning on the design expression of Maksim Gaspari, which we know
that he drew on folklore and traditional images.
22. OBRŠKI PRUTARJI
Dobova
Prutarji got their name from the long shiny stick on which they used to attach the 'craggy Pongels', as the locals call them,
today, however, they are fabric strips, as they are more durable.
23. BUTALCI
Cerknica
Butalci are one of the most famous characters in the Cerknica carnival.
Every year on Maundy Thursday, they take power from the mayor of Cerknica, and then turn everything upside down. How not, if their heads are so big that it is difficult to keep them in the air.
24. KOŠI ŠOŠTANJSKI
Šostanj
The basket of Šoštanj illustrate the free time of the tanner,
while Tresimir was a prince who settled with his people in the fertile fields near today's Šoštanje.
25. PUST MOZIRSKI
Mozirje
The carnival in Mozirje has a long tradition, as the first written sources say that the carnival in Mozirje was already active around 1891.
26. KRAMPUSI ANKENSTEIN
Cirkulane
27. KUNGOŠKI PARKLI
Kungota
According to historical data, krampuses in Kungota used to walk from house to house even before the First World War.
Boys who put on animal skins and rattled the house door with a chain.
28. COPRNICE IZPOD RESENIKA
Žetale
29. BARANJSKE BUŠE
Baranja - Croatia
Guardians of centuries-old tradition
30. BREŽANSKI ZVONČARI
Matulji – Croatia
31. SRAKARSKI ZVONČARI
Sračinec – Croatia
A traditional figure who banishes winter and heralds a fertile spring.
Black and red magpie masks are made from natural materials such as sheepskin, horns and boar tusks.
32. LAFRE, PIKAČI, ČAPLJE IN CIMERI
Čakovec – Croatia
33. URTHOS E BUTTUDOS
Sardinia - Italy
34. SURVAKARI/KUKERI
Sofia – Bulgaria
35. GYPSIES
TED Lükari Dornava, ED Cigani Dornava
Merry playful Gypsies from Dornava
