The Let Us Save Our Tradition folk dance festival was held in the Mladost sports hall on Saturday.<\/p>\n
This festival was organized by the Prijedor cultural and artistic society \u0160arenica, and included participation, in addition to the members of this society, of six other societies from the Republic of Srpska, Croatia and Austria.<\/p>\n
The vice-president of the Graz cultural and artistic society Kolo sre\u0107e, Ljiljana Aksenti\u0107, says that this is their first performance in the Republic of Srpska.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are probably the youngest cultural and artistic society. We were founded in March with the goal that our children continue our tradition. About 20 of our members have come to Prijedor, and we have about 50 of them\u2019, Aksenti\u0107 said.<\/p>\n
The artistic director of the preparatory ensemble of the Banja Luka cultural and artistic society \u010cajavec, Andrea Gra\u010danin, stated that they were the guests of \u0160arenica from Prijedor for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are happy to be here and the preparatory ensemble of the \u010cajavec cultural and artistic society will perform dances from around the P\u010dinj region\u2019, said Gra\u010danin.<\/p>\n
The artistic director of the \u0160arenica cultural and artistic society, Milana Luki\u0107, reminded that this society normally organized festivals in July.<\/p>\n
\u2018We had a two-year break due to the coronavirus epidemic, and this is otherwise the first time we are organizing such a festival with several ensembles like tonight. The name is Let Us Preserve Our Tradition because everything that used to be is being eradicated, and this is precisely how we preserve tradition \u2013 through folk dance\u2019, Luki\u0107 said.<\/p>\n
It is interesting that the entrance fee to the sports hall, where the festival was organized, was paid by voluntary contributions.<\/p>\n
Luki\u0107 stated that they would use part of the income to purchase costumes for the members, while the rest of the money would be donated to Nenad Ani\u010di\u0107, a seriously ill boy from Prijedor.<\/p>\n
This festival is part of this year\u2019s Prijedor Summer of Culture.<\/p>\n
Source: PrijedorDanas.Com - Kozarski vjesnik<\/p>\n
Photo: Kozarski vjesnik<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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