The tenth Sa Srcem u Kolu event was organized by the Vuk Stefanovi\u0107 Karad\u017ei\u0107 Serbian Cultural Center from the German city of Rastatt. The folklore festival with the idea, from the very beginning, of gathering people, connecting generations, preserving, but also experiencing tradition here and now with all festival participants through kolo. Over the past ten years, many societies from Germany, Switzerland, Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Austria, etc. have participated, and many unbreakable friendships have been created, which came to the festival with their hearts in kolo and thus returned home, only more fulfilled and grateful for all the beautiful moments experienced.<\/p>\n
Welcoming the attendees, the president of the Vuk Stefanovi\u0107 Karad\u017ei\u0107 SCC from Rastatt, Danijel Tadi\u0107, said that: \u2018This festival is not only about dance and song. It has always been about people, about the smiles of children, about the hugs of friends, about socializing after the performance and that invisible connection between us.\u2019 It is a festival where not only performances are followed, but also belonging and what unites everyone at this event are celebrated, no matter where they come from.<\/p>\n
The participating societies were Izvor FMS St. Gallen in Switzerland, Serbian Center Stuttgart, Kolo KHD Frankfurt, in addition to the host members of the Vuk Stefanovi\u0107 Karad\u017ei\u0107 SCC. All of them showed true folklore skills, and for some this was their first performance on stage. The audience offered a warm welcome and enjoyed, and included protopresbyter-staurophor Aleksandar \u0160kori\u0107 from Karlsruhe, president of the Union of Serbian Associations in Germany Dragan Iva\u0161kovi\u0107, president of the St. Sava SCC from Gaggenau Danijel Kljaji\u0107. The attendees also included the presidents and boards of the societies that performed at the festival, Darinka Vicentijevi\u0107 from Stuttgart Serbian Center, Miodrag Cvetkovi\u0107 from Izvor St. Gallen, Switzerland, and vice president of Kolo Frankfurt Nikola Novakovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
\u2018These ten years of work, effort and friendship remind us why we do this \u2013 because of the love of dance, language and customs. We believe that this festival is the crown of our work so far, but also a call to continue \u2013 even stronger, more joyful and better connected,\u2019 said Danijel Tadi\u0107 on behalf of the hosts.<\/p>\n
Closing the tenth anniversary festival, he added a big, sincere BRAVO to all the dancers who had performed, as well as to the young, charming and very talented program host Sanja Stojanovi\u0107. Gratitude was extended to everyone who had contributed to organizing this festival \u2013 to dancers\u2019 parents and club members, to dancers themselves, and to the artistic directors and friends of the Center. \u2018Without you, such an anniversary would not be possible,\u2019 added Tadi\u0107, closing the tenth Sa Srcem u Kolu festival.<\/p>\n
Source: Rasejanje.info<\/p>\n
Photo: Archive of D. Tadi\u0107<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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