Nominations related to the traditions of Lipizzan horse breeding and beekeeping in Slovenia have received a positive assessment by the Evaluation Body of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for inscription on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A decision on inscription on the list will be made at the end of November.
The Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM), a museum 'about people, for people', prides itself as being the link between the past and the present, between our own and other cultures, between nature and civilisation. A central museum of ethnology, a museum of dialogue, open, active and hospitable with ded
Cleveland Kurentovanje goes virtual for 2021
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio This year, Cleveland Kurentovanje will move to a virtual format.
The Slovenian festival has taken place in Cleveland’s St. Clair-Superior neighborhood since 2013 and it’s grown to attract thousands of attendees each year, becoming one of the biggest wintertime events in Northeast Ohio.
Those crowds would be a concern due to the coronavirus pandemic, so the event has instead moved to a digital setting.
All the same fun that usually takes over The Slovenian National Hall will still happen in the new virtual format. This year’s festival will showcase live music performances, cooking demonstrations, a special beer release, and a 5K race. Costumed, fuzzy Kurent monsters will also make some appearances, as they scare away the season of winter and welcome in spring.
23. 11. 2020
State Secretary Stanislav Raščan addressed the participants of a virtual seminar on the life and work of Branislava Sušnik, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The event was part of the introductory activities organised as a prelude to the Latin America and Caribbean Days international conference with the central event planned to take place in spring 2021. State Secretary Stanislav Raščan |
Author Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
The virtual seminar “Paraguay as known and lived by Branislava Sušnik” marked the centenary of the birth of this Slovenian scientist and anthropologist who devoted her life to researching the life of indigenous people in Paraguay. Sušnik received the highest Paraguayan award in science for her many years of research and her contribution to the development of science in Paraguay.