DER 47th DRAGACEVO TROMPETE - SPIELER FESTIVAL WIRD
von 08.08.2007 bis 12.08.2007 GEHALTEN

Presentation

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Historical movie about Festival

Slobodan Jolović- President of Festival Council
Velimir Ilić- Host of 47th Trumpet Festival in Guca
Adam Tadić- Director of Centrum of Culture Guca

Serbian Trumpet Festival is well known as one of the biggest and most
popular cultural and artificial manifestations of original and ethnic
activities, especially the Serbian Trumpet. The Festival has been held
since 1961 and every year in August since then, it is held in Gucha
(Dragachevo, Western Serbia).
First Festival had just four participants as Trumpet Orchestras. Recently,
there were about a hundred orchestras at opening ceremonies of the Festival
and just forty of them took part in the finals, divided into twenty
seniors' and twenty juniors' orchestras.
Self-taught artists  such as painters, artists of antiquated crafts and hand
made products and sculptors have their own exhibitions. The books of the
Festival are shown there. Ethnic and historical exhibitions are presented
too. Best Pledge speakers of Toast and most beautiful national costume are elected at the Festival. Various sports games, biathlon, mainly national ones, such as shooting through apple, jumping, throwing stones and similar games are also held there. National music artists, and folk's groups assemble from all parts of Serbia taking part at the Program   Dancing and Singing Groups also take part. Guests of the Festival are Trumpet groups , singing and dancing groups from Diaspora and from other European, American, and this year, even from African countries.

The improvisation of the traditional Dragachevo wedding is a part of this
attractive Festival. First, they organize mass wedding for those newlyweds
who are interested in the ceremony. Then, on Sunday, an improvised
Dragachevo wedding by 19th century is performed. At Final competition which
is under the control of competent people including audience. The best
trumpeters get the rank of Dragachevo winners. Those people become qualified
to take part in many host and world festivals. Festival's programmes visit
more than a thousand competitors and hundred and  thousands of visitors.
Journalists are there also, and the Festival is televised on numerous TV
channels, different magazines from all round the world are also shown. For Dragachevo citizens the Festival is a very important jubilee. They are
very good hosts. They accept both old and new friends in their homes. People
from Dragachevo prepare various kinds of national foods and dishes, such as
wedding cabbage, lots of meat, and domestic cheese and soon. They do not
forget to offer a very famous drink, called "slivovitza". To sample all
those foods and drinks visitors can get in numerous tents that are set up
there for their enjoyment.

WELCOME