{"id":434,"date":"2024-03-05T08:44:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T07:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/festival-katalanskej-kultury-prichadza-do-presova\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:08:53","slug":"festival-katalanskej-kultury-prichadza-do-presova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/festival-katalanskej-kultury-prichadza-do-presova\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Catalan culture comes to Pre\u0161ov"},"content":{"rendered":"The Festival of Catalan Culture will visit Slovakia for the first time ever. More than 500 performers from Catalonia will showcase their traditions right in the centre of Pre\u0161ov. You can already look forward to a breathtaking experience at the 36th edition of the Aplec Internacional in Pre\u0161ov - ADIFOLK, which will take place from 9 to 11 August 2024.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ADIFOLK-35e-Aplec-Internacional-2023-19-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/>\n<h2><strong>APLEC INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL HAS A 35-YEAR TRADITION<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn 1988, with the aim of bringing Catalan popular culture to the attention of the whole of Europe, the first event was organised in Amsterdam. The initial motivation for the international festival was the desire to contribute to the projection of Catalan folklore in cities where the festival was of great importance because of its cultural, historical or social affinity with Catalonia. Each celebration of the International Festival brings together a wide range of participants from different areas of popular culture, as well as hundreds of supporters who also make up the Catalan expedition. The festival features a mix of performers from different groups who transform the events into street shows.\n\nBringing this festival to Pre\u0161ov is an exceptional opportunity to show that our city can be attractive to tourists and that it offers many opportunities for the development of tourism in the east of Slovakia. The City of Pre\u0161ov will co-organize Aplec Internacional in 2024 based on the successful nomination and the signed Memorandum of Cooperation with Adifolk.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" \/>\n<h2><strong>THE FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED BY ADIFOLK AND THE CITY OF PRE\u0160OV<\/strong><\/h2>\nAdifolk is an association made up of people closely linked to the world of Catalan folklore and popular culture. Its main objective is to promote and revitalise Catalan popular culture at international level.\n\nAdifolk belongs to the CIOFF - Comit\u00e8 Internacional d'Organitzadors de Festivals Folkl\u00f2rics - recognised in the UNESCO STATUS B category. It is also dedicated to promoting and advising on topics related to Catalan popular culture at international festivals and at Catalan promotional events abroad. Organizer of the international festival Aplec Internacional with the support and collaboration of the Generalitat de Catalunya for Central Europe.\n\n<strong>On 1 March 2023, the City of Pre\u0161ov signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Adifolk, officially becoming the host of the 36th edition of the Aplec Internacional Festival.<\/strong>\n\nThe complete organization of the festival and the coordination of cooperation is provided by the Park of Culture and Leisure (PKO). PKO's mission is to develop and promote cultural areas, events in the city across a wide spectrum of artistic genres and for all ages. The media partner is OOCR Regi\u00f3n \u0160ari\u0161.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Adifolk-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1376\" height=\"771\" \/>\n\nThe intention is to bring cultural activities and opportunities to the city centre and housing estates, to increase the cultural literacy of the city's inhabitants and to create a supportive ecosystem for the local cultural and creative community. PKO has a clear goal to support, promote and dynamise cultural events in Pre\u0161ov.\n\n<strong>The festival programme includes performances by the following bands:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>performance of SARDANA (traditional Catalan dance) with original live music,<\/li>\n \t<li>stick dancing,<\/li>\n \t<li>human towers,<\/li>\n \t<li>Catalan orchestra COBLA,<\/li>\n \t<li>giants,<\/li>\n \t<li>Devils,<\/li>\n \t<li>music with traditional Catalan musical instruments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nand many others.\n\nIn cooperation with the Caraffka Municipal Gallery and the Regional Museum in Pre\u0161ov, we prepare various interactive events for children and adults. They will be able to take part in a creative programme or see an exhibition of paintings by artists from Catalonia.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ADIFOLK-35e-Aplec-Internacional-2023-6-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festival katal\u00e1nskej kult\u00fary zav\u00edta v\u00f4bec prv\u00fdkr\u00e1t na Slovensko. 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