{"id":5117,"date":"2026-07-10T08:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:19:23","slug":"festival-krajin-a-tradicii-prinesie-do-presova-folklor-z-piatich-krajin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/festival-krajin-a-tradicii-prinesie-do-presova-folklor-z-piatich-krajin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festival of Countries and Traditions will bring folklore from five countries to Pre\u0161ov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Festival of Countries and Traditions<\/strong> is a new international folklore festival which will take place <strong>6\u20138 August 2026<\/strong> in the centre of Pre\u0161ov. Over the three days of the festival\u2019s first edition, there will be performances by folk ensembles from <strong>Slovakia<\/strong>, <strong>Poland<\/strong>, <strong>Lithuania<\/strong>, <strong>Bulgaria<\/strong> a <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>, traditional crafts, regional cuisine, a dance school and a folklore parade through the town. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fkat-2026-sirka-clanok-oocrrs-pko.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will also feature an interactive zone <strong>Discover and experience \u0160ari\u0161<\/strong>, which will introduce visitors to traditional crafts, local producers, regional products, folklore traditions and authentic experiences associated with \u0160ari\u0161. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will feature more than 15 Slovak folk groups and 170 international performers from six groups. The programme will also include evening concerts by the bands Iconito and Malalata. The festival has been organised with the aim of promoting intercultural dialogue, showcasing the richness of folk traditions and strengthening Pre\u0161ov\u2019s position as an attractive cultural and tourist destination. The event will take place under the motto \u201e<strong><em>Different countries, one tradition.<\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mfkat-sarisan-oocrrs-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisers of the Festival of Countries and Traditions are\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkopresov.sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture and Leisure Park (PKO)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presov.sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Pre\u0161ov<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/\">Regional Tourism Organisation Regi\u00f3n \u0160ari\u0161<\/a><\/strong>, which organise the event and also contribute to its funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival is also being held thanks to financial support from&nbsp;<strong>the Pre\u0161ov Self-Governing Region, the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Slovak Republic, the national organisation Slovakia Travel, and the partners Respect Slovakia, Marti a.s. and CEMM THOME<\/strong>, to whom we owe our thanks for their support in organising the first edition of the international folklore festival in Pre\u0161ov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and the programme, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkopresov.sk\/festival-krajin-a-tradicii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pkopresov.sk\/festival-krajin-a-tradicii.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:PKO Pre\u0161ov<br>Photo credit: PKO Pre\u0161ov<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Festival of Countries and Traditions is a new international folklore festival, which will take place from 6 to 8...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projekty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5123,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions\/5123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}