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The Folklore Society "Anton-Jože Štrafela" from Markovci was established in the year 1938 on the
initiative of the ethnomusicologist France Marolt, as a few young boys and
girls joined into a group which first performed at the meeting of ethnographic
groups in Maribor.
The members of the Folklore Society
Markovci have performed on stage more than 2000 times in all these years, 60 of
which were performed abroad - in Austria,
Belgium, Germany, Italy,
France, Switzerland, Lichtenstein,
the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Croatia, Serbia,
Monte Negro, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Turkey
and Macedonia.
A number of years the Society has
been the pillar of the folklore and preservation of the rites in the entire Slovenia.
However, this soon changed due to the expansion and popularisation of folklore,
as the number of folklore societies emerged in various places and towns, and
the entire country. The following sectors operate in the framework of the
society:
The
society is placed among the most successful societies in Slovenia due to
the variety of sections operating within the society and the specifics of the
environment, which comprises so many different customs and habits, especially
those connected with the Carnival, and can be seen nowhere else. We are still
trying to preserve everything which used to be the constant in an ordinary life
of a simple farmer.
We
have been awarded the Golden Marolt Award for many years of hard work in the
area of folklore, which is also the highest honour awarded in Slovenia.
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