Etnika Institute
Music
The institute organises the annual Etnika International World Music Festival, which started in 2005 and usually takes place in October, November or December at Gustaf Hall and at the Narodni dom cultural centre in Maribor. While it has gradually added jazz, rock, hip hop and reggae to the programme, the festival remains rooted in world music, making it one of the country's premier global music events alongside the Druga Godba and Okarina festivals.
Etnika also organises Blue Planet, a year-round cycle of jazz concerts. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Maribor, and has provided a welcome platform for Slovenian jazz musicians in particular since it began in 2014.
Problem gambling
The other strand of Etnika's work involves research, awareness-raising, advocacy and outreach in the field of problem gambling among young people. To this end, it runs the Ne zakockaj svoje prihodnosti (Don't Gamble Your Future Away) project, supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Health and the Municipality of Maribor, and the MladiHazarder website.
See also
External links
- Etnika Maribor website
- Etnika page on prostovoljstvo.org
- Blue Planet website in Slovenian
- MladiHazarder website in Slovenian