VAL Piran Folkloric Dance Group

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Folklorno društvo VAL Piran

Prvomajski trg 2, SI-6330 Piran-Pirano

http://www.drustvo-val.si

info@drustvo-val.si

Phone386 (0) 5 673 4573

Founded byVAL Piran Folkloric Dance Association

Established in 1961, the VAL Piran Folkloric Dance Group is one of Slovenia's leading folkloric dance troupes which has received many prizes and commendations from Municipality of Piran-Pirano for its work. Each year the group performs widely both in Slovenia and abroad; it has been a regular guest at venues and festivals all over Europe and in Canada and is always featured prominently in the VAL Piran Association's own Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF).

The group presents a programme of 9 Slovene dances: Istrian šagra (festivity), Ca to šuška (What whispers), A Night in the Salina (salina dances and customs), dances of Goriška, dances of Karst, dances of Bela Krajina, dances of Gorenjska, dances of Štajerska, and dances of Prekmurje. VAL Piran is the only Slovene group that presents salina dances and costumes. The group regularly appears in Italy, Germany, Istria, and across Slovenia, and has performed in festivals in Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, and Belgium. Recently, it has appeared at festivals La Vega, Ballus, and Sinnai in Sardinia, Italy, at the Augsburg Folklore Festival, and in Turkey.

Val Piran is a member of the Association of Folklore and Tradition Groups of Slovenia, which operates under the auspices of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts - CIOFF.

See also

• Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF)

External links

• VAL Piran Folkloric Dance Group website (in English)