The 24th Festival of Folklore Creation “Konjička sehara” was held in Konjic

02/08/2024by Welcome to Konjic0 comments

Last night, as part of the manifestation “Konjic Summer”, the 24th International Folklore Festival “Konjička Sehara” was held, organized by Association “Preporod” Konjic, and under the auspices of the City of Konjic.

20 societies from BiH and seven visiting countries took part, which first presented themselves in a parade to the Konjic audience, and then with their choreographies on Partizan’s playground. With play and dancing, in the traditional costumes of the countries they come from, the participants showed a rich program, and their performances were accompanied by applause from the audience.

Mia Nikovska from Macedonia performed for the first time with her society at the “Konjička sehara”

“It was great and we had a great time. We would love to perform again. Honestly, we liked the city, and the audience is great,” – said this young Macedonian woman.

Fran Topalušić from folklore society “Sesvetska sela” from Croatia performed for the first time in Konjic, but his society participated several times at the Folklore Festival in Konjic.

“This is the fifth performance for our society. We really like it, there are a lot of people and this exceeded our expectations. The atmosphere is great, we socialize and get to know people from other countries,” – said Topalušić.

Several societies from Bosnia and Herzegovina performed at the “Konjička sehara”. Members of the folklore society from Podveležje are regular participants every year. Ajla Halvadžija has been performing since she was four years old.

“I live through “Konjička Sehara”. Every summer, coming to this festival fills my heart. All praise for the organizers and the audience, which always gives us the strength to present our society as best as possible”, – said Halvadžija.

Folklore society “Preporod” Konjic performed with two groups. Eldin Boloban, leader of the youth and children’s ensemble, did not hide his satisfaction with the performance of his members, who managed to learn the choreography in a year and present themselves in the best light.

“I am under great emotion, because I managed to transfer my knowledge to our young people from Konjic. The children’s team worked for one year, and the youth team for two years. This is a great success for me and the children, and about a hundred members took part. We performed the games from Doboj” – Boloban said.

Amer Ćukas, the director of the festival, thanked the people of Konjic and everyone who made the “Konjic festival” bigger by coming tonight.

“We managed to successfully organize one more”Konjička sehara”. Thanks to the City of Konjic, the mayor, and especially the Konjic audience, because without them this festival would not be one of the most significant in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” – said Ćukas.