The plan of the visit included a tour of the Heritage Museum and the birthplace of Zuka Džumhur, the Wood Carving Museum, Tito’s bunker, as well as Boracko Lake.
The stay of the members of the Association Dalmacija Chapter Croatia – HOG is another part of the content of the “Konjic Summer”, which is held under the auspices of the City of Konjic, with the aim of promoting tourism in the Konjic area.
The bikers’ stay in the city attracted a lot of attention from the people of Konji, as well as visitors to the city, who had the opportunity to see more than 140 Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Tonight in Konjic, Dženan Lončarević held a fantastic concert as part of the “Konjic Summer”.
From the moment he stepped on stage, Dženan created a great atmosphere until the end of the concert, so the audience sang along with him the hits of the popular singer, and the repertoire included songs by other singers. Towards the end of the concert, the visitors created a special atmosphere by turning on their cell phones to search for the singer.
Lončarević animated the Konjic audience with his voice, and presented himself as an excellent entertainer, and concert visitors were singing and dancing throughout the concert.
“It was wonderful, in the past two or three years we have been intensively working through Bosnia, and I can freely say that the audience aspires to be the best. The concert in Konjic is similar to Sarajevo’s Skenderija, those kids sang in unison, I don’t know which generation it is, but they know my songs. I’m glad after all these turbulent years, again music lives among us here. We saw that Konjic is a beautiful town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we will not “miss it” next time we come. Thank you for inviting me to hang out for the first time in this wonderful square, with these wonderful people,” Dženan Lončarević stated for radiokonjic.ba, repeating the message he sent to concertgoers and from the stage, to be happy and healthy and to listen to good music. .
The concert of the regional music star was organized by the National University, and under the auspices of the City of Konjic, as part of the Konjic summer and Konjic Diaspora Day in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Before Dženan Lončarević’s performance, Damir Macić and Ajdin Sultić performed, who premiered the song “City for Everyone”, whose lyrics and music were written by Emir Tucaković from Konjic, and arranged by Vanja Alikadić and Sayid Rezić, which was recorded in the local studio Sejfullah from Konjic.
Source of text and photos: Radio Konjic and Grad Konjic, https://radiokonjic.ba/konjicko-ljeto-dzenan-loncarevic-i-publika-zajedno-pjevali/?fbclid=IwY2xjawE3zTtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRRloVTngo0UuP-E5odPsXpxTNnxRZJwDtD7dVmD7QkybffdT5LCnMQ83w_aem_pVDql0x85FaZfPVwuGA8Fg
In Konjic, from 29.8. until 30.09.2024. will hold the 11th BiH Actors Festival, and the Festival will take place on August 29. be opened with the play “Gideon’s Knot” performed by Scene Mess, Youth Theater and Association Intermezzo, and directed by Selma Alispahić, starting at 8:00 PM in the Cinema Hall of the National University of Konjic.
This year, the Actors Festival also brings a cross-section of the best editions of theater productions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the wish of the organizers, the National University of Konjic, is that in the coming years, it will become an even bigger platform with a much more intense exchange of artists and their achievements.
Mušinović pointed out that the exchange of experiences with actors and actresses, the most important theater productions, greatly strengthens and promotes Konjic.
– Our effort this year will be to give visitors who enjoy rafting, a visit to Tito’s bunker, the Heritage Museum with the birthplace of Zuka Džumhur, the UNESCO Museum of Wood Carving, the BiH Actor’s Festival more reason for an extended stay in Konjic – he pointed out.
He added that the Festival traditionally relies on its sponsors.
– I would especially like to emphasize the continuous support of the City of Konjic, the line ministries for culture at the cantonal and federal level, and above all the friendly affection and cooperation with the leading theater companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and colleagues from the region, who have been witnessing our kindness, hospitality and greatest desire for eleven years for Konjic to become a “theatre city” – emphasizes Mušinović.
In the following days, the performance of the Croatian National Theater in Mostar “Women’s Conversations±1”, the comedy “The Impostor” (Tartuffe) by the ensemble of the National Theater Tuzla, and the performance “Orphan” by the Bosnian National Theater Zenica will follow.
The festival will also host the Mostar National Theater with the play “Perzeide”, the Sarajevo Youth Theater with the comedy “The Fool’s Evening”, the ensemble of the Sarajevo War Theater – SARTR, which will present the play “My Son Walks a Little Slower” and the Banja Luka Student Theater with the play “After the Play “.
– In the off content, through the “Culture of memory” program, we will prepare content dedicated to Zlatko Đikić, present the exhibition “creAction” by Amer Tikveša and Robert Oroz, and delight all young theater lovers with the play “On Tenderness” directed by Ines Pašić and produced by the Puppet Theater in Mostar – says the director of the Festival.
With the concert program “Laka & band” on the Big Stage of the National University in Konjic on Monday, September 30, the eleventh Actor’s festival of BiH will be officially closed.
This year, the festival awards are awarded by a unique jury – the audience, and special wooden masks are prepared for the laureates by the proud owners of the UNESCO “Konjic Wood Carvers” award.
The package of tickets for this year’s entire repertoire is 30 KM, and can be purchased at the “PELIKAN” Bookstore in Konjic and at the Impress Center in Konjic.
Source of text and photos: Benjamin Mušinović, director of National University Konjic
On Saturday in Parsovići, as part of the “Day of Neretvica”, the “Evening of bećarac and ganga” was held in the organization of the SIN “Neretvica” Association. Nine original groups took part, performed by bećarac and ganga, followed by sevdalinka performers and humorist Ismet Horo.
“To our satisfaction, we had a very nice program. This is one of the most beautifully organized events we have had so far. We had a slightly smaller number of participants, i.e. performers of original folk songs, compared to previous years, but that did not diminish the importance of this event nor did it diminish the atmosphere. We had about 1,200 to 1,500 visitors, which is a significant number of visitors for these occasions,” Ibrahim Turak, coordinator of the event said
The goal of this manifestation is to preserve the original folk song from oblivion and perhaps encourage younger generations to love this part of our tradition because if this does not happen, the fate of the original folk songs will be uncertain, the organizers said.
Source of photos: Facebook page Buturović-Polje, https://www.facebook.com/buturovicpolje/posts/969887811603638
Source of text: Radio Konjic, https://radiokonjic.ba/u-parsovicima-odrzana-vece-becarca-i-gange/
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.
Source of text and photos: Radio Konjic, https://radiokonjic.ba/u-konjicu-odrzan-24-festival-folklornog-stvaralstva-konjicka-sehara/
Cover photo: Facebook page Grad Konjic
On Saturday, 27th July, 2024. the 22nd International extreme diving competition “Skok u kazan 2024” was held on the city beach Stari Pazar in Konjic.
Dino Bajrić from Sarajevo, last year’s winner of the “Skok u kazan” competition, with a maximum of 30 points in both series, was the best this year as well (prize 1000 KM), second place was won by Igor Arsenić from Banja Luka (prize 800 KM), and the third place was Evald Krnić, Tuzi, Montenegro (prize 600 KM).
Expert juries made this decision after the competitors performed two series of jumps.
A total of 18 competitors from Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina took part, and 10 competitors made it to the second round.
Zenica’s Mustafa Šarić, although he qualified for the second series, did not perform due to an injury he sustained while performing the first jump. He was given medical attention, but he withdrew from the second performance.
“Skok u kazan” is a jump into the Neretva from a height of 16 meters into cauldron-shaped stone recess (kazan) that is two meters deep and wide, and is surrounded by rocks and requires great courage and dexterity from the jumper. The headlong “lasta” jump is performed.
An aggravating circumstance this year was the low water level of the Neretva River, so two jumpers gave up the competition.
This year, the organizer awarded special awards for the promotion of this international competition, which were given to jumpers Emir Cakić, Said Karalić, Dino Bajrić and Danko Dangubić, the mayor of Konjic Osman Ćatić and the chief judge of the competition Adnan Džumhur. Elmir Hadžialić presented the award on behalf of the organizers.
The 22nd international extreme diving “Skok u kazan 2024” was organized by the Triathlon and Pentathlon Association “Gorsko oko”, under the auspices of the City of Konjic, as part of the “Konjic Summer” and it contributes to the more attractive tourist offer of this city, which in recent years ranks as an increasingly popular tourist destination in our country.
Jumpers from Konjic also took part in the competition: Elvir Kovačević, Imran Bilanović and Deni Šahinović.
The president of the expert jury was Adnan Džumhur, and the jumpers were judged by Sanjin Džajić, Adnan Alagić, Said Karalić and Emir Cakić.
The big regional music star Željko Samardžić held a concert in Konjic last night as part of the “Konjic summer” and delighted a large number of visitors.
Željko opened the concert with the song “Zato kradem”, and then he sang his other hits to the Konjic audience.
The audience sang in unison”Devet hiljada”, ”Slutim”, ”Stari lav”, ”Ne daj da te rade”, ”Zaustavite Januar”, ”Grlica” and many more.
The native of Mostar, with a residential address in Belgrade, confirmed the status of a regional star by conveying emotion to the audience with his songs and creating an atmosphere that the audience enjoyed during the entire concert.
Before the performance of Željko Samardžić, Samir Alebić and Hamza Sokolović performed, who warmed up the audience with their performances.
In that part of the program, the young, musical talent from Konjic, Erol Begić, premiered the song “Konjic, grade moj”, by authors from Konjic, who participated in the public competition for a prize composition about Konjic, which was announced by the City of Konjic under the title “I protect you with a song .”
The concert was held in front of the Konjic High School, organized by the National University of Konjic, under the general patronage of the City of Konjic, as part of the “Konjic Summer and Diaspora Days – Konjic in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina” manifestation, which is organized with the aim of strengthening tourism through culture, art , sports, meetings of well-intentioned people from all over the world, and presentation of local creators.
Generalni medijski pokrovitelj je bio Radio Konjic.
Text and photo source: Radio Konjic, https://radiokonjic.ba/konjicko-ljeto-zeljko-samardzic-odrzao-sjajan-koncert/
On Saturday, July 27 2024, the 22nd International extreme diving event ”Skok u kazan” will be held at the Stari Pazar beach in Konjic, starting at 4:00 p.m.
On Saturday, the 2nd “Green Lake Triathlon 2024” was held in Lisičići, organized by the Triathlon Club “Feniks” from Sarajevo. About 80 competitors from six countries participated in the Olympic triathlon and sprint triathlon disciplines. The winner of the national championship in the Olympic triathlon is Belmin Godinjak from Sarajevo.
“I was going for victory and I successfully achieved that today. I swam one and a half kilometers, rode a bicycle 40 km and ran 10 km. The organization was excellent, the weather served us well and everything was excellent” – said Godinjak.
Second place in the national Olympic triathlon was won by Dragoslav Jotanović, and third by Samir Silajdžija.
The winner of the national championship in the Olympic triathlon for women is Emina Alagić from Sarajevo.
“It was great, because the conditions were fantastic. The water in the lake was warm, the only time it was hot was when we were running. This is the first time I have participated in the Olympic triathlon and I am satisfied,” – Alagić told us.
Deborah Leuthold won the second place.
The mayor of Konjic, Osman Ćatić, presented medals to the most successful competitors at the national triathlon championship. Congratulating them on the achieved results, he wished them to come to Konjic next year as well.
Jasmin Harbinja, president of TK “Fenix” and director of the race “Green Lake Triathlon” said that they were very satisfied with the competition.
“This is the second edition and we are already preparing for the third, next year. This field provides excellent conditions for the competition, there is a lake, the road is good, and I would like to thank the team from Lisičić, who arranged all this, because without them this could not have happened. See you on the same field in 2025,” said Harbinja.
Amar Borić, general secretary of the “Feniks” Triathlon Club, expressed satisfaction with the organization of the 2nd “Green Lake Triathlon” in Lisičići, which was held after a few years of break.
“The first “Green Lake Triathlon Cup” was held in 2019 and after five years we decided to organize this competition again. We gained the trust of the Triathlon Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, so this year we have the national championship in the Olympic triathlon. The race was fast, everything went without a problem and I am very satisfied,” said Borić.
First place in the men’s sprint distance was won by Kemal Šahović, second by Ivo Ceko, and third by Haris Fazlić. In the women’s category, Anđela Talić took first place, Milena Mitić came second, and Ryna Aniech came third.
The second “Green Lake Triathlon 2024” was held as part of the “Konjic Summer” event.
Text and photo source: Radio Konjic, https://radiokonjic.ba/danas-u-lisicicima-odrzan-2-green-lake-triathlon-2024/
Last night, in the courtyard of Zulfikar Zuka Džumhur’s birth house in Konjic, Alma Subašić held a concert, where she presented songs from the new album “Sevdah del Alma”.
Lovers of sevdah enjoyed listening to sevdalinka in Alma’s performance, accompanied by Mirza Redžepagić on guitar.
At the first joint performance, the two artists showed their virtuosity, which the audience rewarded with applause and choral singing.
“The concert was wonderful, I am very satisfied and I think everyone was satisfied. I had nice compliments and I’m happy. This with Mirza was a complete hit. I really fed my soul in my Konjic” – Alma said after the concert.
“On the new album “Sevdah del Alma”, translated as “sevdah from the soul”, there are ten sevdalinka songs that we have chosen in such a way that they are songs that are not performed enough nowadays and with new arrangements we revive them and return them to radio and TV stations, by screening videos, and I’m happy that the first concert promotion is in Konjic” – said Alma, who was born in Konjic.
“From this house, from this environment, I feel that some new stories are being born with Alma and Mirza in the future” – said Benjamin Mušinović, director of the National University of Konjic, which was the organizer of the “Sevdah Fest” concert as part of the Konjic summer, and under sponsored by the City of Konjic.
