The Ptuj Kurentovanje can boast the title of one of the most interesting carnivals in the world. Lonely Planet, which is one of the biggest travel guides in the world, ranked it in seventh place among the 101 carnivals that "qualified" for their latest travel guide!
Ptuj heating system it is visited by around 100,000 people every year. After being one of the largest publishers of travel guides in the world, Lonely Planet, declared to be one of the most interesting carnivals in the world, but this figure is set to jump a bit more in the future. This year's curentization will take place from 2 to 9 February 2016.
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Ptuj curentovanje is in very eminent company. Namely, Lonely Planet put it in first place Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, which is visited every year by the people of Slovenia as a whole. It is followed by a festival in the French Quarter of the American city New Orleans, and the third is Venice Carnival, who became famous mainly for dancing in masks. There is still time before the Ptuj curentization calypso festival in Trinidad and Tobago, the birthplace of calypso music, bounce Binche Carnival in Belgium (UNESCO recognizes it as a "masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity") and Carnival Maslenica in Russia.
More information:
lonelyplanet.com
