Media Corner

19. August 2007

Gucha - “SERBIAN BREnd”

Around half a million people gathered in a small Serbian village Gucha this August for the greatest Trumpet Festival in the world. Two hundred media representatives from all over the world followed the 47th edition of this event and each tenth visitor was from abroad.

The greatest presentation of national cultural heritage supported by the Serbian government lasted for five festive days. More than a hundred and fifty trumpet orchestras and thirty seven singing and folklore groups represented Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, FYROM and Greece.

The last evening of the competition was opened by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik who greeted the elated audience by emphasizing the importance of Gucha in connecting the people of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska and showing how much the Serbian people are in need of joy and celebration.
 


Prime Minister Dodik showing off the “SERBIAN BREnd – Gucha” promotional cap

Serbian Institute for Public Diplomacy, Brussels awarded the organizational board of the Gucha trumpet festival the “SERBIAN BREnd” certificate for the exceptional contribution of this festival to the internationalization of the Serbian culture.

Apart from the thrilling trumpet competition this year’s festival will be remembered for the concert of Goran Bregovic and the preceding haute-couture fashion show of a former photo-model of the Republic of Srpska Vera Radanovic, with her first fashion collection entitled “Vera” (“Faith” in Serbian).

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