The Slovak Marína folklore group from Zvolen is the winner of the 24th Leron International Folklore Festival, which concluded on Saturday, August 22nd in Vodnjan and was organized by the local Italian Community. Ten groups from Croatia, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, and India brought their homeland dances and traditions to Piazza del Popolo. This year's program also rediscovered the furlana and, among other elements of local tradition, the characteristic bumbara women's hairstyle. The article from the Ventiquattro column in the online newspaper...

This year too, the jury had no easy task in choosing the winner of this 21st edition of Leron. Confirmation comes from Lorella Limoncin Toth, superintendent of cultural heritage for the Istrian Region, who joined the ethnologist, Lidija Nikočević, and the musicologist and composer Massimo Brajković in the judging commission. "It wasn't easy, the six groups were all good, coming from different cultures and traditions and therefore it wasn't easy to choose the best one", Limoncin Toth told us, who then summarized the jury's verdict: "The award for the best choreography and traditional dance went to the group...

Three intense but satisfying days for Dignano and the people of Dignano, but above all for the local Italian community that organized the event that returned to its original form after two years of pandemic. This time too, it was not an easy task for the jury to choose the best group, but in the end the “Leron 2022” went to the “Pastoria del Borgo Furo” from the province of Treviso. The Croatian ensemble Seljačka sloga from Nedelišće instead received the recognition for the most beautiful costumes, the Slovakian ensemble Zlate Moravce for the choreography and youthful enthusiasm, while the Brianzoli from Ponte Lambro received the award for the originality of an instrument...