NEWS
Organisation of the AEJeST General Assembly
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
13-14 October 2023. Organisation of the AEJeST General Assembly. If any organisation or person from Europe would like to become a new member of AEJeST, please contact us (aejest.com).// 13-14 October 2023.
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Rio Maior & Santarém will host AEJeST’s 2023 Assembly
by José Ángel Hoyos Perote in Meetings, Información
The Federaçao Portuguesa do Jogos Tradicionais is organising the 22nd General Assembly of the European Association of Traditional Games and Sports from 12 to 15 October. For this purpose, it has the support of the municipalities of Santarém and Rio Maior, two beautiful towns very close to each other, in the Ribatejo region, north of Lisbon. A Traditional Games Seminar and Festival will be held in Rio Maior on Friday 13th, while the Assembly will take place in the convent of San Francisco, in Santarém, on Saturday 14th.
Here you can watch some promotional videos of both locations.
English version
Portuguese version
Santarém
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7th PLJOČKE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings, Festivales
The 7th PLJOČKE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL was held in Croatia, in Svetvinčenat, in the Istrian region, on September 8 and 9, 2023. The meeting, which was held as part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention, was opened by the mayor of the Municipality of Svetvinčenat, Dean Perković, after which the attendees were greeted by Jesica Acquavita, vice-president of the Istrian Region, Davor Trupković, Chief Conservator of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and Rut Carek, Secretary General of the Croatian Commission for UNESCO.
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5th International Conference on Traditional Games and Sports
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
The 5th International Conference on Traditional Games and Sports will be held on September 8 and 9, 2023 in Svetvinčent, Croatia. This year’s theme of the conference is: Safeguarding traditional games and sports for social inclusion, held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The organizer of the conference is the Istarski Pljočarski Savez – IPS. The holding of the conference is made possible by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Commission for UNESCO, the Istrian Region Assesory for Culture and the Municipality of Svetvinčenat.
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56th AEJeST Board of Directors held in Cyprus
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
Location: Paphos, Cyprus
Organization: Folklore Association of Ktima
Date: April 19, 2023
ORDER OF THE DAY
1º.- Project 3. General Secretariat
1.1 New members
• 90-Palo Canario Game Federation (support from 78-Fundación Bolos de Cantabria and 40-Associació Lo Llaüt)
• I12-Khristos Bampalis (support from 59-University of Zaragoza and 34-University of Coimbra)
• I13-María Collado (support from 36-Group 6 Conceyos and 06-INEFC of Lleida)
1.2 Organization of the XXII General Assembly 2023
Minutes of the 2nd online meeting of project 7 (Member networks): CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MUSEUMS
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
With the presence of:
- Lo Llaüt Cultural Association: Biel Pubill Soler : info@lollaut.com –
- Ricardo Pérez y Verdes Foundation/Ethnoludic Museum of Galicia: Melga. Ricardo Pérez y Verdes: info@museomelga.com
- Folklore Association of KTIMA: Christiana Leonidou laografikos.omilos.ktima@cytanet.com
- Galician Association of Popular and Traditional Xogo (AGXPT) Paco Veiga agxpt@agxpt.gal
- Pere Lavega president of the AEJeST
- Alain Bovo, vice president of project 7
- Fabrizio Vierin, Vice President of Project 7
Alain BOVO, in his introduction, specifies the objectives of the meetings scheduled for the next ones from February to March 2023. It is recalled that each representative of an Association, Federation, University, Training Center and Individual Members are invited and can register and come and share their experiences.
Webinar Social Inclusion & Traditional Games and Sports
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
Creation of the Continental organization ATSGA – October 1st, 2022
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
History: The Constitutive General Assembly of the ATSGA was organized on October 1, 2022. It was the last step of a long process that began on 29-07-2020 with the Vice President Gholamreza Jafari (Iran) and a group of officials from ITSGA, the global platform gathering the continental organizations AEJeST, AAJST, APJDAT and now ATSGA. Guy Jaouen, Pere Lavega were also part of this group along with some other Asian officials.
TRAWECU Project – Final Meeting in SERRES, Macedonia, Greece
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings, Festivales
During almost two years of collective work, meetings and contacts, partners of the TRAWECU project (Greece, Serbia, Romania, Spain, France) met in SERRES, 80.000 inhabitants, near the Bulgarian border, Greece. The program was linked to a major multi-day trade fair, SEREXPO. On Saturday an international conference was organized in the morning, then in the afternoon a traditional wrestling competition of PALI in the SEREXPO space. Then on Sunday was scheduled a meeting to review the project + visits.
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XXI Ordinary General Assembly of the AEJeST
by Biel Pubill Soler in Meetings
Next Saturday, September 17, the XXI Ordinary General Assembly of the AEJeST will take place in Verona, in which the participation of more than 40 associations is expected. The meeting coincides with the celebration of the twentieth edition of Tocatì, Festival Internazionale dei Gicohi in Strada (September 15-19).
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