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he Culture of Wine in Slovenia
Wine brings people closer together, 2006, 2014. Photo: Aleš Gačnik, Staša Cafuta.
has always been a drink that has united and connected
them, improving their lives and accompanying them from
cradle to grave at all the important milestones, such as
conscription, marriage, the birth of children, and other
events that broke the everyday monotony, such as visits
by friends and acquaintances, name-day and birthday
celebrations, parties, holidays and so on. Special festivities
connected with wine, such as grape picking, St. Martin’s
Day and the blessing of new wine are also important.
Grape-picking scenes in Ptuj, Mestni vrh, Turški vrh, Kog and Bodislavci, 1938, 2006.
Photos: the archive of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Aleš Gačnik, Staša Cafuta.
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Wine brings people closer together, 2006, 2014. Photo: Aleš Gačnik, Staša Cafuta.
has always been a drink that has united and connected
them, improving their lives and accompanying them from
cradle to grave at all the important milestones, such as
conscription, marriage, the birth of children, and other
events that broke the everyday monotony, such as visits
by friends and acquaintances, name-day and birthday
celebrations, parties, holidays and so on. Special festivities
connected with wine, such as grape picking, St. Martin’s
Day and the blessing of new wine are also important.
Grape-picking scenes in Ptuj, Mestni vrh, Turški vrh, Kog and Bodislavci, 1938, 2006.
Photos: the archive of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Aleš Gačnik, Staša Cafuta.
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