65th Kurentovanje (2025)
| Kurentovanje 2025 | |
|---|---|
"Kurent's House" next to Town Theater (the light greenish building on the far right) | |
| Information | |
| Date: | 22 February – 4 March 2025 |
| Location: | Ptuj, Slovenia |
| Organized by: | Ptuj Public Institute |
| Edition: | 65th |
| Main character: | Kurent (Korant) |
| 19th carnival prince: | Francesco Guffante, city judge |
| Honorary patronage | |
| Nataša Pirc Musar (President of Slovenia) | |
| Opening Ethnographic Parade | |
| 22 February: | 17,000 visitors |
| International Carnival Parade | |
| 2 March: | 50,000 visitors |
| Record: (2011) | 65,000 visitors |
| Awarded carnival groups | |
| 1st award: | »Grbci« |
| 2nd award: | »Go-Car-Go! Bo kar bo!« |
| 3rd award: | »Kitajska pomlad Hanov« |
Kurentovanje 2025 was the 65th edition of Ptuj carnival organized by Ptuj Public Institute with the Urban Municipality of Ptuj cooperation, held between 22 February and 4 March in Ptuj, Slovenia.
Around 6,800 participants from nine countries are expected at all public events, with 14 foreign groups to be hosted. They also increased the cash fund for carnival groups to €6,300 (4,200 last year).
The President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar was this year's honorary patronage of Kurentovanje.
19th prince of the carnival (the second year in a row), is Francesco Guffante, city judge.