Parliamentary Speaker Honours Culture Day

Vrba, 8 February - Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar told the central ceremony marking Culture Day in Vrba on Tuesday that Slovenians as a nation had been formed by means of culture. This legacy should be cherished and adjusted to new circumstances in the globalised world, he added.

Vrba Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba
Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba
Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba
Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba
Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Vrba
Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar speaking at the central ceremony marking Culture Day dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet France Preseren (1800-1849).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Kranj A wreath being laid on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day. Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Kranj
A wreath being laid on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day.
Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Kranj A wreath being laid on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day. Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Kranj
A wreath being laid on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day.
Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Kranj Culture Minister Majda Sirca (left) laying a wreath on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day. Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Kranj
Culture Minister Majda Sirca (left) laying a wreath on the grave of Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day.
Photo: Saso Pipan/STA

Ljubljana A traditional public reading of poems by Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
A traditional public reading of poems by Romantic poet France Preseren (1800-1849) on the occasion of Culture Day.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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