Description:

Yesterday, on the biggest Slovenian cultural day people gathered on numerous events all across the country to celebrate the great poet.

The Slovenian Cultural Holiday (Slovenski kulturni praznik), known unofficially as Prešeren Day (Prešernov dan), is a national holiday celebrated in Slovenia marking the anniversary of the death of the poet France Prešeren on February 8, 1849. Since Prešeren is generally considered the greatest poet in the Slovene language, the holiday was established to honour achievements in Slovenian culture.

On February 8, the Prešeren Awards and the Prešeren Foundation Awards, the highest Slovenian recognitions for cultural and scientific achievements, are conferred.

Prešeren Day continues to be one of the most widely celebrated Slovene holidays. It is not only celebrated in Slovenia, but by the Slovene communities all around the world.

Like this story? Why not use our RSS feed and receive updates as soon as they are posted? Or JOIN US as a member and comment on the news, receive periodical newsletters and help us create this site with MyGUIDE2 social networking.