09.00 Performance
by the Piran Wind Orchestra at Tartinijev trg square.
9.30 Hymn
to St. George in front of St. Peter’s
Church: Georgios parochial mixed choir and Giuseppe Tartini mixed choir. Procession along IX. Korpusa
ulici street to St. George’s Church,
festive holy mass in Slovenian and Italian language
12.00 Symbolic departure of the saltpan family,
dressed in saltpan costumes, from Tartinijev trg square
to the saltpans with the boat Pyros accompanied by the Piran Wind Orchestra.
12.30 Opening of a photo exhibition in the Tartini
House with the title "Istrian Italians, who left and who stayed. Personal stories and photo portraits collected by Lucia Castelli in the
area between Piran and Fossoli". Presented by Kristjan Knez.
PREPARATIONS
FOR THE FEAST
Workshops
on street decoration - making garlands from ivy leaves and bouquets from
rosemary, laurel and love twigs – will take place in Apolonijeva palača,
organised by the Runo institute: on 18 and 19
April and 23,
24 and 25 April from 10.00 a.m. Workshops will be run by
Sandra Vodopivac and Milena Novak. Greenery and tools will be
provided. Decoration of Tartinijev
trg square and the neighbouring streets
will take place on Friday, 26 April. You are welcome to join us.
Org.: Municipality of Piran, Auditorium Portorož – Portorose, Parish of
St. George Piran, “Giuseppe Tartini” Italian Community Piran, Institut Runa.