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On Carnival Saturday, February 14th, we were once again delighted by the children's carnival procession in Gradež, led by Petra Jakob Merljak and Miha Merljak.
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Our association, as part of the Slovenian Tourist Board, once again presented itself at the Alpe-Adria fair, which took place from 4 to 7 February at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre.
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The eighteenth nativity scene exhibition was held from December 21, 2025 to January 5, 2026. At the opening, 365 nativity scenes were on display, and by the end of the exhibition, the number had increased to 371. As every year, there were a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and made of all possible materials, and many were new.
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On Friday, December 5, Santa Claus also took time for our children and stopped by the fruit dryer. He delighted the children from Gradež and Turjak with symbolic gifts.
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This year, more than 250 children from five different elementary schools visited us, along with their teachers, for whom we prepared various programs at the request of the school management. Several of our members took care of them (leading, explaining, and serving).
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On Sunday, September 21, we successfully held the Hike by Trubar`s birth parish and the main event, the Holiday of dried fruit. We heard nothing but praise from hikers and all visitors to Gradež all day long, so that in the evening, despite our tiredness, our smiles did not fade.
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This year too, our event, Evening in the village, was held on Friday (June 20th), as Saturday evenings are very "busy" with other events in our area at this time. The Krheljčki and Zagorica Boys from the Dobrepolje valley performed.
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At the ceremonial academy on June 6 in Veliki Lašče on the occasion of the municipal holiday, our member Eugen Karl Šerbec received an award from Mayor Matjaž Hočevar for his long-term work in associations and contribution to the field of tourism and heritage preservation. The Turjak Tourist Association and the Marij Kogoj Cultural and Artistic Association also joined our association's proposal.
Eugen has been a member of our association since 2007. Before that, he worked as a guide at Turjak Castle, doing this job for 14 years. He studied a lot of literature about the castle and also established contacts with the descendants of the Auersperg family, which he still maintains today. He is still a local tourist guide, especially important when visiting German-speaking groups. He and his wife Alenka also translated a brochure about our fruit drying house into German.
Although in recent years he has had to take care of his wife Alenka, who has a number of serious health problems, he still actively responds to calls for work in the aforementioned societies. CONGRATULATIONS!
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On Saturday, June 10, 27 of our members took part in a excursion to Goriška. We visited the monument to the defenders of Slovenian land in Cerje and attended the lighting of the European charcoal pit with a message of peace in Lokovec.
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On Mardi Gras Saturday, March 1, 2023, we were able to admire the "masquerade" in Gradež again.
