CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PTUJ

Diplomsko delo predstavlja pregled kulturno-zgodovinskega dogajanja v mestu Ptuj. V kratkem zgodovinskem pregledu dogodkov sem prikazala razvoj samega mesta od najstarejših najdenih predmetov v železni dobi pa vse do danes. Na območju občine Ptuj se dogaja veliko kulturnih dogodkov, sama sem se odločila, da se osredotočim na tri. Dva sta se odvijala že v preteklosti in sta še danes, eden manj, drugi bolj, pomembna za kulturno in družbeno življenje ter turizem. To so letni sejmi in kurentovanje. Leta 2012 pa smo bili priča kulturnemu dogajanju v sklopu Evropske prestolnice kulture. Ptujski sejmi so se obdržali vse do danes in predstavljajo zmes med pravimi srednjeveškimi sejmi in tako imenovanimi novodobnimi bolšjimi sejmi. Na žalost pa vedno bolj izgubljajo svoj prvotni pomen. Za razliko od sejmov pa so se pustni običaji s sedaj že tradicionalno prireditvijo kurentovanjem ohranili in veljajo za največjo organizirano pustno-karnevalsko prireditev v Sloveniji in osrednji Evropi. Da je Ptuj res kulturno mesto, pa je dokazalo lani, leta 2012, saj se je v njem kot partnerskem mestu Evropske prestolnice kulture odvilo veliko kulturnih dogodkov, ki so precej oživeli kulturno življenje v mestu.The dissertation is an introduction into the historical and cultural development of Ptuj. With a short historical overview, I have showed the development of the town, from the oldest found Iron Age objects to nowadays. There are a lot of cultural events happening in the municipal district of Ptuj, and I have decided to focus on three of them. Two of them have been taking place a long time and are still, one more, the other less, important for the cultural and social life and tourism. These are the yearly fairs and »Kurentovanje«. In 2012 we witnessed cultural events, which were part of the European Capital of Culture. The fairs in Ptuj have survived till today and represent a mixture between medieval fairs and modern flea markets. Unfortunately, they are losing their original meaning. As a contrast, the carnival customs, with the now traditional »Kurentovanje« event, have maintained and considered as the largest organised carnival event in Slovenia and Central Europe. Last year a large amount of cultural events happened in Ptuj, because it was a partner town of The European Capital of Culture 2012. This revived the town\u27s culture and proved that Ptuj is a cultural town