Events » First Old Time Sunday festival "Leb i Vino", Spatovo 2010 » Contests

Country Lunch

The dishes must be traditional to the region, made from original old recipes, they must taste and look good. They are presented to the jury for tasting between after the beginning of the festival.

At Festival 2010 preference is given to lenten dishes, as 29 August is a lenten day in the church calendar (on Sunday oil is allowed), because of the holiday Decapitation of St. John the Baptist.

Dishes with meat, dairy products or eggs will not be rated, but it is allowed to bring and consume them. It is a matter of personal taste and understanding.

The rating will be made according to:

1. The tradition (who told you the recipe)
2. The appearance of the dish (traditional)
3. Special attention to the authenticity in the choice and arrangement of vessels
4. The taste

Pretty Lass & Madcap Lad

The aim of the contest is engaging more people (relatives and friends of the lad and lasses) with the traditional culture and popularizing the values and style of the source folklore.

The overall presentation of the contestants must be based on the authentic and on what they know from their mothers and grandmothers. The height, sizes or walk will not be evaluated. All that matters is the typicalness and the aura of the contestant. The jury will consist of local young men and women.

Conditions for participating:

1. Age from 13 to 33
2. Traditional costume
3. Minimal dancing, singing or story-telling skills in a dialect form, cooking skills
4. Make-up is not allowed

The evaluation will be based on:

1. Authenticity of the costume and taste in the selection of details
2. Character and demeanour of the contestants, typicalness and traditional nature of their expression, speech and view of life.
3. Dancing, singing, story-telling and cooking skills in a folklore style (Balley setting in dancing or modern singing style are not tolerated).
4. Long jump for the lads (symbolic contest for longest jump)
5. Stone throwing (for the lads)

Conditions for the jury

1. Upon entering the fair every lass or lad will receive a symbolic handkerchief, which must be kept and given to the person, considered worthy of winning. The contests take place during the festival. In the past the lasses and lads used to give their handkerchief to the one they liked. So it will be at the Leb I Vino festival. The contestant, who receives the highest number of handkerchiefs, will be the winner. Thus every contestant will try to impress the lasses/lads and win their acknowledgement.
2. Elena and Yane Kamenarovi will have the right of a secondary casting of the contestants, regulating the contests according to the rules – authenticity and completeness of the costume, authenticity of the performances, lack of make-up, traditional singing and dancing skills.
3. For example, a contestant, lacking the opintsi (sandals) or wearing make-up, or performing without authenticity, is not allowed to win, even with the highest number of votes.