{"id":1278,"date":"2018-06-04T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/istrainspirit.hr\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2024-05-31T21:04:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T19:04:01","slug":"istra-inspirit-opened-the-season-with-new-inspirational-experience-legend-of-thorndancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istrainspirit.hr\/en\/istra-inspirit-opened-the-season-with-new-inspirational-experience-legend-of-thorndancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Istra Inspirit opened the season with new inspirational experience ‘Legend of thorndancers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pi\u0107an returned to the period of late antiquity to revive the legend of thorndancers. This journey through time was successful, because of the effort of the Istra Inspirit actors and the amateurs from the Pi\u0107an Municipality, the representatives of Association ‘Trnoplesari’. The visitors had the opportunity to attend the miraculous journey of St. Nicephorus to Rome, to find out how the Pi\u0107ans got the nickname ‘thorndancers’.<\/p>\n

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The whole program, including presentation and tasting of local gastronomic specialties, such as ‘pi\u0107onski’ rafiol and interactive children’s corner, started at 7 pm, and the central event of the performance of Istra Inspirit started at 8.30 in front of the main city gates.<\/p>\n

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Amateur actors from Pi\u0107an showed that dialect from Pi\u0107an is still present among the local population, and this part of the intangible cultural heritage which is successfully transmitted to a large audience.<\/p>\n

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St. Nicephorus told the story through his performance why he had to travel to Rome to prove the rumors in Pi\u0107an are false, and on that trip to Rome he performed three miracles: a source with water, floating on the mantle and hanging his mantle on a ray of sunshine. When everyone was convinced that Nicephorus was not guilty, with the sentence: ‘May you forever barefoot dance on thorns!’ the Pi\u0107an people was given their nickname ‘thorndancers’. The interactive theatrical tour continued to the tunnel decorated with lights and thorns, through wich all visitors had to pass. Those who did not manage to go through the thorns were, by the legend, guilty for rumors, but St. Nicephorus forgave them all and as a symbol of forgiveness he left his golden hand, which was brought in front of the audience by members of Pi\u0107an Association ‘Trnoplesari’.<\/p>\n

The Istra Inspirit actors who participated in the performance, directed by Petra B. Bla\u0161kovi\u0107, were Denis Bri\u017ei\u0107 as St. Nicephorus, Ivona Bule\u0161i\u0107 in the role of Nicephorus’ niece, Luka Bare\u0161i\u0107 as Pope and Patriarch of Aquileia, Sedina Cerovac, Nata\u0161a Dragun and Denis Gotal as travel acting group and \u0160andor Slacki and Jasna Petkovi\u0107 as Pedenezi people.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the whole process of creating a new event, Istra Inspirit has been enrichd as a project with another inspirational story that has been told through the techniques of storytelling and revived history. Pi\u0107an’s intangible cultural heritage was revived through the joint efforts of Pi\u0107an Municipality, the Istra Inspirit project and others who supported this project, Administrative Department for Tourism of Istria, Pi\u0107an Association ‘Trnoplesari’, Tourist board of Central Istria, Croatian Tourist Board and Rockwool.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Mateo Gobo Photography<\/p>\n

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