Thursday, May 9^th 2013

• 16.00 pm – Pompieropoli - firefighting games for children and raising of the Unicef Tree of Rights
• 6.00 pm - 10 pm – Public wine tasting
• 7.30 pm – Inauguration of the graphics arts exposition »Stories with and without a title« by Matjaž Hmeljak and Dunja Jogan at St.Martin's, with introduction by Deziderij Švara and musical interlude by Mladi kitaristi iz Brega (Young guitarists of Breg) of the Dolina Youth Club directed by Lorenzo Buono

Friday, May 10^th 2013

• 6 pm – Stalls opening
• 6 pm – Inauguration of the School district pupil's works expositions at Jurjevič House
• 7 pm – Vernissage of the industrial design exposition »2 design« by Jan Foraus and Maruša Jenko in the Torkla gallery, with introduction by Vladimir Vodopivec and musical interlude by Glasbena matica's accordionist Ivana Kreševič from the class of prof. Fulvio Jurinčič
• 7.30 pm – Vernissage of the local graphic artists exposition in the hall of the Valentin Vodnik Society, with introduction by Sara Munih and musical interlude by the Glasbena matica's pianists Erik Macor and Kristina Vižintin from the class of prof. Neda Sancin
• 9 pm – Concert with Hackers and Rewind

Saturday, May 11^th 2013

• 5 pm – Stalls opening
• 5.30 pm – Classic car parade by Adria Classic Koper
• 6.00 pm - Prize ceremony of the 57^th communal wine competition and 16^th communal extra-virgin olive oil contest with music by the Breg brass orchestra
• 8.30 pm – Solemn raising of the maypole, with music by Sobri per caso

Sunday, May 12^th 2013

• 5 pm – Stalls opening
• 5.30 pm – Concert by the Brass Orchestra of Slovenske Konjice
• 6.30 pm - Folkloristical exibition by Etno-kulturno družtvo Snežna
• 7.30 pm – Parterji and parterce enter the main square
• 8 pm – Dances with Happy Day

Monday, May 13^th 2013

• 6 pm – Stalls opening
• 9 pm – Dances with Ansambel Nebojsega

Tuesday, May 14^th 2013

• 5 pm – Stalls opening
• 6 pm - Abatement of the Unicef Child's rights tree
• 6 pm – Concert by the Breg Brass Orchestra
• 7 pm – Solemn abatement of the maypole

Expositions

• in St.Martin's church: graphic arts exposition Stories with and without a title by Matjaž Hmeljak and Dunja Jogan
• in the Torkla gallery: industrial design exposition 2 design by Jan Foraus and Maruša Jenko
• in the hall of Valentin Vodnik society: exposition of local graphic artists
• at Jurjevič House: exposition of the pupil's works by the School District of Dolina

Opening hours

• Friday, May 10^th 2013: 7 pm to 10 pm
• Saturday, May 11^th 2013: 6 pm to 10 pm
• Sunday, May 12^th 2013: 4 pm to 10 pm
• Monday, May 13^th 2013: 7 pm to 10 pm
• Tuesday, May 14^th 2013: 6 pm to 7 pm

What is Majenca

It was a long time ago since an impressive village fair was first held every first Sunday of May at Dolina. Majenca is an ancient tradition repeated year after year in the hearth of our town; it's a historical event without peers among our neighbors. Other Slovenian villages are known to erect a maypole, but the majenca of Dolina is by far in a separate class for its richness, depth and lasting. This festival of spring and youth, originating maybe from ancient pagan rites of fertility, has rooted itself into the hearths of Dolina, becoming a symbol of national identity over its significance as an event held since the depths of time.

At the first signals of spring the whole town is already working to prepare the maj, to be erected in the middle of the main square, and everything else related. All of majenca revolves around this fifteen meter fir trunk, carrying a whole cherry tree on top; underneath its shadow the dancing area for young and not so young guests, around it a rich agenda of exhibitions and cultural events and, of course, a still richer offering of traditional foods and drinks. So, you have no excuse left: just come to Dolina, to know the magic of majenca.

Majenca is a festival of youth, so it's natural that the organization is a privilege of the fantovska and dekliška, the gatherings of town's young boys and girls. Everybody who is unmarried over the age of fourteen rallies in late winter to the first fantovska in dekliška ura, where they elect a mayor, called župan, and form an organizing council. This is just the beginning of months of work, where everybody gets a duty related to his or her age and is personally responsible of carrying it out. Nothing can interfere with the preparations, but for two more ure: the second, where the županja is elected to represent the girls, and the third on the eve of May 1th, when the nearly majenca is announced by the boys erecting a poplar tree near to the town's fountain, kaluža.

A particular role is reserved to the parterji, boys aged eighteen, and parterce, girls aged sixteen, who will open the dances under the maj on Sunday, traditionally clad in white shirts.

As majenca has a special place in the hearth of everybody , the inhabitants of Dolina are always ready, should need arise, to lend a helping hand to the young organizators; with them, the organizators of surrounding events: the cultural society, the elementary school, the county and the local wine yards and olive growers.

Why should you come to majenca? If nothing else, because this is a rare tradition passing from generation to generation, without anybody knowing when it started at all; because the maj of Dolina is the big brother of all maypoles; because you appreciate some pleasant time in company of good-hearted people; because you heard about our generous traditional foods; because our country is producing a small, but precious amount of peculiar homemade wine; because the dances under the maj attracts young people from far and near; because our offering of cultural events is widely interesting; or just out of curiosity, how can majenca have such a grip on us all, making out of years just intervals before the next majenca.

Anyway, be careful! If you come just once, you too will come back year after year, every time spring chases the winter out of Dolina.