Ethnic Courtyard, Hall 2, Level C
Thursday
Decembar 4
10:00-10:35
Welcome reception for guests and officials with “Kosovska strugana pogača” (traditional shredded flatbread) and salt
10:35-10:45
Cultural and Artistic Society “Diša Đurđević”, Junior Ensemble, Vreoci – Folk dance performance from the Šumadija region
10:45-10:55
Singing Group “Tradition Through the Centuries” – Selection of traditional folk songs
10:55-11:00
Toastmaster Dragiša Simić – Toast to life, love, brotherly harmony and new beginnings
11:00
Official opening of the 19th Fair of Ethnic Food and Drinks
13:00-14:00
MSc Nebojša Cincović and Dr Jelica Cincović – Center for Knowledge Exchange, Belgrade:
“Agromreža+ – Interactive platform for the development of farms and food-processing entrepreneurs.”
15:00-16:00
Cultural and Artistic Society “Desanka Đorđević” – Čukarica, Belgrade: Folk dance performance featuring dances from the regions of Belgrade, Crna Trava, Kumanovo, Velika Foča, Žagubica and Vlach dances
Friday
Decembar 5
12:00-13:00
Cooperative Union of Serbia and the Agricultural-Livestock Cooperative “Bujanovčanka”, Bujanovac – “Production of organic fertilizer from sheep wool”
13:00-14:00
Cooperative Union of Serbia and the Association “Agroprofit”, Novi Sad: “Beef cattle production within the cow calf system”
14:00-16:00
- Dr Dajana Kovač, “Aleksandrija” Fruška Gora: “Next-generation functional food: combining tradition and biotechnology in gluten-free products”
- Grad. Eng. Živorad Cvetković, Institute for Lyophilisation, Valjevo: “Economic and nutritional advantages of food and beverage lyophilisation”
17:00-18:00
Presentation of healthy food and beverage products by the associations: “Tradition Through the Centuries”, “Riznica”, “Guardians of Serbian Tradition”, “House of Incense”, and the household of Radmila Simić
Saturday
Decembar 6
13:00-14:00
- “Maja Media”: “Organic Production in India – Food and Health in Ayurveda”, lecturer Branko Čičić;
- “Organic Production in Serbia”, Zoran Mitrović;
- Informal Network of Environmentally Aware Associations, Companies and Individuals “Green Spark”: “Organic Production as a Path to the Economic Prosperity of the Community”, Jelena Đikić, Zoran Mitrović
14:00-15:00
Dragica Ostojić: Organic Farm “LAF” – From an Idea to Satisfied Consumers
17:00-17:10
Jovica Panić: “Azbukvar – Tesla’s Circle of Letters – Cyrillic Script”
17:10-18:00
Dragiša Simić, Olgica Stevanović, Prof. Dr Dragan Bataveljić: “Folk Tradition and Customs, the Toast as Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the Serbian Cyrillic Script”
Sunday
Decembar 7
12:00-13:00
Architect Željko Utvar, Guardian of Serbia’s Folk Heritage; Prof. Dr Miladin M. Ševarlić, Chairman of the Managing Board of the Association of Serbian Hosts: “The Cyrillic Script in Affirmation of Serbian Ethnic Food and Drinks”
13:00-15:00
- Folk Ensemble “Aleksandrovac”, from Aleksandrovac
- Singing Group from Kosovo and Metohija – Selection of Songs from Kosovo and Metohija
- Women’s Association “Moravički Biseri” – Presentation of the Serbian Traditional Table
15:00
Award Ceremony: “ETHNIC FOOD AND DRINKS DIPLOMA – TRADEMARK FROM SERBIA”