"We sailed; we sail and we must sail - Navigare necesse est", is the name of the exhibition of photos from the regatta of traditional boats "Krčka jedra", which will be opened on Friday, October 11, starting at 19 p.m. in the gallery of the Maritime Museum of Montenegro in Kotor.
The setting of the exhibition consists of photographs that record the history of the regatta of traditional wooden boats "Krčka jedra". Members of the Krk klapa "Vejanke" will also take part in the program of the opening of the exhibition, and the following day, October 12, at 19 p.m., they will hold an all-night concert in the Concert Hall of the Church of St. Ghost in Kotor. The guest exhibition will be available to the residents of Kotor and their visitors until October 24.
By the way, the City of Krk pays significant attention to traditional shipping, shipbuilding and fishing. One of the training grounds through which these intentions were fulfilled is the "Krčka Jedra" regatta. Only traditional wooden boats with sails can participate in it, so in connection with this, a full-scale mini-renaissance of traditional shipbuilding has begun in the city of Krk. Thus, in the last ten years, three of the most typical traditional wooden boats for the city and the island of Krk have been restored and presented to the public: two more modest ones - the pasara and the guc, which, as the most common fishing boats, have fed generations of islanders, and one slightly larger, specific outline - the bragoc, which was also used by fishermen in the water area of the Kvarner Bay.
"Krka jedra" is the first and oldest regatta of traditional wooden boats on the eastern part of the Adriatic, and it always takes place on the same day, on the feast of the Assumption - August 15. This picturesque regatta sailed for the first time in 1998 with the idea and thanks to the members of the Sailing Club "Plav" from Krk, the oldest sailing association in Croatia, gathered in 1876.
The organizer of the exhibition and concert "We sailed; we sail and we must sail - Navigare necesse est" are the Maritime Museum of Montenegro from Kotor and the Cultural Center of the City of Krk.
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