National parks marked "European Heritage Days"

"The goal of this event is to satisfy various cultural needs, to discover, interpret, bring closer and popularize cultural heritage to those to whom it is not always and easily accessible," announced the NPCG.

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The National Parks of Montenegro (NPCG) marked the "Days of European Heritage" under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.

On this occasion, on Wednesday, in the Biogradska gora National Park, a program called "Heritage Day" was organized for people with special needs from the Multidisciplinary and Educational Center "Pamark" from Podgorica.

"The goal of this event is to satisfy various cultural needs, to discover, interpret, bring closer and popularize cultural heritage to those to whom it is not always and easily accessible," NPCG announced.

The head of the Creative Department for Ethnographic Heritage in that public company, and at the same time the author of the program in NP Biogradska gora, Snežana Vukotić, pointed to the long-term successful cooperation with the "Pamark" center and reminded that NPCG has been participating in the organization of the "Days of European Heritage" event for many years. , which is part of the great European manifestation of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, which every September presents heritage as the common heritage of European nations.

Director of NPC Biogradska gora, Marija Dulović, introduced the guests to the history of this protected natural area, which is recognized for its numerous natural values.

"Participants of the event visited the Visitor Center on the shore of Lake Biograd under the professional guidance of educators and learned more about the most significant natural and cultural values ​​of this National Park, while the head of the Protection Service, Mile Rnković, informed them about the activities aimed at protection. In addition to visiting the Visitor Center and tour of the educational path, as part of the cultural tribute, the guests also enjoyed the exhibition of photographs from the wider area of ​​the National Park called 'Disappearing Architecture', authored by Dragoslav Jeknić Shaft, theoretician and historian of contemporary and modern art, from Kolašin", the NPCG announced.

The female singing group "Đude" from Kolašin participated in the musical part of the program, which, according to the NPCG, performed several traditional folk songs.

"We are convinced that the members of Pamark enjoyed a nice and meaningful program and that they left with good impressions from one of the last rainforests in Europe, which was confirmed by their mentor Dragan Stanković, who thanked NPCG for this program. He also reminded that they are the guests of NPCG for the second time, remembering a similar program that was organized for them as part of the celebration of the European Heritage Day, in NP Skadarsko jezero, in 2018," the announcement concludes.

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