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"FECC Hymn" with video from Ovar Carnaval
Description of our logo: from a little flower into a star, and finally into a smiling star. A smiling star does symbolize happiness, peace, success and to assume the mask of a film star or Carnival Royalty.

 

The world's largest, most diverse body dedicated to the promotion and preservation of people's festivals and parades.
Over 500 members and organizations representing 100 Cities in
52 countries support the work of the federation and its growing member network.
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President's Message April 2012
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Prilep
Macedonia

   

26.MAY–03.JUNE.2012

One of the Balkans most historic cities -for centuries at the crossroads between Venice, Dubrovnik and Thessalonica. Prilep is also a spiritual center and city of festivals when called from the labor of providing Europe its finest tobacco or whitest marble.
An extraordinary adventure awaits:
  Program [@ beta new FECC site]

Deutschland/Germany

FECC Youth Camp

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FECC Germany organizes the FECC-Youth Camp from 14th-21st July 2012 in
Cottbus. The accommodation will be in Youth Hostel or in tents, camping
near the river Spree. The all-in price is only  €.90,00 in tents / in
hostals €.130,00 and in youth hotels €.160,00.

All prices include the whole program  and all meals. You can reach Cottbus over the airports Berlin and Dresden.FECC-Deutschland organize a shuttle service.

In the programme are  ; Carnival party, visit hot springs in Spreewald, sightseeing in Cottbus and Berlin, dance evenings and barbecue. Visit
themepark ‘Teichland”

A final night with carnivalists of Golssen and Luckau.

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FANTASTIC WEEK FOR OUR YOUTH. Please contact;

vorstand[at]fecc-deutschland.de

, Ms.Yvonne Rauer ,

FECC Deutschland organiziert das Europäisches JugendCarnevalsCamp von 14.bis 21.Juli 2012 in Cottbus.Das Teilnahmegebühr in Zelten €.90,00 ,in der Jugendherberge €.130,00 un im Gästehaus €.160,00 .Alle Preise beinhalten alle Programm-und Essenkosten.Cottbus ist über die Flughäfen
Berlin und Dresden erreichbar.

Im Programm sind : Karnevalsparty , Besuchder Spreewaldtherme Burg, Stadtbesichtigung in Cottbus und Berlin, Schifffahrt, Tanz-/Musikworkshops, Bsuch Erlebnispark Teichland. Festliche Feier mit Karnevalisten von Golssen und Luckau.

Auskünfte : vorstand[at]fecc-deutschland.de
Kontaktperson: Frau Yvonne Rauer

flickr.com/photos/fecc/
youtube.com/user/CarnivalCitiesCom
   

2012 32nd FECC Convention in Prilep, Macedonia The cultural center known for the world's whitest marble, best tobacco in the Balkans and the humor of its bear people
Carnival brings the past into the present for the future.
Relive some of our 21st century explorations below:

Pre-Lenten Carnival Dates: -Shrove Tuesday


 2012 February
21


Less than half of all Carnivals use these dates. Please verify before booking your travel times.

 
 
 

FECC 2009 General Assembly

12 photos, 4 videos

Cetinje-Neguska

32 photos, 4 videos

 
 
 

 

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Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
is the World Carnival City Capital Sat 28th May - Sun 5th June 2011

SERBIA: XXXI 2011 FECC Carnival City XXXI 2011 FECC Carnival City Congress Vrnjacka Banja Spa Resort in Serbia

youtube.com/user/CarnivalCitiesCom
  -vrnjacki
karneval.com [official]

-FECC-Serbia News
 

2010 30th FECC Carnival City Congress
hosted by Patras, Greece
29th May - 6th June 2010
 FECC
Newsletter 2010
Download
Patras Gateway to the Peloponnesian Peninsula and Ionian Islands
carnaval.com/greece

 

CarnivalPatras.gr

Patras Carnival
 in
 
Patras, Greece

 

 
Patras for over a century has produced the greatest Carnival in Greece. Yet this port city represents much more, not only the early history of our organization as  the host of the 1st FECC Congress but as the first city and gateway to the Peloponnesian Peninsula for three millenniums which is birthplace to: --- the ancient Greek culture, --- Dionysus the first deity of Carnaval ecstasy, & ---the Olympic World Games

 

 

2009 29th International FECC in Congress in

KotorKarneval.com
kotorkarneval.com/fecc/

TRADICIONALNI  KOTORSKI  KARNEVAL
pre-Lenten before Catholic Ash Wednesday
International  Budva Carnival
- at the beginning of May-
INTERNATIONAL  SUMMER  CARNIVAL  OF  KOTOR
-at the beginning of August-

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Kotor - Budva - Tivat Tuzi 
Montenegro

A land of legend alive in Brittany's leading Carnaval

Ploermel-Carnival-Congress.jpg28th International FECC
 Carnival City Congress in
Ploermel,
metro center to the
Porhoët or forest area in the Morbihan state of the former country of Brittany in France
May
24 - June 1, 2008
carnivalcities.com/france

carnivalcities.com/france

Convention Program

carnaval.com/france

Fotos @ flickr

Video @ youtube

2008 Carnival City Capital
Official FECC-Ploeremel Carnaval Web Site @orange.fr/ carnaval.ploermel/
ploermel.com/search?/carnaval official city site & visitor info
 
   
 
The pearl of Sahel captivating visitors for 3 millenniums
carnivalcities.com/tunisia : News and fotos from our historic Carnival City April 2007 Carnival City summit from Sousse, Tunisa ---"the pearl of the cosmos" Our first trip to Africa and the Arab world at the crossroads of civilizations. Also carnaval.com/tunisia
aoussou.org
official Carnival site

 

The historic 27th
FECC Reunion April
21 - 29, 2007  
in Sousse Tunisia

Tunisia foto guide

novi-turist.hr/

World Carnival City of the Year 2006

2006 26th International FECC Congress in
Novi Vinodolski / Rijeka / Opatia /Matulji
 
 in the Kvarner region of Croatia
under the Patronage of the President of the Republic
STJEPAN MESIĆ
Arrival date:  Saturday 13 May
Departure date: Sunday 21 May
map

kvarner.hr

Collection of Flickr Fotos

25th International FECC Convention - Nadur | Gozo | Malta.

 

2005 JUBILEE XXV FECC Congress
City of Nadur on the Island of Gozo,
Republic of Malta 

 

 

2004

Pernik, Bulgaria

Surva.org official festival site by city of Pernik a former mining region 20 minutes from the booming capital of Sofia
carnivalcities.com/bulgaria
NEW Bulgaria Festivals & Carnivals
aforum for archives & current events of Carnival City members of the Federation of European Carnival Cities-Bulgaria

carnaval.com/bulgaria  || Travel Tools
cityguides by the FECC media partner:
2003 23rd International FECC Convention in Ovar, Portugal
 
 

 

 

 

2002 22ª International FECC Congress in Krakow/Zakopane   
  (Poland)     
|| fotos

2001 21ª International FECC Congress in Pushkin/St. Petersburg   
(Russia)   
|| fotos


2000 20ª International FECC Congress in Santa Cruz de     
Tenerife
,
the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
CarnavalTenerife.es/
|| fotos || Report


 1999 19th International FECC Congress in  Dubrovnik (Croatia)
visitdubrovnik.hr || fotos


1998 18th International FECC Congress in Strumica (Macedonia) StrumickiKarneval.com/ || fotos


 1997 17th International FECC Congress in Aruba (West Indies)
  || fotos Aruba again hosts the 2012 Congress


 199616th International FECC Congress in Maribor/Ptuj (Slovenia)
|| fotos


Find a more complete list at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_European_Carnival_Cities
 
 
 FECC GALA DIES NATALIS
2011 Pernik, Bulgaria  
  Landskrona. Sweden 2010 

Dies natalis is Latin for "Natal Day" or "Day of Birth" as this event celebrates our 30th birthday!

The 2009 FECC DIES NATALIS
 from 2009-10-23 till 2009-10-2525.10.2009
in
Cottbus, Germany

carnivalcities.com/germany/

 
2008 Houffalize, Ardennes  in Belgium
[MORE @ FECC-Belgium]
Houffalize Carnaval @ houffalize.be
The Carnival of the Sun is usually held at the beginning of August in
LE CARNAVAL DU SOLEIL

5-6-7th October 2007 
--- Ptuj -- Slovenia
Ptuj is Slovenia's oldest town, widely acclaimed as its most scenic, and also home the oldest festival tradition in the country;
---the pre-Lenten Kurent style of Carnival. 

Ptuj: Carnival Capital of Slovenia

Carnival Brochure [pdf] || Dies Natalis Brochure [pdf]
Image server ||
Ptug City Official Site

2006 Zevenaar Netherlands carnivalcities.com/netherlands
CarnevaleDiPutignano.it

2005 Putignano, Italy carnivalcities.com/italy

2004 Ptange Luxembourg Schengen carnivalcities.com/luxembourg
2003 Leuven/Louvain (Belgique/Belgium) || www.fecc.be
CarnevaleDiIvrea.it

2002 Gala Dies Natalis in
 Ivrea/Turin (
Italy)
 Battle of the Oranges

2001 Gala Dies Natalis in Purmerend (Netherlands) http://feccnederland.nl/
 ri-karneval.com.hr

2000 Gala Dies Natalis in Rijeka/Opatija (Croatia)


http://organizacioncarnavalnacionaldecarnavales.org/

 
 
 
FECC VORSTAND/ BOARD
 Federation* International CarnivalCities.com
[ more homepages]

Henry F. M. van de Kroon, President

P.O. Box 6615 NL-1005 EP Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Phone: (31)20 6168047 • Fax: (31)20 6162866

*At the 2004 FECC Convention the membership voted to rename itself the
Federation of European Carnival Cities which translates more appropriately than "Foundation" into the large family of FECC languages

Three Cheers:

YASSOU  YASSOU  YASSOU!

 

 

 

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