Day of the Zheyanski language 2016

10.08.2016.

On Sunday, 7 August 2016, in the premises of the former regional school in Žejane, the eighth consecutive Zija de žejånska limba (Day of the Zheyanski language), an event dedicated to the Zheyanski language, was held. As part of the program, a workshop for the parents of children attending the children’s language playgroup “Žejančići” was organised in the morning and was run by the author of the project Dr. Zvjezdana Vrzić and head of the playgroup Adrijana Gabriš. After this, during the official part of the program, Dr. Gašper Mithans of the Univerze in Primorskem from Kopar presented the project Burnt in memories/Palež u sjećanjima. This project was co-financed by the European Union as part of the program Europe for citizens. Through its activities it strives to raise awareness and keep the memory of the suffering of numerous villages and their inhabitants in WWII in the area of Julian March, a multi-ethnic border region situated between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. The Association “Žejane” participated in the project as a project partner. Next in the program, Dr. Vrzić presented the first picture book in the Vlashki language, Šćorica de lisica ši de lupu (Story about the fox and the wolf). The picture book is based on a traditional story about a fox and wolf recorded in the Vlashki language in the scope of the documentation project and was conceived and authored by Dr. Vrzić. At the end of this year’s Day of the Zheyanski language, a short documentary film, “An kovačije la Pepo (In Josip’s blacksmith’s shop), was shown. The film was presented by the author Robert Doričić from the Association “Žejane”. You can view the video about the Day of the Zheyanski language on the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NICibYpfJhc.