Miff Information

Folklore Association VAL Piran and Union of Cultural Associtaions ZKD Karol Pahor Piran organise the MIFF - Mediterranean International Folklore Festival - from the year 2003 on. The purpose of the MIFF Festival is to present to the public the folklore dances, music and singing and the cultural variety of the Mediterranean countries. Throughout the festival we would like to build the friendship chain between Mediterranean countries. The event take part on the Slovenian Coast: in the old medieval city of Piran, on the Tartini Square and The 1st May Square or, in case of bad weather, in the Tartini Theatre, in the congress-spa resort Portoroz in Concert Hall "Avditorij", in Koper on the Carpaccio square and in Izola on Manzioli square or on "Lonka". From the year 2007 till 2009 the festival was expanded also in Croatia, in the city of Umag, and it was organized together with our partner Puko otvoreno uilite Ante Babi« from Umag. At that time the festival was unique due to the fact that all the performances were taking place at the same time in four different cities and two countries: Koper, Izola, Piran and Umag. The idea to establish the Mediterranean festival in Piran was risen from Mr. Borut Lua, the member of the Folklore Association VAL Piran and now the festival's Director. Nowadays the festival MIFF is the second biggest festival in Slovenia. Good organization, strictly respecting performances time, a lot of free time for the beach or cultural sightseeings, interesting excursions and other festival's events are the reason that many partecipating groups would like to partecipate again. The main organizer of the MIFF festival is, as already explained, Folklorno drutvo VAL Piran (in English Folklore Association VAL Piran) that was also the founder of the Litoral Association of Folklore groups. Folklore association VAL Piran is a member of the Union of Cultural Associations Karol Pahor from Piran and the member of the Union of traditional folk groups of Slovenia which is a member of the CIOFF - International ...