Nušićijada

Nušićijada Нушићијада
Genre	Comedy festival
Dates	August 28–30, 2015
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Ivanjica, Serbia
Years active	1968–1972 2010–present
Inaugurated	1968
Attendance	55,000 (2015)
Organised by	CUDES Ivanjica Ivanjica Culture Centre Ivanjica Tourism Organisation
Website
www.nusicijada.rs

Nušićijada is an annual comedy festival held in the town of Ivanjica, in the Moravica region of western Serbia.

History

The festival began as a celebratio of film comedy from 1968 to 1972, which attracted the cultural elite of then Yugoslavia. The festival had a Round Scene with a Corner. The festival bears the name of the famous Serbian comedy playwright, Branislav Nušić, who used the sentence "You’re bound for Ivanjica!" as a punchline in his comedies, indicating the 19th century threat of exile to this town. Later it became the festival’s slogan and the invitation to Ivanjica. In 1972, the festival ended.^[1]

In 2008, a citizen petition for reviving the festival was signed by over 10% of the population. A citizen organisation named CUDES (Cultural Decentralization of Serbia) was formed and led the process of organizing the new festival. After the local Assembly adopted the proposal, the Municipality of Ivanjica, Ivanjica Culture Centre and Ivanjica Tourism Organisation joined the partnership, and these four organizations organised Nušićijada beginning in 2010.^[2][3]

According to the organizers, the 2015 Nušićijada attracted attention of more than 55,000 visitors, the most since founding.^[4]

References

1. "ABOUT NUŠIĆIJADA". nusicijada.rs. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
2. Bojović, Beba. ""Nušićijada" vratila sjaj staroj varoši". blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 September 2013.
3. Trtović, V. "Ivanjica opet u znaku Nušića". pressonline.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 September 2013.
4. "Rekordno masovno lečenje smehom zabeleženo na ivanjičkoj Nušićijadi". nusicijada.rs (in Serbian). 4 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

External links

• Official website