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    Guca and Exit are two major music festivals in Serbia that reflect the country's contrast of old traditions and modern life. Guca Trumpet Festival is a traditional Serbian festival dating back to 1961 where brass bands perform blues and Balkan music to hundreds of thousands of visitors in a small village each August. The unique atmosphere and hospitality along with the food, brandy, and dazzling sound make it an unforgettable experience. Exit is a modern European music festival founded in 2000 that gathers musicians and DJs from around the world each July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, attracting 200,000 music lovers from over 60 countries to its 22 music stages.

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    Guca and Exit are two major music festivals in Serbia that reflect the country's contrast of old traditions and modern life. Guca Trumpet Festival is a traditional Serbian festival dating back to 1961 where brass bands perform blues and Balkan music to hundreds of thousands of visitors in a small village each August. The unique atmosphere and hospitality along with the food, brandy, and dazzling sound make it an unforgettable experience. Exit is a modern European music festival founded in 2000 that gathers musicians and DJs from around the world each July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, attracting 200,000 music lovers from over 60 countries to its 22 music stages.

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    Guca and Exit are two major music festivals in Serbia that reflect the country's contrast of old traditions and modern life. Guca Trumpet Festival is a traditional Serbian festival dating back to 1961 where brass bands perform blues and Balkan music to hundreds of thousands of visitors in a small village each August. The unique atmosphere and hospitality along with the food, brandy, and dazzling sound make it an unforgettable experience. Exit is a modern European music festival founded in 2000 that gathers musicians and DJs from around the world each July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, attracting 200,000 music lovers from over 60 countries to its 22 music stages.

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    Guca and Exit are two major music festivals in Serbia that reflect the country's contrast of old traditions and modern life. Guca Trumpet Festival is a traditional Serbian festival dating back to 1961 where brass bands perform blues and Balkan music to hundreds of thousands of visitors in a small village each August. The unique atmosphere and hospitality along with the food, brandy, and dazzling sound make it an unforgettable experience. Exit is a modern European music festival founded in 2000 that gathers musicians and DJs from around the world each July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, attracting 200,000 music lovers from over 60 countries to its 22 music stages.

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    Two Faces of Serbia

    1 Speaking Look at the photos. What can you see?


    What adjectives would you use to describe the
    people and the atmosphere?
    2 FACT FILE Read the text quickly and find the data
    GUCA

    EXIT

    Place
    Month
    Dating from
    Approx. No. Of
    visitors
    3 Read the text again and match sentences a-e
    below with gaps 1-5 in the text
    a) Social responsibility is still a very important aspect
    of the festival activities.
    b) The atmosphere is unique and the excitement
    unrivalled.
    c) Guca is a traditional Serbian Trumpet festival, an
    authentic Serbian brand.
    d) Renowned stars and artists from all music genres
    perform on the Main Stage.
    e) Over the years its popularity has grown and gone
    beyond the borders of Serbia.
    4 Vocabulary Find the adjectives in the text to
    complete adjective + noun collocations
    ________responsibility
    ________ brand
    ________ population
    ________ attraction

    ________
    ________
    ________
    ________

    gathering
    sound
    food
    experience

    5 Speaking Work in pairs. Roleplay the interview


    with a musician

    Serbia is an incredible country, a country of


    contrast, a place where centuries old tradition and a
    modern way of life meet and permeate. Two major
    music festivals, Guca and Exit, best reflect it. 1 __
    Exit, on the other hand, is a modern European music
    festival featuring both famous and promising
    musicians from Europe and the rest of the world.
    Try to imagine a brass orchestra playing blues
    or dance music with elements of traditional Balkan
    sound. Every beat echoes inside you and makes you
    move. 2 __ Guca Trumpet Festival is far more than
    just a competition of brass bands from the country
    and abroad. Unforgettable hospitality of the local
    population, delicious traditional food, home-made
    plum brandy and dazzling sound and rhythm make
    the whole experience memorable.
    The festival dates back to 1961 when the first
    Guca Trumpet Festival was organised. 3 __ Nowadays
    brass bands from all over the world come to Guca
    festival. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to a
    small village in Western Serbia each year. Its magical
    attraction still puzzles sociologists, ethnologists, and
    musicologists. What is the secret? What makes it so
    special? Come to Guca in August and figure it out for
    yourselves!
    Exit is unique in the festival world. It was
    founded in 2000 as a student movement fighting for
    peace and democracy in Serbia and the Balkans. 4 __
    It is held at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad
    every July. It gathers musicians and DJs from all over
    the world. 5 __ Attracting some 200,000 music lovers
    from over 60 countries each year, the festival boasts
    22 stages of music.
    The festival has received several awards over
    the past few years. In January 2014, Exit was
    proclaimed as the Best Major European Festival at
    the fifth annual European Festival Awards in
    Groningen. So, be there this July and become a part
    of a superb cultural and social gathering!

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