{"id":17076,"date":"2019-09-10T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rijeka2020.eu\/?p=17076\/"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:22:40","slug":"milena-benini-the-forest-above-the-sea-moscenicka-draga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/en\/milena-benini-the-forest-above-the-sea-moscenicka-draga\/","title":{"rendered":"Milena Benini: &#8220;\u0160uma ponad mora&#8221; (Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo%C5%A1%C4%87eni%C4%8Dka_Draga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga<\/a> developed at the end of the 19th century below the small town of Mo\u0161\u0107enica, when people of the nearby places moved to the coast, primarily for fishing, and turned it into a small fishing harbour.<br \/>\nThe surrounding area is abundant in gravel beaches, but also hills, and the names of certain peaks allude to Old Slavonic mythology, e.g. Perun and Veles.<br \/>\nThe area is known for a rich carnival tradition; nevertheless, in Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga, the tradition manifests in an unusual and interesting form. Here, the Pust effigy is launched into space on a big rocket, an event organised on the beach every year since 1969, ever since Neil Armstrong first landed on the moon.<br \/>\nMo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga is populated by nearly 600 people, whereas the surrounding settlements are inhabited by roughly 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Milena Benini<\/h1>\n<p>Milena Benini is a Croatian author, born in Zagreb in 1966. She started writing in elementary school and never stopped since. That\u2019s how she found her way into both anthologies of Croatian SF (\u201cAd Astra\u201d in 2006 and \u201cAntologija hrvatske ZF pri\u010de\u201d (\u201cAnthology of Croatian SF short stories\u201d) in 2005). She wrote nine novels, one of which, \u201cSve\u0107enica Mjeseca\u201d (\u201cPriestess of the Moon\u201d), was first published in English, and only afterwards in Croatian.<br \/>\nWinner of numerous awards, including the one for the most Istrian story (\u201cPrva koluna Margulje Krsnice\u201d (\u201cThe First Column of Margulja Krsnica\u201d) in 2009) and, as a co-author, the international \u201cEppie\u201d award for the book \u201cThe Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction\u201d (2007).<br \/>\nAs translator and\/or editor, she collaborates with several domestic and foreign publishing houses. She is also involved in translating and won an award for her translation of a novel by Fran\u00e7ois-R\u00e9gis Bastide, \u201cThe Man Who Desired a Faraway Love\u201d (2009).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-benini.com\/hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More on the author and her work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The programme was implemented in cooperation with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moscenicka-draga.hr\/Application\/MDraga\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Municipality of Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/teataroz.com\/teatar-oz\/o-nama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oz Theatre<\/a>, the smallest theatre in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17550\" src=\"https:\/\/rijeka2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka.jpg 785w, https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka-255x88.jpg 255w, https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka-768x265.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka-250x86.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ri2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/moscenicka-420x145.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga Mo\u0161\u0107eni\u010dka Draga developed at the end of the 19th century below the small town of Mo\u0161\u0107enica, when people of the nearby places moved to the coast, primarily for fishing, and turned it into a small fishing harbour. 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