Guča trumpet festival
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The Guča trumpet festival, also known as the Dragačevo Assembly (Serbian: Драчевски сабор or Dragačevski sabor), is an annual trumpet festival held in the town of Guča, Serbia, which is in the Dragačevo region. Several hundred thousand visitors make their way to the town of several thousand people every year, both from Serbia and abroad. A documentary about the festival was filmed at the 2005 event.
Over 500,000 are said to flock to this small town of 2,000 inhabitants. In 2006 every 6th visitor came from abroad, mostly from Slovenia, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, but also from further afield, from New Zealand and Australia.[citation needed]
[edit] History
The first festival was held in October 1961, with only four orchestras competing.