Kia ora, Tomislavgrade! Ganga i haka pod istim nebom

Prvo – hvala im što su nam se vratili!
Drugo – bilo je fe-no-me-nal-no, kako bi to rastavljajući na slogove znao reći jedan moj stari znanac.

U jednoj riječi: izvrsno.
U drugoj: savršeno – zaključila su dvojica naših sumještana izlazeći iz dvorane, nakon što su, zajedno s brojnom publikom, gotovo ne trepćući odgledali i odslušali dvoipolsatni program.

Hrvatsko kulturno društvo Auckland i Folklorni ansambl Kralj Tomislav iz daleke Zemlje Dugog Bijelog Oblaka – najudaljenije hrvatske zajednice u svijetu – počastili su nas večeras bogatim, emotivnim i vrhunskim glazbeno-scenskim programo u kinodvorani tomislavgradskoga KIC-a.

Uvjerili smo se u raskoš i spektakularnost njihova pjevanja, plesa, glazbe, ritma – i nadasve vrhunskoj izvedbi hrvatskih pjesama – praćenih učestalim pljeskom oduševljene publike.

Posebno lijep bio je nastup 13-godišnje Sofije Kačurov, koja je otpjeval pjesmu Dajem ti srce, kao i izvođača pjesama Tebi majko misli lete, Barbare, Kad mi padne šešir na čelo…, plesa Linđo te nastup domaće skupine Hrvatske duvanjske baštine, čije su gange toliko oduševile goste da su ih, uz osmijeh, zamolili: „Još jednu!“

Važno je istaknuti da o radu ovog iznimnog društva i ansambla na Novom Zelandu brine predana obitelj Kačurov – Goran i Sanja, zajedno sa svojom djecom, koji su također aktivni članovi.

– Ovako veličanstven prijam dugo, dugo nismo osjetili. Hvala! Vi ste sve ono što mi pokušavamo tamo i što smo donijeli kao harmoniju Pacifika. Lijepo smo se smjestili i došli ovdje, gdje je kolijevka naše predaje – jer vi ste naša oktava, kazao je Goran Kačurov, nekadašnji šef ansambla LADO iz Zagreba, izrazivši nadu da će još koji put uživo moći čuti gangu i bećarac.

Među brojnom publikom ovom događaju u Tomislavgradu nazočio je i Goran Katić, predstavnik Hrvata Novog Zelanda i član savjeta Vlade za Hrvate izvan Hrvatske, koji je također jako zaslužan što su članovi Ansambla zajedno s prijateljima došli na ovu turneju.

Zanimljiv i snažan dojam ostavili su svakako nastupi samoansko-tongoanskog kvarteta The Shades te članova maorske Kapa haka skupine Te roopu Manutaki. Naglašeno je da dio njih ima i hrvatske korijene – iz regije Kaitaia, kamo su se prvi Hrvati doselili. U orkestru su s njima nastupali i glazbenici iz Hrvatske. Publici je napomenuta i činjenica da su Hrvati, poslije Iraca, najbrojnija doseljenička zajednica na Novom Zelandu, a posebno je bliska veza s domicilnim Maorima s kojima ove godine obilježavaju 166. obljetnicu prijateljstva.

Iako su njihove ratne forme izazvale dozu strahopoštovanja, voditeljica nas je na kraju utješila riječima: „Maori su miroljubiv narod – njihove ratne forme su obrambene.“

Tko zna – možda naši gangaši jednog dana posjete Novi Zeland… i nakratko “zaprepaste” tamošnju publiku svojom ‘ratničkom’, a zapravo miroljubivom gangom.

Na kraju programa razmijenjeni su simbolični darovi, ali ono najvrjednije što ostaje je – uzajamna toplina srca s oba kraja svijeta, uspomena na večer koja se neće zaboraviti.

Nakon nastupa u Bjelovaru, Šibeniku, Biogradu na Moru i večerašnjega u Tomislavgradu, turneja Kia ora Hrvatska 2025. nastavlja se gostovanjima u Splitu, Skradinu i Zagvozdu.

Partneri, pokrovitelji i suorganizatori ove turneje su Središnji državni uredu RH za Hrvate izvan RH na čelu s državnim tajnikom Zvonkom Milasom, Ministarstvo demografije i useljeništva RH, navedene općine i gradovi ali i drugi podupiratelji i prijatelji.

Napomena za ljubitelje folklora:
Sutra, nakon mise devetnice, ispred tomislavgradske spomen-bazilike održat će se tradicionalna Večer folklora i tradicijskih običaja, s početkom u 20 sati.

Z.S./Tomislavcity

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