The 40th Slovenefest gets underway near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday in what is the largest annual cultural festival organised by Slovenian Americans. The three-day festivities will include polka band performances, presentations of Slovenian cultural heritage, and the best sausage competition.
The festival is organised by the Slovenian National Benefit Society (S.N.P.J.), an ethnic fraternal benefit and social organization for Slovenian immigrants and their descendants in the US that was founded in 1904 mainly to offer the immigrants’ health insurance.
Slovenefest takes place in the borough Enon Valley near Pennsylvania’s border with Ohio, where in the 1970s the immigrants built a holiday resort. This year, the festival, which usually includes performances by some 20 polka bands, will again feature a Slovenian food fair. More information about the event read HERE.
Source: STA. The complete article is available HERE.