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The international children competition Pokal Loka will be carried out for the 38th times this year. We started when town Škofja Loka celebrated its millenium in the year 1973. Well, forty years! The organization committee decided to favour this round anniversary at the fortieth execution.

Our feast has never fallen off. Besides the interesting competitions taking place on Stari vrh, Soriška planina and once on Črni vrh and Kranjska gora the parade through the old town was always organized. It could be called "skiing passion" after remarkable Škofja Loka Passion - Processio Locopolitana, the oldest preserved drama text written in the Slovene language. The manuscript was written by Loka's Capuchin Father Romuald - Lovrenc Marušič in the domestic Loka dialect. The passion was performed for the first time on 11th April 1721 and then every year untill 1751. It was awaken repeatedly in the year 1936 and after attaining Slovenian independence in the years 1999, 2000 and 2009. Of course our event can't be comparable with this feast concerning the richness of necessary places, clothing and costs, the execution time and above all the media interest. But the number of appeared persons is nearly equal. And we are volunteers. Anyway the warbling of the children from all continents vivifies the old town every year.

At last we want to stress that we are very proud on the Slovenian skiing star, when winning the SG in St. Anton, ranged among six female skiers with the victories in all five disciplines in the world cup history. Three of them were the winners of Pokal Loka: Petra Kronberger, Janica Kostelić and Tina Maze.