Time:

From 15 july 2006 (Saturday) untill 23 july 2006 (Sunday, untill the midday
prasadam)

Location:

Camp "Ostro" (30 km south of Rijeka)

Speakers and seminars:

• HH Bir Krsna Goswami: "Ramayana"
                                        "How to attract people to Krsna consciousness"
                                        "Mediating in Krsna consciousness" (for leaders)
• HH Sacinandana Swami:  "Connect with Lord Caitanya"
• HG Krsna-ksetra Prabhu: "Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam"
• HG Purnacandra Prabhu:  "Foundations of Divine Love" based on the
                        teachings of Srila Rupa Gosvami & Srila Narottam Thakur
• HH Candra-mauli Swami: "The five potent forms of devotional service"
• HH Jayapataka Swami as a special guest

Since the number of speakers has increased, seminars will be held on two
locations; one in the big tent and the other in the restaurant hall near the
kitchen.

Further details regarding seminars as well as the time they will be held
will be announced later.

The price for seminars (whole camp) is 100,00 kn for the members of ISKCON Croatia, and 150,00 kn for others.

Daily program:

05:00 Mangala arotik
05:25 Tulasi arotik
07:15 Darsan
07:20 Srila Prabhupada arotik + kirtan
07:45 lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam

09:00 Prasadam
10:00 Seminar 1
11:30 Seminar 2

14:30 Prasadam
16:30 Seminar 3
18:00 Seminar 4
19:30 A cultural program

Prices:

Exchange rate for Kuna (kn) is 1 Eur = 7,35 kn

Below are individual prices in camp Ostro (prasadam is not included).

It may serve as your general orientation that the price for two persons with
the car and the tent  (seminars included) is 540,00 kn (members of ISKCON
Cro) or 590,00 kn (for others) per person.

These are the prices in camp Oštro:

- adults                                  25 kn
- children, 6-12 years old        15 kn
- tent                                     25 kn
- car                                      20 kn
- connection to electricity         22 kn
- accomodation in bungalows:
                      2 persons       100 kn
                      3 persons       130 kn
- houses in Ostro                   330 kn
- sojourn tax                             6 kn
- security                                  1 kn
- registration 1x                        7 kn

FIRST IMPORTANT INFORMATION: unlike previous years, the owner of the camp will make registration and the sojourn in the camp stricter. We kindly ask devotees not to put organizers in uncomfortable situation by being negligent or by performing illegal activities such as not registering.

SECOND IMPORTANT INFORMATION: all devotees who will not pay the entire
sojourn and seminars will need to pay separately each entrence to the fenced
area where the big tent, stands with prasadam and paraphernalia will be
located, and morning and midday prasadam honored. It also means that it will
not be possible to attend morning and evening program without a daily
ticket.

Accomodation 1:

As each year, there is no prior notification needed for tents, nor is it
necessary to make a reservation.

Accomodation 2:

Regarding reservations for bungalows, please contact Tulasivallabha das. He
prefers to be e-mailed on:

tulasivallabha@pamho.net

If you need some additional information, you can call him on his mobile phone:

+385 91 5226921

For secure accomodation you need to pay 200,00 kn in advance, either to
Tulasivallabha personally or to the current account of Hypo Adria Alpe Bank
3210023307 (if you are sending from some other bank then to
2500009-3210023307). Total amount must be paid until 1 July 2006.

Accomodation 3:

Prices outside the camp:

Those who wish to stay outside the camp may call camp Ostro directly:

+385 91 3280444

or travel agencies in Kraljevica:

+385 51 281136
+385 51 282062

Prasadam:

In addition to the standard morning and midday prasadam, there is a great
variety of other prasadam like pizzas, cakes ect.

Prices are still not known, but they should be similar to the ones from the
previous year.

Stands with prasadam will be located near the big tent.

The big tent will be fenced and positioned on a special location inside the
camp; chairs and tables for honoring prasadam will be placed nearby.

PLAY-ROOM for children:

This year there will also be a play-room for children, opened during morning
and afternoon seminars.

It will be located near the big tent where all programs will be held.

One very important requirement is that your child is 3-9 years old and
speaks one of the Slavic languages or English.

The price will be announced in the following month, together with some other
information.

Ratha Yatra festival!

This year also a big Ratha Yatra pocession with hundreds of devoteees involved will be performed on the streets of Rijeka. Since 2003 it has become a nice tradition during all ISKCON Croatia summer festivals.

The date is confirmed: Friday afternoon, 21 July 2006 from 5 PM to (max.) 10 PM.

Busses will be arranged to transport devotees who need it from the "Ostro" camp to the town of Rijeka and back (30 km).

Here you can find a nice picture gallery from the Rijeka Ratha-yatra organized during the summer festival last year:

http://portal.vvz.hr/index.php?p=gallerys&id=185

First day:

Saturday program, on 15 July, consists of:

........ Devotees come to the camp
14:30 Prasadam
16:00 First seminar
17:30 Second seminar
19:00 Gaura arotik + kirtan
19:45 Opening ceremony

HH Bir Krsna das Goswami will lead the opening ceremony program and will
address devotees as the official GBC secretary.

Contact:

For any info needed please contact:

Dadhibhaksa das: dadhibhaksa@pamho.net

Galleries:

Nice picture galleries from previous Croatian Summer festivals:

Summer festival 2005 460x355
Ratha yatra during the summer festival 2005 460x355

Summer festival and Ratha-yatra 2003 800x600 (thnx to Bh. Rudi)

Summer festival 2002 800x600 (thnx to Bh. Rudi)

Summer festival 2001 800x600 (thnx to Bh. Rudi)

Summer festivals 2000 - 2001 800x600 (thnx to Bh. Rudi)

Summer festivals 1996 - 1999 800x600 (thnx to Bh. Rudi)

Video clip:

Estatic Kirtan with Bhakti-tirtha swami and Sacinandana swami on Croatian Summer festival 2001