The "Kestenijada" event in Roncegno was organized for the 45th time in the context of the tourist capacities of Roncegno. In good weather, the two-day event was held on 25 and 26 October 2025. Members of the association Željko Mott and Tihomir Knežiček visited the event in the evening hours of 25 October 2025 and had meetings previously arranged by Edvard Cucek. In addition to meetings and socializing with members of the Štivorana association in Roncegno, two meetings were held with professors who want to establish cooperation with Tuzla and the region, and the cooperation relates to exchanges of high school students and the possibility of planting and cultivating traditional Trentino grape varieties in BiH.
Walter Kaswalder, advisor for Trentino emigration issues in the world, Edvard Cucek, Mirko Montibeller, deputy mayor of Roncegno, Daniele Bilotta, coordinator of the association “Viaggiare i Balcani” Elvira Pobrić, member and secretary of the association “Štivor” from Roncegno.
Ivan Moretti, (left) coordinator of the viticulture renewal project and one of the initiators of the idea itself. The second initiator is Edvard Cucek.
In the picture, from left to right, are Edvard Cucek, the initiator of the idea of renewing viticulture in areas in BiH where the Italian national minority is present, and one of the future coordinators of the so-called cultural trips to cities in BiH where national minorities are still present. Željko Mott, a friend from Mostar, Amel, Walter Kaswalder, Perica Tissot, member and one of the founders of the association Štivor from Roncegno, Ivan Moretti, Ignac Andreatta, president and one of the founders of the association Štivor from Roncegno, Prof. Michele Farali (member of the Edmund Mach Foundation from San Michele all'Adige and initiator of starting viticulture in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Daniele Bilotta (member of the organization "Viaggiare i Balcani" and initiator of school exchange).
