Flora Matušan, Melisa Bunić and Lovre Tomulić are the winners of the second school competition in interpretive reading in the Chakavian dialect, ČA-čitalnica, held on Tuesday, 27 October, at the BIC of the Rab primary school. The three pupils will thus represent Ivan Rabljanin Primary School Rab on 20 November at the 11th ČA-čitalnica, the county competition in Kastav.
The school competition brought together 15 pupils, who competed in three age categories. They read texts of age-appropriate content, lasting up to three minutes. The performances were judged by a professional panel consisting of Željko Peran and Josip Fafanđel, who assessed speaking speed, volume and clarity, paying particular attention to correct stress in the Chakavian dialect.
Among the winners is Flora Matušan from class 5b, who presented the text “Ćara noć” by Josip Fafanđel. Melisa Bunić from class 6b read the text “Domaća beseda” by the same author, while Lovre Tomulić, a pupil in the third grade of the main school, performed with the text “Jutro”. The pupils generally read works by Sandra Paparić, Željko Peran, Josip Fafanđel and Draga Gervais.
Also in the competition were Stipe Tariba with the text “Štorija moga deda”, Mikula Krstačić with “Sled jeseni” by Sandra Paparić, Damijan Debelić with the text “Babin štufad” and Roko Trapp with the text “Rapska torta moje babe”. Alex Milivojević chose Fafanđel’s text “Ribarija”, Ema Španjol read “Friška riba”, and Dora Kaštelan performed with the text “Babine frite”.
Mirna Štokalo presented the text “Najlipši zalogaj našeg Raba”, Laura Pahljina read “Mamini šulčići”, and Dora Krstinić presented Peran’s text “Godišća”. Mia Stojnšek, a pupil in the fourth grade of the Lopar Branch School, chose “Črni kos” by Sandra Paparić, while Matija Dedić, a pupil in the third grade of the main school, read Gervais’s poem “Moja zemja”.
The competition was opened by its coordinator and organiser, teacher Petra Domaćinović, who is also the head of the school’s Chakavian Club, while the programme was hosted by pupil Melani Keko from class 8d. Ivano Faflja from class 8d and Josipa Faflja from class 7a helped with the prize distribution, wearing Rab traditional costumes for the occasion. The competitors were supported from the audience by principal Franciska Plješe, members of the school library club with their leader Mona Othman, and the teachers who prepared the pupils for their performances. The preparations involved class teachers Ana Guščić and Tatjana Pičuljan, as well as Croatian language teachers Gordana Ćuk-Ribarić and Petra Domaćinović.
