The 77th maritime baptism is held every year by the Piran Maritime School (GEPŠ) to welcome a new generation of future seafarers.
The first baptism in the form of a spontaneous event without the presence of students and professors was staged by students in 1947. Over the years, the event changed and became an important maritime, ethnographic event, which is, among other things, the oldest continuous event in Slovenian Istria and the oldest continuous school event in the country.
PROGRAM:
Friday, September 8
- at 10.30 the arrival of the little pirates from Mornarček kindergartens, and La coccinella at Tartini square
- at 11.00 a.m. the hanging of the pirate flag by the children of Piran kindergartens on the lighthouse on Punta and the arrival of Neptune and his entourage by ship to the main pier in Piran
- Neptune will be accompanied to Tartini square by pirates, GEPŠ students and pirates from Piran kindergartens Mornarček and La coccinella
- this will be followed by a greeting from the head of the General Education and Training Center, Borut Butinar, and Neptun’s takeover of power from the hands of the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Piran, Christian Poletti, for the time of the 77th naval baptism
- at 12.00 p.m., pirate flags will fly in Piran
Saturday, September 9
- from 12.00 p.m., baptism preparations will take place in the Student Home in Portorož and at Elektro and Maritime School Portorož
- at 3.30 p.m., he will sail to Piran on the ship Neptun with a close entourage. Pirates and novices will set off on foot from the maritime school along the sea to Piran
- at 5.00 p.m., Neptun, accompanied by his pirates, will land at the main pier in Piran
- the procession will wind its way to Punta, Tartini trg and all the way to Ribiški trg, the principal of GEPŠ Borut Butinar will welcome the new generation and Neptun
- Neptune will address current and future sailors
- this will be followed by the baptism of 150 Greens on the main pier in front of Hotel Piran
