HAPPY WORLD CIRCUS DAY!!!!!!!

Today we are happy and joyful!:))))))))))))))))))))))))))..Today, for the fourth year in a row, we celebrate the World Circus Day..!!Today we are happy because the circus arts are celebrated around the globe and that proves, once again,  that there is still a lot of people who recognize the true value of circus ,
values ​​of those peoples who are born in the circus, in the world of fairy tales, glitters, spectacle but also, life full of waiver's, discipline, commitment and hard work..Today, we celebrate them!!Because without them, there would be no circus!..But, as long as they exist, their children, we and our children,circus will not extinct!!

So, to you all, around the glob who are visiting our little blog world , happy.... 

 

 

Fővárosi Nagycirkusz presents Circo DARIX TOGNI

 

Livio, Corrado, Davio Nevia, and Danila were the children of Darix Togni. While Danila married performer Renzo Larible, her brothers launched the Jumbo Super Circus in 1974: a gigantic operation inspired by the French Cirque Pinder of the 1950s (from which they acquired the fabled street parade vehicles). In 1978, they reduced the size of their circus and renamed it I Figli di Darix Togni (Darix Togni's Sons), before it became the new Circo Darix Togni in 1986, making the name famous in Greece and Turkey as well.

In April 1990, in Paris' Bois de Boulogne, Livio Togni (b.1950) and his brothers inaugurated Il Florilegio di Darix Togni: A new concept that played on the nostalgia for old family circuses, with a revolutionary big top architecture and an one of the largest menageries of the period. Corrado (b.1953) revealed himself as a remarkable clown, while Davio (b.1959) presented unusual animals acts, including a leopard riding a rhinoceros. 

 

  

Their revolutionary big top became the most widely copied circus structure in the world. Il Florilegio was un unmitigated success in Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Luxemburg, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, and Turkey for more than a decade, often attended by royalty and celebrities. Then, in 2002, Livio Togni was elected to the Italian Senate, and left the circus.

Since 2006, the family operates three circus units: Il Florilegio – Amar in Algeria, a two-ring circus with a circus-on-ice part managed by Livio Togni's sons, Max and Steve; another unit named Darix Togni, managed by Davio Togni, which has successfully performed for two consecutive years (2007 and 2008) in Teheran, Iran; and a third unit which is occasionally used during the winter in Italy or France.

From 6. April a famous Hungarian State Circus (Fővárosi Nagycirkusz ) presents famous Italian circus Darix Togni (Circus Maximus) - one of Europe's best circus. If you are in Hungary, more precisely in Budapest, go to spectacular building of the Hungarian State Circus and see this unique circus show because this show you simply MUST SEE!!!

 Below the photos you can see the schedule of performances for for the month of April.

Croatia circus fans will be there on Sunday to see the show and to make reportage..Can't wait!!:))))) 

  SHOWS:

WEDNESDAY (10.4.)
 15:00


THURSDAY (11.4.)
15:00

FRIDAY (12.4.)
15:00

SATURDAY (13.4.)
11:00 - 15:00 - 19:00

SUNDAY (14.4.)
11:00 - 15:00
 
WEDNESDAY (17.4.) 
 15:00
  
 THURSDAY (18.4.)
15:00
 
FRIDAY (19.4.)
15:00
SATURDAY (20.4.)
11:00 - 15:00 - 19:00

 SUNDAY (21.4.)
11:00 - 15:00

WEDNESDAY (24.4.) 
 15:00

  THURSDAY (25.4.)
15:00

 FRIDAY (26.4.)
15:00 

 SATURDAY (27.4.)
11:00 - 15:00 - 19:00
 

 SUNDAY (28.4.)
11:00 - 15:00

GREAT ARTICLE BY DEBORAH OLSON : WHY ELEPHANTS NEED CIRCUSES AND ZOOS

The Times' editorial Monday on the L.A. City Council's proposed ban on elephants performing in traveling shows such as circuses paints a romantic picture of elephants as gentle giants. The editorial board seems to buy into the animal extremists' idealistic scenario of happy, fat pachyderms lazily wandering the open plains of Africa or the jungles of Asia, free of disease and conflict with humans.

The reality is far grimmer. The "wild" left for these magnificent animals is rapidly disappearing. Instead, these endangered and threatened animals are often contained within park ranges by fences, or, when no fences exist, villages and fields block historic migration routes, often leading to human-elephant conflict. In Sri Lanka, an island country with the highest elephant-to-human ratio, elephants regularly raid farmers' fields, and human-elephant conflict sometimes leads to deaths -- of both elephants and humans.

In Africa, elephants may walk for miles during the drought months to find water and food -- a harsh reality that elephants in captivity don't have to endure. Captive elephants don't face the threat of being killed by humans from gunshot, electrocution or poisoning as they compete for resources or because their ivory is a valuable commodity. While park rangers do what they can to protect elephants from poachers, too many are being slaughtered. Calves are orphaned and often die without human intervention.

The imaginary Eden created by animal extremists has elephants and humans coexisting without interacting and ignores the reality of thousands of years of history. In fact, Asian elephants have been working in their native lands with their native peoples for thousands of years, just as horses have in lands where horses and people are found together. The Times has not called for an end to bridles on horses, but instead has demonized the traditional tool for working with elephants.

Commands are taught first and foremost to permit personal interaction between humans and elephants, which in turn allows for the provision of better husbandry and veterinary care.  These movements are not taught through force or coercion, just as you would not beat your dog at home to make him sit. Elephants at zoos and circuses are taught primarily through a series of repetition and reward. Click here for a good discussion on training elephants as well as a better explanation of the Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums' policy referenced in the editorial. 

It is a good thing that people can see elephants at the L.A. Zoo or up close through traveling circuses. The elephants act as ambassadors for their species living in their range countries. While it may seem pleasant for extremists to imagine a perfect scenario in which elephants are set free to roam the hills of California to their hearts' content, that isn't the world in which we live. Elephants need people to care for them in captivity and to protect and conserve them in their range lands.

by Deborah Olson