Folklor ansamble KROMPASHAN has began to write its history since 1998. Mrs Alžbeta Cirbusová founded it in 1998 and she is its first director. The foundation was fased on common dulies such as: developing folk dance, songs and customs from south Spish county and from area of Krompachy. At the way begining the ansamble had got 14 members only but now it has got 30. There is sung and danced part of it but there is it´s own folk music, too.

Average age of the members is 18. But there is still another ansamble which is connected to Krompashan and it´s "Krompashancek" (about 40 children) where there are children prepared to move to its main ansamble Krompashan. Our ansamble always takes parts at cultural meetings, celebrations, festivals …etc.

Krompashan visits and travels around Slovakia to different towns and cities to show its still members. Also there are international meetings festivals in Hungary in Bekesh`s Chaba and in Germany, Poland, Italy… Our ansamble represents Slovakia at different exhibitions (EXPO TOUR festival) FA together with travel agencies organizes performances for different foregin countries. There are about 30 performances for year. - Of course there are a lot of noon competitions, too. - But the woot succesful years were 2001-2002 when the ansamble passed and won a dance part of coupetition in Slovakia. - Members of ansamble are interested in and looking for new traditional songs and dances. They are well educated and still working on themselves to be better, to be best. The range of Krompashan is consisted of songs and dances from Spish and Sharish country and areas of Krompachy, Margecany, Zakarovce, Raslavice 

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