Strogi centar grada danas je bio pretijesan da primi sve one koji su željeli uživati u veseloj pokladnoj povorci koja je zbog svoje duge tradicije i prepoznatljivosti, bogatog popratnog programa i posjećenosti bila kulminacija 56. Šokačkog sijela. U Županji se okupilo mnoštvo građana sa svih strana, a stigli su i gosti iz BiH, Poljske i Sjeverne Makedonije.
Nakon što je gradonačelnik Damir Juzbašić na centralnoj pozornici pročitao zapovjedi koje mu je donio jahač, pripadnici Društva “Sv. Grgur” Požeške građanske straže i maruševečki kuburaši bučno su označili početak pokladne povorke. Predvodili su je jahači i konjske zaprege, a iza grba Šokačkog sijela uslijedile su brojne maskirane skupine, koje su svojom originalnošću i najrazličitijim kreacijama oduševile i do suza nasmijale građane. Najbolje skupine su i nagrađene. Prvo mjesto i nagradu od 200 eura osvojili su učenici iz Područne škole Marinci, drugo i nagradu 150 eura KC Igrišće , a treće mjesto i 100 eura Moto klub Županja.
Zabavni program nastavljen je i nakon pokladne povorke u prepunom šatoru Šokačkog sijela. U odličnoj atmosferi, druženju i veselju, uz zvuke tamburice uživali su i stari mladi. TS Begeš, a potom i Najbolji hrvatski tamburaši razgalili su srca i duše brojnih posjetitelja koji zadovoljno ističu da se veliki šator, koji je ove godine po prvi puta postavljen u okviru manifestacije, pokazao kao pravi pogodak. Proteklih je dana bio omiljeno mjesto okupljanja, zabave i druženja, a to je, slažu se mnogi, upravo ono što je dosadašnjih godina Sijelu nedostajalo – da bude što bliže građanima.
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