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DALMATIA FROM ANTIQUE TO THE PRESENT
Despite the bad weather, which surprised many Split residents and their guests, on the 7th of June, on Prokurative square, cultural manifestation ”Traces of Dalmatian Past – Dalmatia from antique to the present” was held.
In this extraordinary ambience of one of the most beautiful squares in Croatia, for a moment we were taken back to the past to experience sounds, tastes, scents and spirits of days of yore.
The audience, that included deputy prefect of Splitsko- Dalmatinska County Ante Šošić, County’s tourist association director Joško Stella and counsellor of ministry of tourism Ivo Bašić, had a chance to enjoy in rich entertaining programme.
The program included 7 short performances of cultural-historical character which showed the most exciting events from Dalmatia’s history and culture, including those of its islands, coast and Dalmatinska Zagora.
The manifestation was organized by Dalmatian Hot Spots magazine and Dalmatia Event association.
It started with procession of all performers which was followed by pleasantly surprised tourists.
Each group of performers set a stand where they presented old crafts and manufacturers from their hometowns.
Folklore association Kumpanija from Vela Luka was first to perform its famous knight’s dance called Ples od boja. It is an old sword dance performed in a memory of defeat of Turkish conquerors by national guard of Korčula.
To the utmost joy of the audience, Emperor Diocletian also appeared with his wife Priska, his army and gladiators. This performance showed the life of Diocletian and gladiator fights in a comic way, while specially interesting were authentic costumes of all performers, from military armours to Diocletian’s luxury cloak.
During their short performance, Amateur Theatre of Sinj showed famous defence of city of Sinj from Turkish invaders, putting the special emphasis on legend by which Mother of Mercy played a key role in this great defence.
Historic military unit Kliški Uskoci took us back to 1537 and showed a part of the Battle of Klis between Turks and Klis people.
Old crafts and customs of Dalmatinska Zagora were shown by members of cultural and art society Vrgoračka krajina. They had a really strong performance that included ojkanje – a special way of singing that comes from Dalmatinska Zagora which was included in UNESCO list of endangered non-material heritage in 2010.
Amateur Theatre of Šolta performed a short play about the eternal rivalry between Brač and Šolta people over the property of small island of Mrduja. Their performance included famous Mrduja pulling – a contest where two teams struggle to pull the islet with ropes as close to their own island.
This project presented tourist offer of Splitsko-Dalmatinska County. By staging tales and legends from its history great actors and excellent scenery took the audience back to the moments of mysterious past, while the dance and good music ensured entertainment almost to the morning hours.
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