Klapa s Mora was a

music ensemble A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, ...

that represented

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in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...

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with the song "

Mižerja Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Mižerja" written by Goran Topolovac. The song was performed by the group Klapa s Mora, which was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT ...

". It is a " super ''klapa''" ensemble that includes six male ''

klapa Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing with origins in Dalmatia, Croatia. The word ''klapa'' translates as "a group of friends" and traces its roots to littoral church singing. The motifs in general celebrate love, wine (grapes), ...

'' singers from five existing ''klapa'' groups in Croatia.

Members

*Marko Škugor - First tenor (from klapa Kampanel) *Ante Galić - Second tenor (from klapa Sinj) *Nikša Antica - First baritone (from klapa Kampanel) *Leon Bataljaku - Second baritone (from klapa Crikvenica) *Ivica Vlaić - Bass (from klapa Sebenico) *Bojan Kavedžija - Bass (from klapa Grdelin)

Eurovision 2013

During their performance in the first semi-final night of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 the members of the Klapa s mora presented themselves in traditional outfits worn by the

Sinjska alka The Sinjska alka () is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj every first Sunday in August since 1715. It commemorates a Croatian– Venetian victory in the Ottoman–Venetian war on August 14, 1715 in which the local Christia ...

competitors. Sinjska alka, as well as the klapa style of singing is included in the

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. They participated in the Semi-Final and didn't qualify to the Grand-Final of the contest.

References

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