''Đakovački vezovi'' (, English: ''Embroideries of Đakovo'') is the biggest traditional festival in

Đakovo Đakovo (; , , sr-Cyrl, Ђаково) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the (diákos) in Slavic form đak (pupil). The Hungar ...

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. The festival of ''Đakovački vezovi'' was founded in 1967, on the occasion of the international year of

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

. It is considered one of the major cultural events of the whole of

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, together with '' Brodsko kolo'' and '' Vinkovačke jeseni''. The festival lasts for 2 weeks and usually ends on the first weekend of July when the main event, the

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of the

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groups from all parts of Croatia, takes place. These folklore groups present traditional folk costumes and perform traditional songs and dances, or even customs. There are also special parts of the program such as the horse and wedding wagon show, the races of pure-bred white Lipizzaner horses from the horse-breeding centre in Ivandvor, which has been breeding horses ever since 1506, the concerts in the Đakovo Cathedral and the tasting of delicacies and

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s. With the rich publishing activity until the present-day it has turned into one of the largest festival of this kind in Croatia.

References

External links

About ''Đakovački vezovi'' at the official web-site of the Tourist board of Đakovo
( English)
''Radio Osijek - Đakovački vezovi''
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