Đakovački vezovi
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Đakovački vezovi (pronounced [dʑâkɔʋatʃkiː ʋěːzɔʋi], English: Embroideries of Đakovo) is the biggest traditional festival in Đakovo, Croatia.
The festival of Đakovački vezovi was founded in 1967, on the occasion of the international year of tourism. It is considered one of the major cultural events of the whole of Slavonia, together with Brodsko kolo and Vinkovačke jeseni.[1]
The festival lasts for 2 weeks and usually ends on the first weekend of July when the main event, the
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 wines
.
With the rich publishing activity until the present-day it has turned into one of the largest festival of this kind in Croatia.
References
- ISSN 1330-3627. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
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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