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Omiš is a small town and port at the mouth of the Cetina River in the littoral of Poljica, 26 km southeast of Split. Major attractions include quality accommodation facilities, good traffic connections, gastronomic offer (the hinterland of Omiš is famous for wholesome foods) and the Cetina canyon - Zadvarje - Gubavica. In the vicinity is also the well-known restaurant in Radmanove Mlinice (water mills), which offers local specialities. Omiš is known as a mediaeval pirate centre.

Picturesque mountains and the river enclose the urban core with fortresses. On the coast are an almost 1-km long sand beach (ideal for children) and the 700-m long shallow, created by the Cetina drifts.

The famous Cetina River and its canyon, nearby mountain tops and islands, ancient vineyards and olive plantations, small fishermen villages together form the landscape of extraordinary beauty.

Without any doubt, the Cetina River is one of the most beautiful places in Croatia for freshwater kayaking white water rafting. It is situated in a luscious region surrounded by quaint little villages and is very important, both historically and archaeologically, and is definitely the place to go for. Omis has it all. Numerous beaches and bays, rich vegetation, fresh air and crystal blue sea make Omis Riviera the perfect place to escape the stress and rush of modern life.

At the summer you can enjoy in traditional Festival of the Dalmatian a Capella songs and “pirates evening”. Omiš is also known as old pirate town. As excellent seamen, Omiš citizens, during 13th - beginning of 15th century, “supervised” navigation on the Adriatic Sea, endangering, generally, Venetian ships and their property in Dalmatian, as well as ships of Naples Kingdom. In that name people from there, and of the June organise “Pirates evening” for them self’s and tourist .It is very attractive and interesting with lot of fun.

From 21.-28 April 2008 in Split, Croatia, start days of Festival of Croatian drama and authors’ theatre and scientific, literary and publishing program.

Culture manifestation has international character dedicated to Croatian drama words and act of Marko Marulic.

Days of Marulic, has been establishing in 1991 and from that year has been holding every year in April. At memorial date when Marulic finish writing his epic poem Judita.

Marulic "father of Croatian literature was born in 1450, after Split had been for thirty years under Venetian rule. His early life appears to have been sober and godly, although not entirely lacking in worldly pursuits. He had a number of excellent Paduan teachers in Split, and probably followed the customary path of young Dalmatians to study in Padua himself. All his life he lived the full life of a patrician of his time: above all involved in the group of writers; managing his estate; working as a lawyer and judge. He also took an interest in archeology and there is evidence that he painted, illustrating his epic poem, Judita, himself.

One of Marulic`s own illustrations from his epic poem JUDITA

By the second half of the fifteenth century Split had developed into a lively literary centre with a wide circle of ecclesiastics and educated men from secular professions writing prose and verse in both Latin and Croatian. At the centre of this circle was Marko Marulic: one of the outstanding figures of early Croatian literature. He gained an international reputation with his Latin works, which were widely read for many years, and he set what proved for a long time to be an unattainably high standard for vernacular literature. He was also involved in various aspects of public life, from which he emerges as an exceptionally dignified, responsible human being.

He was the most famous spiritual writer of his time in Europe, and also the first who defined and used the notion of psychology, which is today in current use.This year program can you find at: www.hnk-split.hr

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- Pillow gifts – original Croatian hand made “licitar” hearts

- Pillow gifts – original Croatian hand made silk products

- Pillow gifts – embroideries from

Konavle valley

Croat’s heart T-shirt are 120 kuna and harts are around 30-40 kuna.

- Pillow gifts – famous “Paska Cipka”, lace works from the Pag island. The most vivid centre, where the tradition successfully survived until the present time is the Pag island.

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On Good Friday people from all villages which belong to Lovrec are walking in procession about 13 km through all villages’ wearing a big cross on the shoulders. It is a great honour to carry the cross and during procession people are changing to wear it. The choir sing in procession the impressive melodious song "Crying of Our Lady" from the 15th century. They called this procession “The cross way”. Through whole way of procession people pray and sing recalling Jesus suffer to the final death on the cross. Interesting thing is that in villages people meet them and offer them food and refreshment. This is some pictures how it looks like.

Tradition of Good Friday is to eat fish and drink red wine. Children use to paint eggs and grandmothers bake sweet bread for Easter day. They always made more to give family and friends. The most interesting animation for children at Easter is to make a egg competition and stamp each others egg, the strongest egg wins and the owner of that egg is winner.

Easter Sunday involves going to the early morning mass with small baskets filled with food to be blessed; eating a breakfast of ham, eggs, grated horse radish, spring onion and home-made bread; and a dinner of turkey. Little children might also get candy from the Easter Bunny.And Easter Monday is for visiting relatives.

I wish you all a very happy and blessed Easter!

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