Procession of the Ljelje in the village of Gorjani, near Đakovo, Slavonia, Croatia (8 June 2014). Each year on Whitsun young unmarried women and girls from the village of Gorjani dress in traditional costumes, and following mass go in procession from house to house in the village, singing and dancing for their hosts. The women …
Dancers prepare to go on stage at a folk festival in the village of Kuševac, near Đakovo, Slavonia, Croatia (June 2014). © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. Click here to license this image and for more photos of Slavonia. D700 + 50/1.4 Photo copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. This image may not be …
Radenka Jungić working on a piece of Zmijanje embroidery in her gallery shop in Banja Luka, Bosnia (11 April 2014). Zmijanje embroidery (Zmijanski vez) is a distinctive style of embroidery unique to this region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is due to be inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in October 2014. …
Traditional lace-making, Pag, Croatia. Teta Fani Sabalić, age 87, sits outside her house in a narrow street of Pag’s old Renaissance town centre. Pag lace-making (Paška čipka) is inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. To license these images or view more images of Croatia and Pag lace click here. Nikon D700 + …
Paški sir, a firm, sharp-tasting sheep’s milk cheese from the island of Pag, Croatia. The distinctive taste of this cheese comes partly from the diet of the sheep on this island, where a large part of the extremely sparse vegetation on which they graze is composed of rich, aromatic herbs (in particular sage), dusted with …