Pivnica Mali Medo (‘Little Bear Beerhall’), on Tkalčićeva, a street lined with cafes and bars in the historic centre of Zagreb, Croatia. Pivnica Mali Medo serves five types of traditionally brewed, unfiltered beer from Zagreb’s Medvedgrad Brewery (Pivnica Medvedgrad), including the mighty fine Mrki Medo (‘Brown Bear’) – pictured here on its way to my …
Images from the third and final night of the 298th Sinjska Alka, in Sinj, Croatia (4 August 2013). The Alka is a knightly tournament dating back to 1715, in which riders compete to spear a small metal ring from a galloping horse. The Alka is inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Below: …
Ivica Mesar making traditional wooden toys in the village of Tugonica, near Marija Bistrica, in the Zagorje region of northern Croatia (left), and Brankica Scuric making traditional gingerbread hearts in Marija Bistrica (right). The traditional wooden toy-making and gingerbread craft of northern Croatia are both inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. To …
More images from the Brodsko kolo in Slavonski Brod, Croatia (9 June 2013). The Brodsko kolo, now in its 49th year, is the oldest folk dancing festival in Croatia, and features performances by ensembles from all over Croatia as well as Bosnia and Hercegovina, Vojvodina etc. It can take up to two hours to put …
Preview of my book of photographs from the Rijeka Carnival in Croatia, available from Blurb… Held on the last Sunday before Lent, the wild and wonderful Rijeka Carnival is one of the largest Carnival processions in Europe – an enormous event with up to 10,000 participants from around 100 Carnival groups, and well over 100,000 …