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Searching for Croatians in Philadelphia

Katarina — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:45:10 GMT

Hi, I'm a new member and will be moving to Philadelphia in two weeks. I would love to connect with other Croatians in the area. Is there a Croatian community in Philly and if so, how do I get in touch? Thanks!
Katarina

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croatian family history

gwen — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:19:54 GMT

hey, i was wondering if anyone would want to share their family's story about how they migrated to America from Croatia. or anything related to that. If anyone is interested you can email me at mavissp@hotmail.com. thanks!

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Summer adventure

james alexander — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:01:30 GMT

I am planning a 1 month sea kayacking trip for me and my friend. I need to know if and where there are good camping spots.
We plan on just going down the coast and hitting up as many islands as possible i am learning about the culture right now, and also trying to find geographical wonders such as blue cave, and magnif. waterfalls. So if anyone knows of a couple of special places i should visit please write me. and hey, if you are by the coast in july we should meet and be good.

thanks
jamesa

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Croatian recipes

Mary Jo — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:48:49 GMT

My grandmother (from Pag) made two dishes I loved. One was called 'frite' and the other was green peppers stuffed with shredded cabbage and pickled in a brine. We don't have the recipes. Is anyone familiar with them?

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Anyone in Philadelphia?

Tamara — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:33:48 GMT

Hi,
My name is Tamara, I am 35, I moved to Philly in August to work for CHOP. Looking for Croatian friends. Is there a Croatian community here? I would definitely like to get involved.
Any info is appreciated.
Thanks.

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anybody in san diego?

branka — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:29:53 GMT

curious...

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Croatia in finals!

zvonko — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:44:42 GMT

Croatia in finals of the water polo world championship in Melbourne,playing Hungary on Sunday.

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Croatia world champion !

zvonko — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:40:25 GMT

Croatia defeats Hungary 9:8 in Melbourne !
Spain wins bronze defeating Serbia 18:17.

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Searching for the least spoiled Croatia... need help!

Shai — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:50:06 GMT

Hello, my girlfrind and I are planning a summer trip to Croatia... We live in Spain and actually want to escape the main-stream tourism (exagerated prices for rich west europeans... that's spain's case)

We are open to your recomendations. We'd like to camp around as much as possible, spend as little as possible and go to hiden and non-(specially)-habilitated-tourist-areas, meet like-minded people, learn about the culture,... all in a period of ONE or TWO months.

We want to visit islands or simply one island (not touristic again) and enjoy our days on the beach... we love to swim naked, feel free to be nude, we are very open and simply don't want the tipical tourist spots... BUT ALL YOU FIND ON THE interNET IS RELATED TO TOURISTIC AREAS, wich is the island(s) or area you'd recomend some youngsters like us?

Any help, recomendation,... is very welcome!!!

Thank you, big kiss

Shai and Maria

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Croatian films to watch

zvonko — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:19:03 GMT

Old and new,long and short,animated,docus,experimental. For free.Here: http://www.film.hr/kinosviprogrami.php?PHPSESSID=d0609df16d487ecd641d3059f2d49345&kinoprogramPage=1

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business in croatia

Eddie — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:20:04 GMT

hi everybody!

I just want to get some information from all members that how is the business environment in croatia.Few month back i had got some mails from an author at escapeartist.com regarding the business establishment in istria so i just want to know that what are business conditions, establishment procedure , accomodation, weather and anyother useful informaiton if someone can send i will be thankful have a good time.

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history of pre-Croatian tribes

arrr — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:13:19 GMT

does anyone have information regarding the history of the croatian tribespeople before they settled in Croatia?

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hey

darkO — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:45:29 GMT

is anyone familiar with Croatan nation

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Croatians for language/culture study in Seattle?

Cailin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:16:39 GMT

Hello! I'm new to this forum and wonder if there are any Croatians in Seattle who might be interested in meeting/possibly some language lessons? I lived in Zagreb for a year (1990) and loved it there. I'm interested in going back to visit...I'm not sure if I'm looking for any kind of formal language training at this point, just someone to hang out with who might be able to teach me a few thigs over coffee! :-) Anyone, anyone?

Cailin

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What's On YuR East Blok RAdar for the summer ?? ( part 1 )

podp — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:50:28 GMT

dear eastblok friends,

What's On YuR East Blok RAdar for the summer ??

Some friends and I are on tour (music and arts+media activism)
through eastern europe in July and August . At the moment it's a loose schedule, but here's some
cool stuff below , and if you wanna share any info of festivals , events, etc. you know of
( preferably "arts in action" related ) that would be great !!

salut !
podp

in no particular order:

Not far from Berlin, Fusion festival
June 26-July 2
http://www.fusion-festival.com/cms/

in Pula, Croatia, Underwater Overground v.4
July 24-31
http://www.underwater-overground.com/

in Slovakia Aug.4-20, Ecotopia fest
http://www.ecotopia2006.org/

EYFA ( european youth for action )
Arts + Activism Caravan :

Athens, Greece: June 5-8
Bitola, Macedonia: June 13-17
Tirana, Albania: June 22-26
Plav, Montenegro: June 1-July 5
Belgrade, Serbia: July 11-15
Novi Sad, Serbia: July 18-22
Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina: July 26-30
Kapolcs, Hungary: August 4-6
Zajezova, Slovakia (Ecotopia!): August 11 - 20

http://eyfa.org/

...

2 great groups on SF label Koolarrow.com
are on tour in the Balkans...
La Plebe is currently in Macedonia
http://www.laplebe.com/05/index2.html

and
Kultur Shock
will be returning to Pula after 10 years !
sometime in July and doing a 5 year anniversary fest in Berlin
with Lucha Amada collective/promoters
www.luchaamada.de
check their site for upcoming dates:
www.kulturshock.com

feel free to add to the list ...

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stepan mesic in SF

podp — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:29:32 GMT

Greetings Hrvatski tribers,

So I saw Stepan Mesic at the World Affairs Council last week in San Fran... and it was a VERY ODD presentation.
And i'm still assessing what to make of him. And it might take more research than i have time for to write an informed article
about it all, but thought I might start off with gathering some other impressions about him.

Well just to jump into the heart of the talk:
He gave a pretty impressive and skilled diplomatic account of struggling as a small country in the shadow of a superpower and the EU, and basicly went off on a lengthy and elaborate description of a world in which where there are NO LONGER any "soveriegn states", and was therefore a strong supporter of the UN, whereby "satellite" countries in the globalized world might have some chance of having an equal voice on crucial matters ... and well , it was obvious that he had some adequate cynicism about the UN's current functioning.

It was obvious that he was in the states to lure business to the country, but said it was not by chance that he was addressing SF , where the UN had been founded, and seemed genuinely concerned about protecting the autonomy of his people, rather than coming to make the $ales pitches.

Ok, these are probably too massive topics for this quik summation, but i'll just drop a small bone , and see what opinions are out there.
podp

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Croatian Ancenstry

duggyb — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:23:20 GMT

I just found out my Great-Grandfather was from Croatia. I don't know all the details, but apparently he was a stowaway at 10 years old, and jumped ship in Baltimore to join his brother in Pittsburg. He was from Slunj, and apparently left to avoid the draft at the time.

Just thought I'd share.

-Dug

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Croatian Films at Silver Lake Film Festival

Spacekat — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:11:18 GMT

Arc Light Cinemas
Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

For the first time Croatian cinema, will be presented as a curated
program and part of another festival. All films will be screened at
the Arc Light theatres during the Silver Lake Film Festival in
Hollywood.
Please check www.silverlakefilmfestival.org for more details.

NEW CROATIAN FILM PROGRAM

Curator: Ziggy Mrkich

Presented by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia &
The Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia, Los Angeles

We are pleased to present New Croatian Film at the Silver Lake Film
Festival, a selection of six recent award-winning films (all with
English subtitles) by filmmakers of various generations, styles and
motivations. Deeply rooted in its national literature, Croatian films
are an integral part of the Central European style and artistic
expression, in which life, and primarily family life, is portrayed
realistically without sugar-coating, sky-high budgets, and forced
action.

WHAT IVA RECORDED ON OCTOBER 21, 2003/Sto je Iva Snimila 21, Listopada
2003 (US Premiere)
Fri., March 24, 9:30 pm
(Croatia, 2005, 92mins.)
Director: Tomislav Radic; Screenwrwiters: Ognjen Svilièiæ, Tomislav
Radiæ

Proclaimed by the Croatian Film Critics Association as the Best Croatian
Film of 2005, a teenaged girl receives a digital video camera for her
14th birthday and decides to film her birthday party, while her
stepfather is using the party as an opportunity to negotiate with a
possible new business partner. Events begin to spin wildly out of
control, as her family and guest begin drinking and arguing, while the
camera complacently records their antics.

SORRY FOR KUNG FU/ Oprosti za King Fu (Los Angeles Premiere)
Sun., March 26, 9:30 pm
(Croatia, 2004, 71mins.)
Director: Ognjen Svilièiæ; Screenwriter: Ognjen Svilièiæ; Producer:
Vesna Mort

Winner of the Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival, this
comedy examines the cultural divide: Returning to Croatia after a long
absence in Germany unmarried and pregnant Mirjana must face her
traditional family and the rumors surrounding her circumstances.
Circumstances get very complicated when Mirjana gives a birth to a boy
with Asian features.

WHAT IS A MAN WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE?/Sto je Muskarac bez Brkova
(U.S. Premiere)
Wed., March 29, 8:15 pm
(Croatia, 2005, 109 mins.)
Director: Hrvoje Hribar; Screenwriters: Renato Baretic, Hrvoje Hribar;
Producers: Hrvoje Hribar, Mirko Galiæ

An international hit and winner of the Audience Award at the 2005 Zagreb
Film Festival. A romantic comedy about a young widow, an aging
immigrant who has returned home from Germany, and a priest from a
bankrupt parish with whom she falls in love, all of whom are struggling
to come to terms with the post-war environment, complete with its
prejudices and illusions.

LONG DARK NIGHT/Duga Mracna Noc
Sun., March 26, 1:30 pm, reception to follow with Goran Visnjic
(Croatia, 2004, 195 mins.)
Director/Screenwriter: Antun Vrdoljak Producers: Antun Vrdoljak, Goran
Višnjic, Jadran Film, Mirko Gali

Croatia's official submission for the 2005 Academy Awards for Best
Foreign-Language Film, LONG DARK NIGHT is an emotional portrait of an
entire country caught in the devastation of WWII, and the consequences
brought onto one small village of Croatians of German ethnic background
during the 1940's – 1950's. Iva (Goran Visnjiæ), a college student
devoted to his family and friends, finds himself forced to fight with
the communist partisans when war erupts and his best friend, Mata, ends
up fighting on the opposite side with the Nazi-allied Ustasha. The path
of these two former friends –
both troubled by their respective choices – mirrors the complex and
difficult transformation of Croatia during that time.

A WONDERFUL NIGHT IN SPLIT/Ta Divna Splitska Noæ
Mon., March 27, 7:45 pm
(Croatia, 2004, 100mins.)
Director/Screenwriter: Arsen-Anton Ostojiæ; Producer: Jozo Patljak

Croatia's official submission for the 2006 Academy Awards for Best
Foreign-Language Film. It's New Year's Eve on the narrow cobblestoned
streets of the ancient port town of Split on Croatia's Adriatic Coast
and everyone's up for a celebration. Stylishly shot in black and white
and constructed around three very human stories, Ostojic's debut feature
follows a smalltime drug dealer involved with a war widow and her son, a
young female junkie in crisis mode and a depressed American sailor, and
a teenage couple. Shot entirely in the hauntingly beautiful Ghetto of
Split, these three love stories unfold, and each character will have
irreversibly changed hir or her life by the stroke of midnight.

WITNESSES/Svjedoci
Thu., March 30, 5:45 pm
(Croatia, 2003, 90mins.)
Director/Screenwriter: Vinko Brešan; Producer: Ivan Maloèa

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Medfilm Festival Roma, Peace
and Ecumenical Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival and many other
prices at the festivals around the world. In a small Croatian town
defending itself against the Serb army, this story unfolds from a
number of different view points.
A grieving wife and mother mourns the death of her husband, while her
young son murders a Serbian man in his home. The woman's other son
suffers from a war wound, while his girlfriend conducts an
investigation into the Serbian man's death. Brešan's political drama
explores ethnic hatred and moral ambiguity against the backdrop of war.

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because...

Siva-P — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:05:38 GMT

because no one posts on this tribe... no one posts...so i am posting. i am fantasizing about playing about in adriatic waters, getting tan and blond and sweet like the croatians, sliding along the smooth stone streets of dubrovnik, a trip to medjugorje, old people who look like my grandma, and coffees and fatty fried fish and chips, and nothing on the radio but cher and christian rock (but that's okay) because i love croatia.

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dobar dan, croatia tribe... moderator idea

podp — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:11:46 GMT

dobar dan croatia tribe,

just joined this tribe...cause i had amazing croatian experiences last summerand hope to learn more
and return again soon.

and just thought i'd drop a thought on moderator needs ...

i find it a bit odd that the structure of tribe seems to allow for only one moderator per tribe...
correct me if i'm wrong...maybe there are ways to set that up that i haven't realized...

but if true, this is a bit "old school" , one person in control... "top dog" paradigms.
the net is evolving into better collective forms like wikipedia.org, where everyone can partcipate and co-create.
so these type of networks can also move in this direction...

here's a form by which this can be done Now without structural changes by the new owners.
create a Tribe ID, a fictitious person/avatar and then post the password to the tribe allowing all members to
enter.

there might be some drawbacks which i haven't fully thought thru but
would no doubt make for an interesting experiment.
hmmm , maybe such avatars already exist here !!

would be very curious to hear any feedback on it.

ciao,
podp

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Seeking Info regardign Entertainment on the Pennisula

Guido~Viva losvidos — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:05:55 GMT

I was wondering if anyone had any information regarding booking agents or tour managment w/n the aegian pennisula. I am in a large brass percussion ensemble that is considering the Guca Fest this summer and trying to tie in other festivals or events in the region. I am interested in connecting with someone who may be able to provide suggestions or who is actually involved in booking festivals and dealing with artist visas.

You can either post here on send a private message.

Thanks
k. vidos

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Croatian recipes

Siva-P — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:31:33 GMT

I'm interested in some Croatian recipes since our family has lost them (great grandparents from Pag island) except for annually cooking a lamb on a spit and running around in the backyard carrying it on our shoulders. (I can't say those theatrics are necessarily Croatian, but they are fun!)

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Travel suggestions in Split

Jason — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:34:10 GMT

I will be travelling to Split for about 3-4 days in March. Any suggestions on things I MUST check out (lesser known attractions, restaurants, music, etc.)? I am already fairly familiar with some of the main attractions, such as the palace and museums, but would greatly appreciate any other ideas people have.

Also, would it be worth it to go to anywhere else outside of Split, or is 3 or 4 days in Split alone pushing it?

Thanks in advance for your comments!!

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Croatian language

Jason — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:16:05 GMT

hello,

my great-grandparents emigrated to the usa from croatia. i have always been interested in my croatian heritage, and am particularly interested in learning croatian.

is anyone aware of any possibilities available for someone to learn croatian in the chicago area?

thanks!

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croatians in sf?

tarp — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:27:23 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to learn Hrvatski but I'm having trouble teaching myself (language tapes don't seem to sink in after the first little bit). I'm looking for Croatian speakers (native or otherwise) in San Francisco who might be able to help. Also, I just moved here (SF), and I know there's a Croatian Cultural Center, but it's far from me, and I haven't made it down yet.
If there's anyone who
-would like to give me a short weekly lesson (for trade?) or is interested in learning together.
-has ideas about good resources for learning the language
or
-is enthusiastic about Croatia and just wants to hang out...
drop a line!
Hvala.

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gotovina and the hague

low — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:20:30 GMT

It is unfortunate when much of the world sees Croats as being represented by the lower-echelons of their society. For expample, even though the Ustashi was a puppet government put in place by an occupying power (Germany), Croats are regulary described as having collaborated with Germany during the war. This is in spite of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Croats backed the Croatian Peasant Party.

This pro-Gotovina rally in Split appears to be another expample of this. What's you take?

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Off to Croatia...

zvonko — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:03:30 GMT

Tomorrow off to WOMAD festival in Reading UK,it's supposed to be showery,but I hope not too much so...will spend next 2 days after in London,to visit 2 museums,a bit shopping,need good shoes for austrian alps from Tuesday till Friday maybe.Then hop on a train down to Croatia,visit my sister for 2 days maybe before going to the Adriatic coast to enjoy the sun,heat and ,peace and sun. Flying back from Trieste,Italy on Friday 12th,staying another day in London before coming back to the rainy hell :) . Will tell you how it was. zvonko

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visiting Croatia in September

sooozhyq — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:34:11 GMT

Yes, I'm going to Croatia, emphasis on the coastline.
Will be there the first couple weeks of September.

Recommendations on ground transport?

Anyone got any rave reviews on destinations/accomodations you want to send my way?

A couple of my interests, if that helps:

music (live music, traditional music, dj culture, breakbeats, electronica)
snorkeling
hiking
cooking classes
fortune telling

Any information is greatly appreciated!
Susie
aka sooozhyq (pronounced susie-q)

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Belinda

circusman — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:09:36 GMT

Do any of you know a musician named Belinda Bedekovic? We have a Burning man tribe called Solovox that has been talking about her and her video website. We are interested to know more about her ...

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June 19 - St. Anthony's Croatian Festival, Los Angeles area

low — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:17:09 GMT

Check out www.croatianchurch.org They've moved the original location to some Catholic place in Sierra Madre near Pasadena.

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croatian film festival

low — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 23:17:14 GMT

Croatian film festival in Los Angeles this weekend. I just found out about it. Here's the link: http://www.cinemacroatia.com/

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What's up all? Making Croatia/Europe plans yet??

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:47:39 GMT

I'm starting to look in to the "economic feasibility" of another summer in Croatia and planning out a route of places to visit... I found that geocaching is picking up in Croatia too! Should be fun! If I go, I plan on stashing some crap for people to find and looking for crap others stashed :) Hopefully I won't find any landmines :( It freaks me out to see those UN mine field warnings in some of the out of the way towns. Scary stuff!!

Let's kick this up! Post your thoughts and ideas for Croatia 2005!!

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way to croatia from india........................................

assault_power — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:03:17 GMT

hey guys wats up ??????????????? well i was wonderin if anyone can tell me how i can visit croatia since the visa policy with india has been somewhat new and ppl not requiring visas to enter croaqtia and india ,,,, i still could not find ppl who would confirm it has happened ,,, so will someone be enlighten me i really am waiting to visit this country,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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San Francisco Tamburitza Festival 2/18-2/20/05

julia_voiceofroma — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:05:51 GMT

San Francisco Tamburitza Festival
February 18, 2005 8PM $15 - Welcome Dance and Performances
February 20, 2005 1:30PM $15 - Concert and festivities.
(there will be no programs on Sat 2/19)
www.slavonicweb.org

In the past decade the Croatian American Cultural Center has annualindex.htmlly showcased the best tamburitza* music in California and presented nationally renowned tamburitza orchestras.

On President's Day weekend each February; the Center is filled with singing, dancing, and the music of the tamburitza. For two days the hall reverberates with a rich tapestry of tambura music both traditional and contemporary. The ensembles perform for listening, play dance tunes, polkas and waltzes and circle dances, and sing Becar tunes until the bar closes late at night.

This year's headliners are the Veseli Tamburitzans, from Cleveland, Ohio. Also performing are , Westwind International Dance Ensemble, Blue Adriatic Tamburitza Orchestra, Eszterlanc Hungarian Dance Ensemble, Slavonian Traveling Band, and Novi Stari Tamburasi with the Dalmacijo Singers.

Schedule for Friday:
7:30 PM Doors open
8PM Veseli Tamburitzans play for dancing.
9PM- Eszterlanc Hungarian Folk Ensemble will perform a Hungarian dance suite from Kalocsa (pronounced Kah-loh-cha)
9:30PM Veseli Tamburitzans plays second set.

Drinks only. Food will be available on Sunday only.

Schedule for Sunday:
1:30PM Doors open
2:30PM Concert
Blue Adriatics, Dalmacijo Singers and Novi Stari Tamburasi, Slavonian Traveling Band, Tommy Yeseta with St Anthony's Tamburitza Ensemble, Westwind International Dance Ensemble, Veseli Tamburitzans.

5PM Veseli Tamburitzans play for dancing in main hall and then move into the bar to play. Tommy Yeseta and Blue Adriatics will also play in bar.

Food will be available for purchase from 2PM.

Veseli Tamburitzans
For over 45 years Veseli has been one of the most popular tambura bands in the country having entertained audiences in the United States, Canada, and Croatia. Their music featuring the golden voices of Rose Husnick and Marilyn Repasky accompanied by the sparkling instrumentals of Fred Husnick, has retained the excellence in quality admired by their peers throughout the years. Veseli is comprised of 6 talented musicians and singers: Husband and wife Fred and Rose Husnick, son Mark Husnick, Rose's sister Marilyn "Cheechee" Repasky, friends Ivo Coric and Tom Salopek. They have a wide repertoire of Slavic music including all of the favorite songs and dances from the "Old Country". Listen to Dobro Dosli.

Hotel arrangements can be made at The Four Points Sheraton San Francisco Airport Hotel. Call 650-588-4683

*Tamburitza is a word with a variety of meanings. Most literally, it is the affectionate diminutive of tambura, any one of a number of long-necked fretted string instruments derived from those brought to the Balkan Peninsula by the Turks and Roma (Gypsies) - in the 16th century. [More]

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Tom please

zvonko — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:24:25 GMT

Can you put my photo of sunset as the main photo??
thanx

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anyone from the bmore/dc area?

whowhatnow — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:19:33 GMT

anyone?
di ste?

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Rakia in New York?

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:14:52 GMT

My two weeks in Croatia was great. I brought back three bottles of wine (from Blato), not great. But I also bought a bottle of homemade rakia and olive oil at the outdoor market in Korcula. The olive oil was some of the best I've ever had. The guy selling me the rakia (in a glass bottle with all the herbs) assured me that if I had a shot every morning, I would never get sick.

I finished the bottle long ago. I've been trying to find authentic rakia ever since. I live in Manhattan. I should be able to find anything. Any suggestions? Where are the Croatian communities?

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New URL for Croatia tribe...

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:23:37 GMT

Just in case it makes a difference to anyone, the Croatia tribe URL has changed.

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My Night In Korcula

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:24:34 GMT

I was in Croatia at the end of 1998. The war had been over for a few years (Dubrovnik was mostly restored), but the fighting lasted longer in Bosnia and Kosovo. The country was still pretty empty of tourists from the West.

I met a great British couple on the ferry to Korcula. After roaming around the city and a short nap, we met to grab dinner. We wandered the empty streets of the old walled in city and found ourselves in the Cathedral square. Quite small, magnificently old-style, and quiet. One of the restaurants had a few tables outside under some eaves. There was another young couple holding hands and driking wine. We thought this was right for the three of us.

We ordered wine. wine and wine. The waiter kept running out and filling up our glasses and replenishing the bread and bowls of olives. (I learned to eat olives in Crotia. Hated them till I got there. But every restaurant put out a bowl of olives, and when I didn't eat them, I got very curious looks. Now I pop them like, well, like olives.) We couldn't figure out the menu, so we told the fella to just bring us food. Without getting into detail, it was some of the freshest most wonderful seafood I've ever had.

Half way through our meal, the restaurant brought out two long tables and set them up, end to end, in front of the door to the Cathedral. (which was close, of course.) Then, about 15 men, mostly in their 20s, a few in their teens and approaching 50ish, sat down. They ordered a banquet of food that should have been in a movie. We exchanged toasts from across the square. They sent over some stuff for us to taste. We responded in kind.

It ends up that they were Germans and Austrians, sailing around the Mediterranean. As the dinner wound down, one older guy, wonderfully rotund with a fat, red face ringed by snow white hair and a bushy beard, sent the youngest guy running off. The kid returned with a huge accordian. And the music started.

They began with the two older gentleman singing sad somber tales, which they later explained to us were about loves lost at sea. But soon the tempo picked up. As did the wine. And then a waiter came out with his violin. At by 11 p.m., twenty-five people were dancing and laughing in this little, centuries old square, under the brightest Adriatic sky, in front of that beautiful Cathedral.

What a wonderful night.

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Visiting Croatia this summer?

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:01:38 GMT

Any one visiting Croatia this summer?? Where?? When??

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Slivovica!!

ivan-carrillo — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:16:21 GMT

I guess y'all love the stuff as much as I do...
Didn't try much beer when I was in Hrvatska, but I do remember Favorit beer was not very good. I hope to return sometime soon and head south along the coast...

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Fotke

xerberus — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:59:01 GMT

It seems that we could have more pics in this group easily. Any reason why we don't? I could add several of my own pics, mostly from Dubrovnik & Split (a mover lost most of my other pics WHAAAAAA) if anyone is interested. I also posted some many in the balkantravel.tribe.net tribe. I have one almost exactly like the Dubronik pic already posted, too.

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Where does everyone hide??

Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:09:05 GMT

I am in NYC and I work in the computer and automotive industries. On the computer side, I specialize in new technologies, security and auditing for all platforms. On the automotive side, my experience is very broad ranging from hands on spinning wrenches, to teaching, to field engineering and menufacturing. I have worked the wholesale and retail sides of these industries.

Where do you guys hide? What do you do for a living?

I'm glad to see this tribe is growing! If anyone is interested and in the NYC metro area, we should plan a meet & greet type of event. Let's grow this Croatian American community! It creates opportunities for all!

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New Group - Travel in the Balkans

xerberus — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:54:56 GMT

Pozdrav svima,

I created a new tribe called Travel in the Balkans: balkantravel.tribe.net for people interested in travel in the Balkans, for people who have traveled in the Balkans and want to talk about their experiences or give advice to people who would like to travel in the Balkans. Also, I think it would be nice for people who live in the region to join and give an insider's point of view to visitors. Please feel free to add pics as well. Hope to see you there.

Patrick

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Uh jebote!!!

zvonko — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:17:34 GMT

Evo i mene!!!
I'll put a new photo instead of 'mr Nobody' he he

posted in Croatia - 2 replies

people!!!

zvonko — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:04:49 GMT

Ima li koga zivog??? anybody alive here??

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