August 5, 2021 - After last year's break due to the pandemic, this year, from August 6 to 7, the Sinj Tourist Board, with the support of the City of Sinj and Split-Dalmatia County, and in cooperation with the Beauty Tradition Association, the 11th Sinj Village Fair will be held on Dr. Franjo Tudjman Square.

More than 30 exhibitors from the Cetina region, Kaštela, Marina, Split, Vrgorac, and Zagorje, will present and offer various products - from decorations and handicrafts to gourmet delicacies and products of the villages and islands. They will be presented during the fair to preserve the traditional crafts of Croatia. 

Branko Covic

Visitors will have the opportunity to get to know the traditional hand wheel pottery from Potravlje under the skillful hands of master Ivan Knezović. This traditional craft has been nominated by the Ministry of Culture for UNESCO protection. The Tourist Board, under the auspices of the Ministry, organizes extremely well-attended educational workshops every year. It is important to mention the almost forgotten skill of making opanaks, the only footwear that our ancestors knew and that served them faithfully and for a long time in all activities, which Ljilja Vojković will demonstrate.

Ante Zizic

Visitors will try their hand at making and thus have a valuable opportunity to get closer and connect with the customs of the region through indigenous products, traditional crafts, and skills such as building drywall with the Dragodid Association, the skills of blacksmith Josip Evačić from Koprivnica, and a wool processing workshop that members of KUD Cetina will present. The fair will also host exhibitions of student works from the Split School of Crafts on "Women in Alka," participants of this year's Sinj photo workshop "World in Colors," and a screening of a film and exhibition of travel writers and photographers Angela and Davor Rostuhar entitled "Love around the world".

Numerous tastings of local products and dishes (fry bread, young cheese) will be organized as part of the fair, and friends from Vrbanja will prepare specialties of their region for visitors. In addition to the exhibition and enogastronomic part, visitors will be able to enjoy the entertainment program with concerts by bands: Kopito, Ljuta kuća, Guiliano and Diktatori; Sinj majorettes, numerous klapas, associations, and cultural and artistic societies, for example, KUD Cetina, KUD Vrilo, Association for the Preservation of the Heritage of the Cetina Region, KUD Dicmo, KUD Glavice, KUD Dusina, URIG from Otok, KUD PLETER, Goran Mikas, klapa Cetinjanke from Hrvaca and Rusul's vocal ensemble.

Branko Covic

By organizing the Sinj Village Fair, the Sinj Tourist Board enables interested citizens and visitors in Sinj to taste and buy high-quality traditional local products that are difficult to find in stores. At the same time, it helps small and medium-sized agricultural farms from the rural area of ​​Sinj and its surroundings and other parts of Croatia to promote and sell their products. Instructed by the previous experience of exceptional attendance, this year, more exhibitors from all over Croatia are expected, and a minimum of 20% of local producers. As the organizer, the Sinj Tourist Board is obliged to provide more space and more tables for exhibitors to ensure the fair is top quality and meets the expectations of all participants.

Branko Covic

This year's 11th Sinj Village Fair will follow all applicable epidemiological measures and recommendations of the Civil Protection Headquarters and the NZJZ.

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July 30, 2021 - Nebesa Fest is held on Saturday, July 31 at the Sinj Hippodrome!

The town of Sinj, as the center of Inland Dalmatia, abounds in interesting musical events. However, this type of event, such as the festival of alternative music "Nebesa Fest", certainly expands and enriches the offer. The idea for this festival, as well as organizational support, was given by young artists from Sinj, Bruno Delonga, and Bruno Marković.

"Nebesa Fest is conceived as a festival of alternative approaches to rock, country, punk, metal, and other musical expressions. This festival would promote the City of Sinj as the host of presentations of Sinj and other local artists of these genres, but also a place of rapprochement of Sinj's young music scene, with a guest performance by Split and other Croatian musicians. We hope that this festival will grow and attract a large audience as well as musicians of similar musical expressions," said the Sinj Tourist Board. 

The following bands will perform:
-Štakori
https://www.facebook.com/pacovi420
-Neman
https://www.facebook.com/nemanbend
-Obsidian
-The Countess
https://www.facebook.com/thecountessband
-Krucificadores
-Delirij
https://www.facebook.com/Delirij
-Cidium
https://www.facebook.com/official.cidium

The location of the Hippodrome, where the festival will take place, is located near the city, with landscaped promenades and beautiful nature. The concert will be held in compliance with all recommendations of the CNIPH and the Civil Protection Headquarters, and the number of visitors will be adjusted to the epidemiological situation.

Admission to the concert is free, and in accordance with current epidemiological measures in the county, it will be possible for anyone who does not have a Covid certificate to perform antigen testing (valid for 48 hours) at a good price.

The Sinj Tourist Board thanks all the volunteers and people of goodwill who did everything to make this concert happen!

July 20, 2021 -  The 12th memorial regatta in Sinj was held last weekend!

The Association of Split-Dalmatia County Homeland War Juvenile Volunteers and the Patriot Veterans' Cooperative organized the 12th consecutive traditional memorial regatta-boat descent on the Cetina river.

On Sunday, July 18, the 12th memorial regatta was held, dedicated to the fallen and deceased defenders of the Cetina region.

Due to special epidemiological measures, the regatta divided the participants into three groups that descended in three terms, starting at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm. This year's regatta was attended by numerous members of associations from the Homeland War and civil associations, Ivana Serdarević Bravić - Ministry of Croatian Veterans Split, Božena Romac - City of Sinj, Jakov Titlić - Municipality of Hrvace, Monika Vrgoč - Tourist Board of Sinj, Ivana Žanko - LAG Cetina region and others.

The start of the Regatta was in Panj in the municipality of Hrvace. The regatta took place on the beautiful Cetina, under the bridges on Panj and Han, and the final destination was in the settlement of Gala, Otok municipality, where the last participants arrived around 5 pm.

A total of 73 vessels (boats, canoes, dinghies) were used. Namely, in order to implement all the necessary epidemiological conditions, in accordance with the recommendations and valid measures, the organizer did not announce the Regatta through the media and apologizes to all who would like to participate, announcing that next year, they hope the epidemiological situation will allow more participants with a larger number of vessels.

The organizer would like to thank Split-Dalmatia County, the Ministry of Croatian Veterans, associations from the Homeland War, civil associations, the Municipality of Hrvace, the City of Sinj, the Tourist Board of the Split-Dalmatia County, and the Tourist Board of Sinj.

All photos by Monika Vrogoc

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July 17, 2021 - The 2021 Sinjska Alka and Velika Gospa events have been announced in Sinj for next month! 

Thanks to the traditionally rich and diverse program of the umbrella event, Alka Days and the Assumption, this summer in Sinj will be lively and full of hats. Despite the difficult and uncertain times we are in, the Alka city is ready and hospitable to welcome its guests, offering interesting events among which everyone will find something for themselves.

The summer of events will be opened on July 16 by the great jazz band Black Coffee in the unique space of Alkarski dvori (Alka courtyard). The former Venetian quarters are an exceptional ambient stage - they will host a summer music school, numerous performances, and concerts, and it is worth mentioning the play 'The Battle of Sinj in 1715' (August 12), which faithfully and effectively revives the circumstances of the glorious battle that determined the history of Sinj.

A favorite setting with the starry sky and Old Town in the background, musical notes will also take off on summer nights at Kamičak. On August 21, as part of the Musical Evenings at Kamičak, four fantastic saxophonists, Papandopulo Quartet and Split jazz duo Željko Brodarić Jappa and Sara Brodarić, known as Sara & Jappa, will take the stage. A week later, on August 28 and 29, guests will enjoy the Kamičak Ethno Festival. The artistic eco-installation Kašetarnica, organized by the UPSUS association, will take place in Kamičak and the City Park from August 27 to 29.

Željko Zrnčić

Apart from the central events - the Alka festivities on August 6, 7, and 8 and the Feast of the Assumption - it is important not to miss the oldest children's Vučković Alka and many exhibitions and literary presentations.

Ivan Alebic

You should definitely mark your calendar for August 6 and 7 for the traditional and popular Sinj Village Fair. In addition to the permanent exhibition and excellent gastronomic offer, you can experience the spirit of the past through workshops of precious old crafts that should not be forgotten - skilled blacksmiths, wool processing skills, pottery, and more. Visitors will surely be delighted by the performances of bands Kopito, Ljuta kuća, Guiliana, and Diktatori and colorful local cultural and artistic societies.

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July 15, 2021 - The Sinj Tourist Board has received a new website - www.visitsinj.hr!

The site includes the entire tourist offer of the city of Sinj, numerous attractions, brochures, maps, video links, new virtual tours, interactive city maps, documents, and acts.

It also contains all the information needed by tourists to make it as easy as possible to enter the Republic of Croatia, as well as information for renters, for example, to obtain a Safe Stay in Croatia certificate (an additional indicator of facility safety during the COVID-19 pandemic).

The site is available in Croatian, English, German, Italian, and French. 

Zeljko Zrncic

The Sinj Tourist Board will regularly update the new website with new information related to the tourist offer of the city of Sinj and its surroundings.

The new website of the Sinj Tourist Board of Sinj can be found at www.visitsinj.hr

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July 1, 20201 - The Alka Knights Society is the winner of the international Sunflower of Rural Tourism 2020 - Big Golden Sunflower award in the Rural tourism project category!

The Sunflower of Croatian Rural Tourism - Big Golden Sunflower Award is unique in that it is awarded to the best subjects, programs, projects, and activities in order to preserve the originality and create a rural tourist product and services.

The Sunflower Rural Tourism Project of Croatia from year to year reveals more and more attractive rural destinations, promotes traditional content, connects the most important projects, producers, events, and interesting things, preserves originality, takes care of sustainability, and most importantly, encourages and creates new rural tourism products. Due to last year's unfavorable situation with COVID-19, the awards ceremony for 2020 was held yesterday, June 30, 2021, at the multimedia center Vršilnica in Zaprešić.

Among the numerous participants who were awarded in the categories 'protected and marketing label projects, rural tourism projects, tourist farms, traditional (rural) households, traditional (rural) gastronomy, wine tourism, and attractive tourist facilities in rural areas,' the Sinjska Alka won the Big Golden Sunflower award in the category of champion titles, recognized for the encouragement of patriotism and preservation of historical, cultural, ethnographic and other values ​​where the Sinjska Alka is an unavoidable symbol of Croatian identity.

The award was solemnly presented by Marijana Petir, member of the EU Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Nataša Tramišak, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Dijana Katica, president of the Association "Village Members Club" and organizer of the event, Boris Filipović Grčić, head of the Sinjska Alka Museum, in the presence of Davor Svalina, an alkar and Domagoj Delija, an Alkar boy, and accompanied by Monika Vrgoč, director of the Sinj Tourist Board.

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June 29, 2021 - The five-day photo workshop World in Colors, co-organized by Foto Hrvatska and the Sinj Tourist Board, and with the support of the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board and the City of Sinj, successfully ended with a stunning exhibition of selected photographs of all participants.

On Monday, June 28, in front of Alkarski dvori, an exhibition of works by participants of the second photo workshop World in Colors was opened.

The workshop was led by Sanja Grgić Ćurić and Nikola Ćurić. The workshop consisted of a theoretical and a practical part. Thus, the participants of the photo workshop found motifs in the area of ​​Sinj with the given topics: Kamičak Fortress, Grad Fortress, Stations of the Cross, Promenade of the Blessed Alojzije Stepinac, significant landscape Sutina and Salamon Sinj Trail event.

Fifteen participants from the city of Sinj and the municipality of Dicmo, of all ages, successfully completed the training and looked for the most interesting and unusual motifs to create unforgettable visual magic. The success of the workshop was confirmed by numerous visitors at the opening of the exhibition. The exhibition itself will be open until the end of August so that all those interested can come and see the photos captured by the lenses of the workshop participants in the most famous locations of the city.

"We thank everyone who helped us in the realization of this second photo workshop, and especially the Cetina Adventure Club whose members allowed us to take photos of the Salamon Sinj Trail, as well as KUS - Sikirica Gallery in the space provided for the educational part of the workshop, Knight Alkar the company and staff of Cafe bar Maroon to help with setting up the exhibition," said the Sinj Tourist Board. 

All photos by Monika Vrgoč

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June 29, 2021 - Organized by the Association of Split-Dalmatia County Homeland War Juvenile Volunteers, with the support of Split-Dalmatia County, Ministry of Croatian Veterans, Sinj Tourist Board, City of Sinj, and Hrvace Municipality, the 7th Horse Caravan - Summer '95 was held on June 26.

In memory of the significant liberation military-police operation of the Croatian Army in the Summer of '95, the 7th Horse Caravan - Summer '95 was held on Saturday, June 26.

The caravan, in which over 30 participants took part, moved across Sinjsko polje towards the Cetina river, then to Vojskova in Hrvatačko polje and over the bridge on Panj to Bitelić, Vučipolje, Zasiok and finally to the BZ Patriot training ground in Dabar. The entire route passed through important historical sites along which nature has richly spread its beauties.

The caravan was designed so that the entire route was joined by horsemen from the settlement through which the procession was moving. This symbolically represented the community from the military police operation Summer of '95 and Croatian veterans throughout the Homeland War.

Representatives of numerous associations, equestrian clubs, and family farms were present at this caravan. The caravan was led by flag bearers who, in addition to the state flag, carried the flags of the Croatian Army Guards Brigades and the flags of several associations from the Homeland War.

The organizer of the 7th Horse Caravan, the Association of Minor Volunteers of the Homeland War of Split-Dalmatia County, is extremely satisfied with the response and the number of registered participants.

The seventh Caravan took place following the current epidemiological measures.

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June 19, 2021 - Organized by the Trilj Tourist Board and the City of Trilj, the "4th Thrill Blues Festival" will be held on July 2 and 3 in the Trilj City Park.

With its program, the festival complements the Trilj summer event and enriches the cultural and tourist offer of Trilj and the entire Split-Dalmatia County. In the heart of the season, on July 2, 2021, Trilj becomes the capital of blues music. The "Thrill Blues Festival" starts on that day, and the biggest names in the international blues scene arrive in the Cetina region. In addition to enjoying good music, all guests who arrive in this city on the Cetina will have something to see.

On the first day, Friday, July 2, blues fans will be able to visit the workshop "Blues at School", an educational blues class in which children and those interested will be given a lecture on the beginnings and development of blues, chocolate bar presentation in the afternoon and evening "Welcome jam" in the City Park Trilj is planned for hours.

On Saturday, July 3, in Trilj City Park, the main program will be held starting at 6 pm.

The entire event will be held in compliance with the epidemiological measures, and all information and notifications related to the protocol of registration of participants can be found on the official website of the Tourist Board of Trilj www.visittrilj.com

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June 2, 2021 - The National Prosciutto Fair in Sinj returns on June 4 and 5! 

The National Prosciutto and Cured Meats Fair with International Participation in Sinj promotes the traditional way of producing cured meat products in cooperation with the new standards. Thanks to the constant engagement of all associates, manufacturers, institutions, and experts, the fair is being held for the sixteenth year in a row.

This year's National Prosciutto Fair sponsors are the Ministry of Agriculture, with co-organizers the City of Sinj and Split-Dalmatia County.

In recent years, the National Prosciutto Fair in Sinj was held in March or April and took on an international character due to the participation of exhibitors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Italy. The number of exhibitors ranges around 70 (assuming from previous years) with several thousand visitors. The exhibition part of the Fair is planned for the outer part of the Alkar Hotel, where, in addition to cured meat products, premium cheese, wines, and olive oil will be exhibited, as well as traditional useful products produced in rural Dalmatia, Lika and Slavonia, and from the area of islands in Split-Dalmatia County. The grand opening, workshops, and expert evaluation are planned for the interior of the Alkar Hotel in compliance with all prescribed epidemiological measures. 

Producers of prosciutto, cured meat, and other autochthonous products from Croatia, the regional meat industry, producers' associations, family farms engaged in pig breeding and prosciutto production, and representatives of the tourism sector are expected to participate in the Fair this year, in compliance with all epidemiological measures. and caterers.

They plan to evaluate the quality and specificity of prosciutto from individual producers on June 4, 2021.

Professional quality assessment of prosciutto, as before, will be performed based on the "Ordinance on the quality assessment of prosciutto." The evaluation of the quality of prosciutto is public in the presence of members of the expert committee and the media. The products of the Fair's participants will be evaluated.

As in previous years, in addition to the exhibition part of the fair, there are plans to organize professional-educational panels where producers and visitors could be informed about topics related to financing through tenders and programs of Rural Development, which finances investment in small and large farms, i.e., economic entities engaged in the production and processing of indigenous products, such as Dalmatian prosciutto. In addition, they will look at the protection of indigenous products and quality labels, the introduction of standards, models of association, trends, opportunities for cooperation, new opportunities for young people, and other programs encouraged and funded by the government and other institutions.

EXHIBITION PROGRAM / EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND ROUND TABLES
Day 1 - June 4, 2021, FRIDAY
08:30 -11: 00 Panel workshop - Sensory analytics - professional evaluation
09:00 ARRIVAL OF EXHIBITORS / Exhibition of prosciutto and cured meat products / Presentation of cheese, Presentation of indigenous food products and wines
09:30 FAIR OPEN TO VISITORS
11:00 Cultural and artistic program of the Fair
11:30 OPENING FAIR 
12:00 Tour of exhibitors, press statements, and tastings
As part of the Fair, round tables, lectures, and presentations will be organized with the following topics:

Presentation of the program: Government and other institutions, associations and chambers, banks, development programs of the Split-Dalmatia County, development programs of the city of Sinj, Promotion of Quality Labels - "Croatian Quality" and "Originally Croatian" - HGK - Split County Chamber

12:45 News in 2021 from the Rural Development Program - Towards sub-measure 6.3.1- "support for the development of small farms."

14:00 Round table - Models of entrepreneurship development (youth, women, beginners),
Presentation of traditional products, Cultural and artistic program
Promotion of products with the label "Croatian island product"
- Cultural and entertainment program for visitors and exhibitors

EXHIBITION PROGRAM / EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Day 2 - June 5, 2021, SATURDAY
08:30 FAIR OPEN TO VISITORS
10:00 Workshop - training for young people in the field of agriculture, tourism, and entrepreneurship
News in 2021 from the Rural Development Program
Self-employment programs
12:00 PRODUCT TASTING AND PROMOTION -
CULTURAL AND ART PROGRAM
Gastronomy (traditional products - In Zemane)
Clusters as a model of association - examples of good practice,
Sensory analytics: Importance of prosciutto quality assessment
-13: 00 Announcement of competition results
Winner announcement

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