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Pati bez suze, živi bez psovke,
i budi mirno nesretan.
Tašte su suze, a jadikovke
ublažit neće gorki san.
Podaj se pjanom vjetru života,
pa nek te vije bilo kud;
pusti ko listak nek te mota
u ludi polet vihor lud.
Leti ko lišće što vir ga vije,
za let si, dušo stvorena.
Za zemlju nije, za pokoj nije
cvijet što nema korijena.
Tin Ujević Igračka vjetrova
Croatia drawn up by roads.
Source: reddit.com
daisyqu reblogged
just eastern european things:
- having a drawer full of plastic bags and storing plastic bags in another plastic bag
- uncomfortable family reunions for every single holiday where everyone brings ridiculous amounts of food and several 2 litre bottles of soda
- having to finish your food every time because you or your parents paid for it and if you paid for it you have to eat it
- CABBAGE
- homemade wine from plastic bottles that your family or your uncle’s neighbours’ wife’s cousin made in the countryside
- cheap alcohol and cigarettes
- foreign men always coming to your country and declaring ah yes i heard that eastern european women are beautiful
- that one relative your mom hates and who she always makes polite but slightly salty conversation with at reunions but then after a few glasses of homemade wine you know they’ll get into an argument
- your parents’ and grandparents’ revolution/war/army stories that you’ve heard a thousand times before
- those red plastic candle holders that melt with the candle but everyone is still buying to burn underneath a picture of jesus??
- crochet placemats everywhere
- ‘persian’ carpets that have been in the family forever. everyone always trips on them but there are always the persian carpets
- your grandmother has at least one plastic statue of virgin mary in her house somewhere and at least one wood painting of jesus
- tiny pocket-size, laminated pictures of saints that your grandmother always buys at church and give to everyone every time they visit
- potatoes
- the eternal fascination of every adult with the news on tv. one news hour ends? switch to another channel for the exact same news
- the group of old women gathered outside on a bench, there is always a bench and there is always old ladies and they always tell you that you’ve grown so much since they last saw you even though it was just last week
- the cars are parked on the sidewalks, the cars are parked on the street, to the point where you’re not exactly sure where you’re supposed to be walking
- there is always a queue and it’s always eternal
- growing tomatoes
- a bowl of plastic fruit??
- your grandparents giving you money for your birthday ‘to buy yourself some cakes/sweets’ and you having to pretend you don’t want it ‘no come on you don’t have to’ before inevitably accepting it ‘you really didn’t have to thank you’
- spending that money on cheap alcohol
- as soon as it hits 24 degrees everyone is out grilling food, in the back yard, in the park, in the cemetery, on top of a soviet-time apartment building…
- SAUSSAGES
- these plastic things on every table always in godawful floral or fruit patterns
and finally
- weird shit like this
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Language moodboard: Croatian
daisyqu reblogged
some Croatian phrases and sayings, explained and translated to English by yours truly:
having a long tongue (imati dugi jezik) - refers to a person that can’t keep anything a secret and who will blab out whatever you tell them
to receive a little basket (dobiti košaricu) - to be dumped
you weren’t born on a boat (nisi se rodio na brodu) - this is said to people who don’t close the door after entering a room
a thunder won’t strike into stinging nettles (neće grom u koprive) - something is unlikely to happen
thirteenth pig (trinaesto prase) & fifth wheel (peti kotač) - unwanted, unneeded person, same as fifth wheel in English
to hold a candle (držati svijeću) - to be a third wheel to somebody
okay but my favourite one is your dad’s not a glass-maker (nije ti tata staklar) - said to people who stand in front of you blocking your view
Croatian food 🐙
Yes, please google bura. Because every time summer season rolls in and tourist numbers spike up, at least once a week there are news of people being seriously injured and in need of rescue because they ignored warning about weather conditions, especially bura warnings. Also, flips flops are not your hiking buddies. Neither are swim suits for that matter.
croatian history meme: ½ women
The Slavic Tolkien
Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. She started writing poetry, diaries and essays rather early but her works were not published until the beginning of the 20th century. Her book Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Priče iz davnine), published in 1916, is among the most popular today.In the book Mažuranić created a series of new fairy-tales, but using names and motifs from the Slavic mythology of Croats. It was this that earned her comparisons to Hans Christian Andersen and Tolkien who also wrote completely new stories but based in some elements of real mythology. Brlić-Mažuranić was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. However, she never won the prize due to the fact that, in her time, the prize was not accustomed to be given to women.
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Prigorje, Croatia
Source: facebook.com
Lacemaking in Croatia is a tradition dating back to the Renaissance when lacemaking began spreading throughout the Mediterranean and continental Europe. Throughout the years, Croatian lace has become notable for its unique patterns and designs.
Today in Croatia there are three centres of lacemaking tradition: the Adriatic islands of Pag and Hvar and the northern town of Lepoglava.
FLOODS IN CROATIA: This old man didn’t want to leave his house under the threat of flooding because he did not want to leave the puppies and their mother. The soldiers rescued them all eventually. :)
Source: hymntohope