Great variety of Easter customs in Croatia
Andrija Maurović (1901-1981), Croatian painter, 1938
Easter Greeting cards with Croatian national costumes, painted by Zdenka Sertić
| We present Easter customs by Croatian greeting cards from the mid-20th century (Zdenka Sertić, Andrija Maurović, Zlatko Šulentić, etc.) to contemporary photos from 2021 (Snježana Božić). A variety of customs refer to Easter eggs, blessing of food, kissing of the Cross, etc. Most of the cards were provided by HKD Napredak (Croatian Cultural Society Advancement) of Bosnian Croats in Zagreb, as well as by Mrs. Snježana Božić and her father, who are using an interesting technique brought to Croatia by their grand-parents from Slovakia. |
Zdenka Sertić 1899-1986: Uskrs u Šestinama – Easter in Šestine
Many thanks to Dr. Mladen Ibler, Denmark, for sending me this beautiful photo.
Šestine is a small village, now a part of Croatia’s capital Zagreb.
Andrija Maurović, Croatian painter, 1939
Andrija Maurović, Croatian painter, 1940
Andrija Maurović, Croatian painter, 1938
Andrija Maurović, Croatian painter, 1938
Gabrijel Jurkić (1886/1974), Croatian painter, Kissing of th Cross during a Holly Mass in Bosnia in 1940
Karlo Mijić (1887-1964), Croatian painter (born in Bileća), Blessing of food during a Holy Mass in Bosnia
Otto Antonioni (1892-1959), Croatian painter, Long Live Croatia
Otto Antonioni, Croatian painter, Blessing of food during Holy Mass in Tovarnik
An Easter custom of eggs decorating in environs of Petrinja, 1938
Snježana Božić, 2021, Easter eggs decorated with Croatian interlace and Glagolitic letters, using a technique originating from Slovakia.
Yoko Nishii, Japan (Ise), with Croatian pisanice (Easter eggs), a gift by Snježana Božić from Koprivnica, Croatia
Yoko Nishii has several interesting gifts from Croatia in her home in Ise. The rabbit is from
the city of Sisak, Croatia, made by Mrs. Marina Lavrnja as a stained glass art in Tiffany Technique.
Zlatko Šulentić (1893-1971), Croatian painter, women arriving to the Holy Mass for their food to be blessed
Croatian and Ukrainean Easter Eggs – pisanice, by Annette Hricko Czupylo, photo by Vladimir Novak.
Pisanica on the left is decorated with centuries old Croatian Coat of Arms.
