What are some croatian traditions?
All we traditionally do is sit around, drink coffee and complain about the weather, the economy, the war, and the Serbs and the Slovenians. Though, if you are asking of old tradition, we tend to celebrate a lot of the same holidays as westerners, Christmas, Easter and whatnot, unlike in west the majority of Croats actually understand what either holiday is about. On Christmas there is the usual sort of exchanging of gifts, bread is made and pork is eaten, essentially the same goes for Easter. You’ll find that whenever we aren’t complaining, we are eating pork. But of actual unique traditions, here’s a few: December 13th is a particularly interesting holiday, called St. Lucy’s Day, and it is when Christmas celebrations begin for Catholic Croats. Many families plant a small amount of wheat or grass in a plate of water, and then allow it to grow until Christmas, when it is fully grown they tie the grown grass together in a tricolour flag, the Croatian flag, and set it aside for good luck.
