In Ogulin this year, as an exceptional year celebrating the town’s 520th anniversary of its founding, the Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival and the Igra Kolo review of original folklore of Karlovac County were both held on the same weekend. The […]
The Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival and Igra Kolo 2020
The Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival and Igra Kolo upon the 520th founding of the town of Ogulin The town Ogulin celebrates its own special day on 14th September – the Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. On the […]
Ema Božičević – The Witch
Ema Božičević was born in Ogulin on 18th February 1879 and she died in Zagreb on 1st December 1942. Her maiden name was Krajnović, in 1903 she married a mathematics professor named Juraj Božičević, who also came from the surroundings […]
The tale The Witch on Klek
As part of the Summer in Ogulin programme, the Tourist Board of the Town of Ogulin treated mountaineers and visitors on Klek mountain to the narration of a fairy tale. For this occasion, I chose the fairy tale Vještica (The […]
About Fairy Tales
We all know a little bit about fairy tales and folk stories. I am not a theorist of fairy tales or literature, I am a narrator, a storyteller. Nevertheless, working in this field practically for eight years already I have […]
Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival
From 7th to 9th June 2019 the 14th Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival was held. The natural attractions of the town came to life with the large numbers of visitors and performers. It is a festival already well-known to families and […]
Emerald corner of the Ogulin region
Šmit’s or the Green Lake is located in the village of Ivanac on the slopes of Velika Kapela in Ogulinsko Zagorje. In this mountainous part of Croatia, which is characterised by karst, there is a lot of groundwater and many […]
Interview with Jasna Held
Jasna in the homeland of fairy tales Ten years ago I was already acquainted with the fairy tale storyteller Jasna Held, thanks to the Ogulin Fairy Tales Festival, but I had no idea that we would meet and that the […]
Reygoch – the most loved giant
Reygoch – the extremely strong and friendly giant Just as Regoč (Reygoch) is the my favourite giant amongst the famous giants, so is Legen Grad (the chilly Frosten City) where the writer Ivana Brlić Mažuranić situated the giant Reygoch in […]
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – Tales of Long Ago
How did Ivana’s Tales of Long Ago come to be? Sparks from the hearth of an old Slavic home Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić was born in Ogulin on 18th April 1874. She died in Zagreb on 21st September 1938. Much has been […]