In the village of Lug behind Ogulin Zagorje, below Modruš, the Loka stream flows, which was so small that long ago a man made a “gap” and diverted the water to his mill. He made a small gap that accumulated […]
Memories of Christmas
Every year at this time, images, smells and feelings pop up as memories of Christmas Eve and Christmas, not just one, but from throughout my childhood. From quite a distance, because my childhood dates back to the 1970s and 1980s, […]
Waldorf School from Rijeka in Ogulin
The Waldorf School of Rijeka, third and fourth grades with their teachers Maja, Iva and assistant Dunja, and one mother Darija, visited Ogulin on 21st October 2020. The trip was conceived to get to know Ogulin and the surroundings in […]
Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival 2020 review
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Red Velvet Box
Narrating a personal story Apart from folk and written fairy tales we can, of course, relate and narrate personal stories. If not publicly, then amongst family and friends. I will tell one such story now. I’ve named it ‘The Red […]
Reygoch – the most loved giant
Reygoch – the extremely strong and friendly giant Just as Regoč (Reygoch) is 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 the […]
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 […]