April 23, 2019 – On Monday, April 22nd, also known as Easter Monday, the Tourist Board of Sinj, with the support of the City of Sinj and the Tourist Board of Split-Dalmatia County, organized an ‘Easter Breakfast’ in Sinj for the third time.
The event presented traditional Easter dishes and customs. The event also aimed to provide all guests in Sinj insight into the area’s rich tradition of preparing Easter dishes and customs and bring them closer to the destination they are visiting.
After Monika Vrgoč, director of the Tourist Board of Sinj, welcomed guests, the table was blessed by Fr. Perica Maslać, priest of the Shrine of the Miraculous Lady of Sinj, while Kristina Križanac, mayor of Sinj solemnly opened the event.
All visitors could enjoy a richly prepared holiday table made up of traditional dishes for an Easter breakfast, such as hard-boiled eggs, ham, Dalmatian prosciutto, peka bread, sirnica, gingerbread, and other desserts.
For the entertainment part of the program, the Sinj majorettes delighted the crowd with new choreography, followed by the Children’s Choir Slavuji, the Mixed Choir of Sinj and Klapa Vrilo. Members of the Association for the Conservation of the Cetina Heritage, KUD Cetina, and the Sinj Feral Association were in charge of decorating the holiday table. The youngest participants were able to enjoy the magic of Easter thanks to members of the Sinj Feral Association.
The Sinj Tourist Board would like to thank Mrs. Branki Marinović, who helped to decorate the holiday table, and to the faithful sponsors: restaurant Dubrovnik whose employees prepared the holiday delicacies, the largest poultry farm Mostina d.o.o. from Obrovac in Sinj, Hotel Alkar, and especially the Shrine of the Miraculous Lady of Sinj, the Sinj Children’s and mixed choir, KUS employees, KUD in Cetinje, the Cetina Heritage Conservation Association and the Sinj Majorettes.
All photos by Foto Žižić
