The Crikvenica Riviera's winter slumber receives a rather cheerful awakening with the arrival of carnival. It's a time for hosting numerous events, typified by the cheerful atmosphere and a great variety of colourful and imaginatively designed masks. Every year, as they make their way through the local villages, the carnival's participants sing and bang their drums loudly to chase away the spirits of winter and to summon spring back to life. Traditionally, masked parties take place on Saturdays, and tea parties with tombola on Sundays. There are also large carnival parades with groups from across the Kvarner area. On Ash Wednesday, local people read out "the sentence", a text criticising the state of society and making fun of certain events. After that comes the burning of the Pust – a puppet that gets held responsible for everything that has gone wrong in the previous year and that is named after actual social or political events in the area. Each year, masked groups from Crikvenica, Dramalj, Jadranovo and Selce participate in the International Carnival in Rijeka.
PROGRAMME:
Saturday, January 11th 2020.
17:00 Carnival's gathering in Matkovići
20:00 Handover of the town keys and carnival flag raising
Sunday, January 12th 2020.
15:00 Tea party and tombola, Hotel International
Saturday, January 18th 2020.
15:00 Open Carnival darts tournament, City Sport Hall
21:00 Carnival party with Indira Forza, City Sport Hall
Saturday, January 25th 2020.
10:00 "Maškarani kotlić" – preparing of traditional meal in stew pots, Stjepan Radić square
21:00 Carnival party with "Koktelsi", City Sport Hall
Sunday, January 26th 2020.
11:00 Children's Carnival Parade (trought the streets of the town and on the Main Town Square)
14:00 Carnival Parade - Adults (trought the streets of the town and on the Main Town Square)
Saturday, February 1st 2020.
21:00 Carnival party with Jole, City Sport Hall
Sunday, February 2nd 2020.
15:00 Tea party and tombola, Hotel International
Saturday, February 8th 2020.
21:00 Carnival party with Maja Šuput, City Sport Hall
Samba Mania - dance show, City Sport Hall
Saturday, February 15th 2020.
10:30 Carnival walk trought the Kotor
21:00 Carnival party with "Gazde", City Sport Hall
Baptizing the Prince of Carnival 'Mesopust'
Orient Show – dance show, City Sport Hall
Sunday, February 16th 2020.
15:00 Tea party and tombola, Hotel International
Wednesday, February 19th 2020.
The traditional carnival afternoon – Elementary school "Zvonko Car"
Saturday, February 22nd 2020.
10:00 Carnival Bocce tournament in Gornji kraj
15:00 Carnival's gathering in Gornji kraj
20:00 Raising up the Prince of Carnival "Mesopust" on the main Town Square
Wednesday, February 26th 2020.
16:00 Reading the judgment and burning up the Prince of Carnival "Mesopust"
For additional information please visit official website of the Town of Crikvenica Tourist Board.