Academia Cravatica starts a new spectacular project this summer. The basic idea is to connect all Croatian regions with a red thread (ribbon), which symbolises connecting Croatian cultural and geographical diversities into a whole, along the state border and organise various activities in cities and interesting tourist locations.
The project starts and ends in Dubrovnik after sixty days when the red thread is knotted into a tie as a closing act. The estimate is that over a million people will participate in the project. Local authorities will also participate in the realisation of the project by organising events in cooperation with Academia Cravatica institution and general and local sponsors.
Red colour of the thread, 4000 odd kilometres long, carries multiple symbolic messages of love (love between a man and a woman, patriotism, it calls for coexistence and unity between nations of the world.)
GOALS OF THE PROJECT
- Using a 4000 odd kilometres long red thread placed along land and sea borders, connect and embrace Croatia using symbolic messages of love; connect Croatian regions and establish closer relationships with borderers of the neighbouring countries.
- Promote Croatian natural resources, its cultural identity and promote Croatia as the homeland of the tie.
- Emphasise peculiarities and specific advantages of certain regions; stimulate the use of under-utilized resources.
- Involve the borderers (and other people as well), talk about their life and how it could be; connect Croatian counties, but also make contacts with borderers of the neighbouring countries.
ACTIVITIES
The basic group of about ten people travels along the Croatian border (on foot, on horseback, swimming or sailing) and place the red thread and the prepared symbols. The most suitable way will be chosen when placing the tie along the border. People can take pieces of the red thread as a souvenir. The plan is to cross over 4000 kilometres of Croatian border:
- about 1307 km of land border
- about 1066 km of river border
- about 945 km of sea border
- about 800 km of exclusive economic zone
Other citizens can also join the project. The group will stay longer in certain areas (cities, villages, mountains) and perform or participate in activities such as exhibitions, concerts, shows, sport competitions or various celebrations. The team will climb the highest peak in Croatia (Dinara, 1831 m); a quantity of boats will join our team on the rivers and on The Adriatic Sea; Posavac horses will be ridden by the river Sava and Lippizaner horses by the Danube.
The project starts on July 10th and ends on September 8th 2006. The starting and the ending point of the project “Cravat around Croatia” is Dubrovnik. The project portrays Dubrovnik in a new way and uses the tie as a medium to present Dubrovnik as a jewel of Croatian and world cultural heritage and to invite tourists.
