http://www.academia-cravatica.hr/news/ en info@wmd.hr Copyright 2012 2012-04-03T08:48:09+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/5th-annual-necktie-5k-walk-run1/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/5th-annual-necktie-5k-walk-run1/#When:08:48:09Z On June 16th (Father’s Day Weekend), The Association of Beverly Shores Residents (ABSR) is organizing the 5th annual Necktie 5K Walk & Run. As the name implies, all participants are encouraged to wear neckties during the run in recognition of fathers everywhere! Prizes will be awarded to participants with the most-creative neckties and also to the first father-son and first father-daughter teams to cross the finish line together. This year they have added a Kid’s Sprint. The Sprint is open to ages 7 and under.  All kids who participate win a prize! The circular course of the run features beautiful Indiana wetlands as well as dramatic lake front views.  It also provides opportunities to spot wild-life along the way. For more information, photographs and videos visit the official Necktie 5K Walk and Run Webpage (http://www.necktierun.com/) or the ABSR website (http://www.absr.org) Source: http://www.necktierun.com (April 3, 2012)   2012-04-03T08:48:09+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/the-cravat-in-chile/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/the-cravat-in-chile/#When:14:51:25Z „The Challenge of the Cravat“ exhibition – exploring the motif of the man’s neckwear in the works of contemporary artists – opened in Santiago, the capitol of Chile. There were works of 51 artists from Croatia, Poland, South Africa, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovenia, Japan, Chile and Argentina. All of them took a notion of that decorative clothing item which is considered to be genuine Croatian product. Symbolically announcing the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Croatia and Chile, the exhibition was realized in cooperation of the Instituto Cultural de Providencia, Santiago de Chile, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia and its initiator Academia Cravatica, an NGO based in Zagreb. 2012-01-21T14:51:25+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat-travels-to-the-center-of-kyoto/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat-travels-to-the-center-of-kyoto/#When:13:33:25Z Judging by recent agreements between Franjo Bušić, director of Academia Cravatica and Diasake Kadokawa, Mayor of Kyoto Croatian cravat could soon be exposed and promoted in the cultural center of the city, still known as the spiritual capital of Japan. In that way, cravat would be displayed as a permanent exhibit in the center that is annually visited by 50 million tourists. - Zagreb is the world’s capital of the cravat, and values that symbolically represents belong to the ethical values of Japanese culture - said Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa. Although the Japanese appreciate their culture, they admit - Japan has become modern with the arrival of cravat.(lk/vlm) City, 29.09.2011. 2011-11-19T13:33:25+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat-day-2010-in-croatia-and-the-world/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat-day-2010-in-croatia-and-the-world/#When:07:39:50Z The Croatian origin of the cravat During the Thirty Years War in the 17th century (1618-1648) Croatian soldiers were known everywhere as exceptional warriors, and they joined the French royal army. Alongside their military skills they were noted for one detail. They wore a kerchief tied around their necks. That kerchief, tied in a knot, quickly spread as a fashion accessory and took on an ethnic name, so the name of the nation – Cravate (Croates, Hrvati) – became the name of that item – the cravat.   2011-05-12T07:39:50+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/18th_october_the_cravat_day/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/18th_october_the_cravat_day/#When:10:53:11Z The purpose of Cravat Day The installation “A Cravat around the Arena”, performed on 18th October 2003 in Pula, created by Marijan Bušić, was as a world scale spectacle, seen on world television by more than a billion people. It was assessed as “the most ambitious, most well-thought out concept and project to promote the Croatian identity” (Ive Šimat Banov). Through this installation, with the largest cravat in the world, the ancient and the contemporary eras were linked symbolically, and the red color of the cravat sent a message to the world of love and life together for all peoples and nations. At this year’s book fair in Leipzig, where Croatia was a partner country, on the title page of the program book of Croatian authors there was a picture of precisely the Cravat around the Arena. “The cravat is communication, a universal symbol of dignity and dress culture, and its symbolic potential also holds other values. The vertical cravat symbolizes the human vertical – human dignity and self-awareness, a moment of ceremony and celebration, success and the business spirit… By its fluttering lightness, however, on the one hand, and the knot on the other, the cravat “binds together” freedom and responsibility. It encourages us to communicate more aware of our own dignity and the dignity of others, our freedom, but also our responsibility. Due to its huge symbolic power, the cravat has epochal importance for Croatia and the world” Marijan Bušić pointed out, as the initiator of the project, Croatia – the Homeland of the Cravat. 2008-10-17T10:53:11+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/congratulations_18th_ocotber_tha_cravat_day/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/congratulations_18th_ocotber_tha_cravat_day/#When:10:45:38Z CONGRATULATIONS - 18TH OCOTBER - THA CRAVAT DAY! SUBJECT: Appeal for usage of the word cravat in English laguage THE CRAVAT! THE CRAVAT INSTEAD OF A TIE AND NECKTIE The word tie has developed from the phrase To tie the cravat! On the occasion of the International Day of The Cravat on the 18th of October we invite all the English speaking individuals to call the knotted scarf around their neck by it’s original name the cravat instead of tie and necktie. The fashion of wearing knotted scarves in England as well as the word „cravate“ in the form of „the cravat“ introduced King Charles II in 1660, upon his return from exile. Later on from the expression „to tie the cravat“ a new name developed for the cravat in English – the „tie“ and „necktie“. 2008-10-17T10:45:38+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/ivan_gunduli_wore_a_cravat_before_louis_xiv/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/ivan_gunduli_wore_a_cravat_before_louis_xiv/#When:12:21:13Z Although it has always been thought that the French King Louis XIV was the first to wear something resembling a cravat, or a scarf as its predecessor, on a portrait dating from the end of the 17th century, it is now clear that the oldest portrait of someone wearing a cravat was painted in a Croatian city. This was of course Dubrovnik. That is to say, it was recently discovered that the famous Dubrovnik poet, Ivan Dživo Gundulič, on a portrait dating from 1622 and kept in the Rector’s Palace, is wearing a scarf around his neck, tied like a cravat. This insight gives a new emphasis to the character of the great man of Dubrovnik, Gundulić, but the new facts also shed light once more on the origins of the cravat. This all means in fact that the cravat was worn in Dubrovnik as long as 55 years before it was worn in France, and there is real evidence to support this fact. Although this portrait of Gundulić has been on show in the Rector’s Palace for many years, it is interesting that it has never been noticed before now that the poet is not wearing a normal scarf, but precisely a cravat. “Dubrovnik is one of the greatest Croatian brands, just like the cravat, and with this discovery these two brands now complement one another even more” it was pointed out, amongst other things, at the press conference in the atrium of the Dubrovnik Sponza Palace, on the occasion of this discovery, by Mirta Hansal, a public relations officer from “Academia Cravatica”. Moreover, Dubrovnik and the cravat are each in their own way a symbol of the centuries long story of freedom. 2007-10-23T12:21:13+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/marking_cravat_day_goes_beyond_the_borders_of_croatia/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/marking_cravat_day_goes_beyond_the_borders_of_croatia/#When:11:55:01Z Cravat Day, 18th October, will not only be marked in Croatia, the homeland of the tie, but Japan, Egypt, Italy and Germany are only some of the countries who are preparing to celebrate Cravat Day. It will be particularly interesting on cruise liners which will be moored in interesting tourist destinations on that day, where the crew and guests on the cruiser will mark Cravat Day in an appropriate manner. 2007-10-23T11:55:01+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat_day_18th_october_2007/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/cravat_day_18th_october_2007/#When:11:21:29Z Academia Cravatica was founded in 1997 with the mission of promoting the tie or cravat as part of the Croatian, European, and world cultural heritage, and as a special medium of communication. The cravat is the only Croatian symbol which is universally known and appreciated, and at the same time is recognized and acknowledged as a Croatian symbol. The Croatian origins of the tie or cravat, founded on historic, ethnological and linguistic facts, are confirmed by world encyclopedias and other scientific sources. In addition, the many projects run by Academia Cravatica over the past ten years, have promoted Croatia - the homeland of the cravat, on a world scale. For example, the installation “The Cravat around the Arena” in Pula on 18th October 2003 was staged as a major world performance, which was seen on television throughout the world by more than a billion people. It is considered that this was the most ambitious promotion of the Croatian identity in the world to date. This installation, with the largest cravat in the world, symbolically brought together the ancient and modern ages, and the red color of the cravat sent a message to the world of love and life together of peoples and nations. Croats gave the world the cravat, but it was nurtured, developed and perfected by other nations. For example, the Americans conceived a cravat in three parts and thereby perfected it technically. But the most important contribution to the development of the cravat came from the French, the English and other European nations. Therefore the cravat is a symbol of Europe. This is seen in the now common custom of the European Union that each country presiding over Union presents its own specific cravat at the beginning of its term.  The cravat is a universal symbol of elegance and the culture of dressing, but its powerful symbolic potential contains many other values. The vertical cravat symbolizes the human vertical - human dignity and self-awareness, moments of solemnity and ceremony, success and a business spirit… With its lightness on the one hand and the knot on the other, the cravat “binds” together freedom and responsibility. It encourages us to be more aware in our communication of our dignity and the dignity of others - our freedom, but also our responsibility. Due to its enormous symbolic power, the cravat is of great significance for Croatia and the world. Marking Cravat Day, will contribute to the establishment and illumination of all the positive values of identity in Croatian society, and a recognizable and positive image of Croatia in the world. The initiative for marking Cravat Day has been supported by the Prime Minister dr. Ivo Sanader, and the program to mark the day will take place under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesić. The proposal to mark the national Cravat Day has also been supported by the Committee for Education, Science and Culture of the Croatian Parliament. Cravat Day will be marked by social and cultural events in several towns in Croatia, and, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the RoC, in some other cities around the world.  We invite social and cultural institutions and Croatian citizens, in this country and abroad, to mark Cravat Day in their own communities in a worthy manner, as a day of celebration and community.  Marijan Bušić, prof. 2007-10-23T11:21:29+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/a_remembrance_and_sign/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/a_remembrance_and_sign/#When:09:36:22Z There is nothing easier than a job that combines love of one’s homeland, heritage, photography and the cravat. Nothing is easier than turning back one’s gaze and stepping into the lives of some unknown people from the past, although at first sight it seems that they do not have any connection with us today. At the same time, there is nothing more difficult than wiping away with a wave of the hand, like in a fairy story, the old dust, that in some cases has been settling for centuries, from the yellowed silky albums and go back to the time when those (today’s) memories were carefully gathered, recorded with love, with a sense perhaps even then of the important role of “memory” and testimonies of one’s time. It is not easy to bring to life the vastly different, slightly mystical world of our great-grandparents, sift through the interior of their starched drawers, soaked in lavender and moth balls, their hand-carved corner cupboards or their old, many layered chests, purchased somewhere in foreign climes.  But, we wipe the dust off the old photographs, and underneath we find precious, filigree gold, preserved in embroidered kerchiefs and robes, in numerous wardrobes in Imota, Split, Zagreb, and throughout Croatia and the world. But, above all, in our hearts.  There somehow, the living realities, captured in these photographs, come alive again in our hearts and our spirit, strong as pictures carved in stone. These photographs tell the stories of the men and women of Imotski, families and relationships over the centuries; stories that can sometimes make us laugh, sometimes make us cry, whilst in our intimate self we sense all that may be read from them. What was the man thinking about, who, before he stood before the camera, smoothed his hair, straightened his tie, stood up straight, or his wife, who, just before she had her picture taken took her scarf from her head and wound it round her neck, combed her hair, smiled uncertainly, with glassy eyes?! That woman is our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. If we look carefully at those faces, we can almost “hear” the stories which we listened to hundreds of times as children, by the fire in the stove, about people from the rocks where today’s generations are also growing.  Taking photographs was then to create a “memory book” for children and grandchildren, far off relatives in America, or perhaps from them for their cousins there in Imota. Without these old photographs and letters, we would never have discovered what Auntie Milica looked like, or Granny’s Uncle Iko, or Marijan, we would never have had a glimpse of their “American” lives, although it was precisely they that here turned the earth we inherited. And along with the earth, we also inherited photographs, letters, newspaper cuttings, family customs and stories, suits, scarves, ties…   2007-10-18T09:36:22+00:00