18th October – The Cravat day!

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). …

Cravat day – 18th October 2007

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 …

Children and cravats

Marijan Bušić‘s project ‘Cravat in education and upbringing of children and teenagers’ is elaborated in a letter sent to Croatian president Franjo Tuđman in 1995. The project is a part of a larger project: Croatia-homeland of the cravat which was started in 1990 by Marijan Bušić. Non-profit institution Academia Cravatica (AC) has realized several projects which promote the cravat in …

Cravat day 2010 in Croatia and the World

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 …

Marking Cravat day goes beyond the borders of Croatia

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 …

World Cravat Day

Cravat is the only Croatian symbol known and recognized worldwide. At the same time, cravat stands as symbol of Europe and several fundamental human values, as well. Therefore, Academia Cravatica declares October 18th to be set as the day of Croatian and world Cravat Day. Namely, in year 2003 the spectacular installation Cravat Around Arena was performed in Pula. This …

Hironori Ura likes Croatia and Japan

The artistic works of Japanese artist inspired by Croatian ties As a part of weeks of Japanese culture, gastronomy and technology \”Croatia loves Japan, Japan loves Croatia\”, an exhibition of young Japanese artist, Hironori Uru, is opened. Entitled – Hironori Ura likes Croatia and Japan -, the exhibition is exposing the imaginative masterpieces: objects from the Japanese tradition like dragons …

Etimology

The term “tie” in English derives from “to tie a cravat” and represents in fact one way of tying the neckwear, which has developed from the original cravat. The word “cravat” derives from the French “cravate” – “Croat”, since it was Croats who popularized the fashion of wearing a scarf tied around the neck. Cravat – A scarf or band …

Can you knot a cravat?

We will show you the most important and the commonest cravat knots. Later we will show more complicated and rarely used knots which are used only by the best cravat-knotting masters. We recommend the so called reinforced knot. With it, a cravat forms a luxuriant knot which will not go unnoticed. And these are the first knots we are going …