

CROATIA
South European Sector
HR-MVOFF
NATIONAL SECTION
ABOUT US
CIOFF® Croatia is a voluntary, independent, and non-profit association of folklore festival organizers and other organizers of folklore events, folklore ensembles, cultural and artistic societies with folklore sections, as well as folklore groups and individuals. The association does not permit racial, gender, national, religious, or political discrimination, nor violations of human rights and freedoms.
Since its establishment in 1992, CIOFF® Croatia has been an active, full-fledged member of the international organization CIOFF®, founded in 1970 and headquartered in Paris. CIOFF® works to preserve, promote, and spread traditional culture worldwide and, as an accredited partner of UNESCO®, has a permanent representative on the Council for Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The main goal of CIOFF® Croatia is to preserve peace and foster good cooperation among nations through traditional culture.
Other goals include: encouraging, developing, and improving culture; preserving ethnographic heritage; nurturing the dance, music, and vocal expressions of folklore from all regions of the Republic of Croatia by participating in international festivals/meetings/folklore showcases; and presenting Croatian folklore heritage at international symposia and congresses related to intangible cultural heritage.
Festivals
Name | Category | |
|---|---|---|
COFA- MEĐUNARODNI FOLKLORNI FESTIVAL | recognized | |
ETNO FRIZURE SVIJETA | national | |
41. SMOTRA FOLKLORA JADRANSKE HRVATSKE "NA NERETVU MISEČINA PALA" | international | |
ZELENI PRSTEN PRIJATELJSTVA-MEĐUNARODNI DJEČJI FOLKLORNI FESTIVAL | international | |
MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL TRADICIJSKIH GLAZBALA | international | |
MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL FOLKLORA KARLOVAC | recognized | |
MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL FOLKLORA˝ZA JUBAV TANCE IGRAŠE˝KAŠTELA | international | |
MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL FOLKLORA "IZ BAKINE ŠKRINJE" I DANI KULTURNE BAŠTINE | international | |
MEĐUNARODNI FOLKPORNI FESTIVAL "RUDARSKA LUČ" | international | |
MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL FOLKLORA SPLIT | recognized | |
MEĐUNARODNA SMOTRA FOLKLORA ZAGREB | recognized | |
ĐAKOVAČKI VEZOVI | international |
Groups
Name | City | |
|---|---|---|
Ansambl Zabok | Zabok | |
CENTAR TRADICIJSKE KULTURE Varaždin | Varaždin | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL "IVAN GORAN KOVAČIĆ" SISAK | Sisak | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL "IVAN MAŽURANIĆ" KARLOVAC | Karlovac | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL "MLADOST", Samobor | Samobor | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL "ZAGREB-MARKOVAC" | Zagreb | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL "ZORA" | Opatija | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL JEDINSTVO SPLIT | Split | |
FOLKLORNI ANSAMBL SESVETSKA SELA | Zagreb | |
Folklorni ansambl "Koprivnica" | Koprivnica | |
Folklorni ansambl "MATIJA GUBEC" | Karlovac | |
Folklorni ansambl Broda, Slavonski Brod | Slavonski Brod | |
HKPD BOSILJAK | Zagreb | |
HKUD "Osijek 1862." | Osijek | |
HKUD "PETAR ZRINSKI" VRBOVEC | Vrbovec | |
HRVATSKO SELJAČKO PJEVAČKO DRUŠTVO "SLJEME" ŠESTINE - ZAGREB | Zagreb | |
Hrvatsko kulturno umjetničko društvo "Željezničar" Osijek | Osijek | |
KUD "Kraluš" Stupnik | Stupnik | |
KUD "PUNAT" PUNAT | Punat | |
KUD CROATIA | Zagreb | |
KUD Dalmacija Dugi Rat | Dugi Rat | |
KUD Hruševec Kupljenski | Zaprešić, Hruševec Kupljenski | |
KUD HŽ Varaždin | Varaždin | |
KUD Ivančice | Kutina | |
KUD OŠTRC | Rude | |
KUD PETAR PRERADOVIĆ ĐURĐEVAC | Đurđevac | |
KUD Pušća | Zagreb, Pušća | |
KUD Salona Solin | Solin | |
KUD Tena | Djakovo (Đakovo) | |
KULTURNO UMJETNIČKO DRUŠTVO KOLEDIŠĆE JEZERA | Jezera, otok Murter | |
Kulturno umjetničko društvo "Moslavina" | Kutina | |
Kulturno umjetničko društvo "Preporod" | Dugo Selo | |
OGRANAK SELJAČKE SLOGE BUŠEVEC | Buševec | |
Studentsko kulturno umjetničko društvo "Ivan Goran Kovačić" | Zagreb | |
Varaždinski folklorni ansambl | Varaždin |
