CROATIA

LEP Recon

Croatia’s History

Croatia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I.

In 1918s,the Croats, Serbs and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929, as Yugoslavia. After World War II, Yugoslavia became a Communist state.

Croatia History

Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.It took 4 years of fighting to clear Serb armies from Croatia lands. Eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998 under UN supervision. It is in Southeastern Europe , bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia, Herzegovina and Slovenia.

Croatia way of life/ Culture • •

Their way of life:

Speak Slavic language Practices the catholic Christian faith •

Their Culture:

Religious feast day

Croatia festivals (Folk festival) Croatia’s busy calendar of the of folk gathering provides ample opportunity to sample the country’s rich heritage of traditional music and dance.

Places of interest

• • • Tvrdaly-Stari Grad Paklenica National Park Plitvice Lakes-forest-fringed turquioses pools linked by waterfalls

Sports and participation in Olympics • • Duje Draganja-won Olympic silver medal in men’s 50m freestyle swimming in Athens[2004] Martina Zubcic and Sandra Sanic-won bronze medal in Taekwondo, Beijing[2008]

Our Source

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Book:

Frommer’s Croatia 1 st Edition The rough guide to Croatia • •

Website:

www.cia.gov/library/publication www.croatianhistory.net/sport

Our Group Members :

• • • • • John Oei - Leader Qun Shen - Noise Controller Tervis Sim - Questioner Kenneth Ang - Recorder Nigel Lim Wei Xuan – Encourager