Omisaljan rosette

04.08.2021.

Festival of women's klapa - Omišalj rosette, is held every year at the same time in the same place, on August 4, on the Omišalj Square.

Singing a capella is part of life and history of this region, and klapa singing on the island of Krk has a tradition of almost four decades, which is what started the idea of ​​a festival that would be held every year, on the same date,4. August, held at the same place: on Placi. Thus, with maximum attention and seriousness, the First Festival of Women's Claps - Omišalska rosette .

The festival's expert jury, made up of distinguished experts in a cappella singing, decides on the prize - the Omisaljan rosette - a sculpture that is connected to the history of this island town.

Namely, the parish church in the old center of Omišalj is the most significant cultural monument in the city, and it is dominated by a rosette that was installed in the 15th century - in the front of the church - by a local artist, master of Sinog. It is this rosette that is the symbol of the festival - it bears it in the name, and the glass sculptures that are awarded to the most successful competitors have the shape of a rosette, while the audience award bears the name of the author of the rosette - Meštar Sinoga!

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