Post from Croatian Consulate General in Mississauga, photos by Walter Sudetic: On the evening of May 28, 2025, Mississauga City Hall came alive with the sights and sounds of Croatia! As part of a series of events organized by the Consulate General to celebrate Croatian Statehood Day and Croatian Heritage Day in Ontario, a formal […]

London, ON – May 17, 2025 — Klapa Kartolina performed at this year’s Canadian-Croatian Folklore Festival, held in London, Ontario. Kartolina, along with its youth groups Fritule and Berekini, presented several traditional songs in the distinctive klapa style — a multipart a cappella singing tradition from Dalmatia.The festival, held annually, brings together Croatian folklore groups […]

We’ve finished another fantastic Croatian Heritage Night performance with the Detroit Pistons! On March 01. 2025, we sang “Kaleto moja draga,” a klapa classic, at the Little Caesars Arena. No matter where we find ourselves in the world, we carry our Croatian and Dalmatian heritage with us – it’s in our hearts, in our minds, […]

For the third year in a row, we have Croatian Heritage Night with the Detroit Pistons! Come out to proudly present and celebrate our Croatian heritage with the Detroit Pistons, on Saturday, March 1st, 2025! The Pistons will be taking on the Brooklyn Nets at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. There will be a special […]

On November 30th we had the opportunity of performing at the Christmas concert hosted by the Canadian Croatian Choral Society in Toronto, at St. Paul’s United church. Coming to Toronto was worth the four-hour drive, as our hosts were very kind and welcoming, setting the tone for the entire performance. In the beautifully decorated church, […]

Last Sunday we had a fantastic, private event at the Ristorante Avanti in Windsor. The members of all our three klapas with their families gathered and we conducted the filming of interviews that will be part of the long documentary about our klapas, which we have been working on for the last couple of years. […]

Klapa Kartolina, together with its ensembles Fritule and Berekin, performed at the jubilee 50th Canadian-Croatian Folklore Festival East on May 18th, in the city of Mississauga, Ontario. We performed traditional Dalmatian klapa songs, as the only group in the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation East dedicated to cherishing and preserving the important part of Croatian cultural […]

On May 30th, 2024, we were honored to participate in the Croatian Statehood Day celebration and in the inaugural Croatian Heritage Day in Ontario. This day is now officially recognized as an observance day in the Province of Ontario, and we are truly proud of that. This is an achievement of enormous significance for Croatians […]

On May 7th we celebrate the day of St. Domnius (Sudamja), the patron saint of the city of Split. Saint Domnius (also known as Saint Dujam or Saint Duje, Saint Domnio, Saint Doimus, or Saint Domninus) was a Bishop of Salona (today’s Solin) around the year 300, and is venerated as the patron saint of […]

The song Hallelujah by Klapa Kartolina is an a cappella cover of Leonard Cohen’s famous song, where the arrangement and the third verse in the Croatian language are the work of Višnja Tijardović, director of Klapa Kartolina. This video is an homage to the life and work of Leonard Cohen and in it you can […]