The festivities, which featured more than 20 cultural events, included several hundred members of arts and culture societies who walked down the centre of Subotica wearing folk costumes.
The festivities attracted several thousand Subotica residents. Also in attendance were the ambassadors of several European countries, a delegation of eastern Croatia's Vukovar-Srijem County, the Croatian Heritage Foundation, representatives of the Serbian and local governments.
The Vukovar-Srijem County delegation, headed by prefect Nikola Safer, held talks with representatives of the Croat community in the Serbian province of Vojvodina and the municipality of Subotica, discussing possibilities of cooperation in the economy, culture and education.