SINJSKA ALKA CHANGED DUE TO WORLD MILITARY GAMES SINJ, April 24 (Hina) - The final games of 284th "Sinjska Alka" tournament, which will be held under the auspices of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, will take place in Sinj on August
1 instead August 8. The schedule of Alka had to be changed because of the official opening of the World Military Games in Zagreb due to be on August 8, said Mate Jukic at an assembly of the Alka society on Saturday. The Sinjska Alka is a traditional contest which take place in the southern Croatian town of Sinj (Split hinterland) every summer to mark a local victory over Ottoman Turks in 1715. In the tournament lance-wielding horsemen dressed in traditional outfits match their skills as they target a metal ring suspended over a track. Jukic, who is the president of the Alka society, announced the publishing of a monograph on the games for this summer's tournament. The society expressed support to Croatian g
SINJ, April 24 (Hina) - The final games of 284th "Sinjska Alka"
tournament, which will be held under the auspices of Croatian
President Franjo Tudjman, will take place in Sinj on August 1
instead August 8.
The schedule of Alka had to be changed because of the official
opening of the World Military Games in Zagreb due to be on August 8,
said Mate Jukic at an assembly of the Alka society on Saturday.
The Sinjska Alka is a traditional contest which take place in the
southern Croatian town of Sinj (Split hinterland) every summer to
mark a local victory over Ottoman Turks in 1715. In the tournament
lance-wielding horsemen dressed in traditional outfits match their
skills as they target a metal ring suspended over a track.
Jukic, who is the president of the Alka society, announced the
publishing of a monograph on the games for this summer's
tournament.
The society expressed support to Croatian generals Norac, Gotovina
and Cermak and adopted a text of protest which will be forwarded to
the Hague-based International War Crimes Tribunal.
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