Moreska Korcula Island Korcula

Description: Performed only by males from Korula town families the mock battle dance with each soldier holding two swords is traditionally performed on July 29 St Theodores Day and weekly during the summer tourist season Documentation shows that the Moreka sword dance has been performed in Korula since at least the 17th century but the dance may be older since double swords were part of known sword technique in the 16th century

By: markiol

Date: 2014-07-14

Block Explorer: View Transaction

Downloads: 87

Filesize: 5386

Tags: island korcula korcula moreska sword dance

Download

Large PNG 2400px

Medium PNG 800px

Small PNG 300px

Javascript is needed to download PNG's.


Moreska Korcula Island Korcula sourced from Openclipart is licensed under CC0 1.0

* Note: Date might not match original source and might be an educated guess.