“…Dravsko proljeće has a typical sequence of events for a Croatian folklore festival -a catholic service, 11 a street procession of cultural artistic societies, 12 performances by cultural artistic 9 Discussions of the notion of festival mainly focus on the diffi culties of defi ning it (Abrahams 1987;Antić 1974;Falassi 1987 andGetz 2008;Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 1998;Picard and Robinson 2006;Richards and Palmer 2010;Stoeltje 1983;Young et al 2001). Petra Kelemen and Nevena Škrbić Alempijević proposed a defi nition which allows large public events to be called festivals.…”