Rabska Fjera

The Rab Fair is a three-day event first held in 2002. Every summer since, from July 22nd through 27th, the streets of the town of Rab come alive. The holiday was first established on July 1st, 1364 in honor of King Louis the Great who had released Rab from the Venetians and in honor of St. Christopher, the patron saint of Rab, whose relics had saved Rab from invaders.

The Rab Fair’s value lies in the fact that it nurtures and develops autochthonous and traditional values. Fair participants are local craftsmen and artisans occupied in crafts that existed in the Middle Ages, as well as associations and cultural-artistic companies that cultivate traditional values, local product manufacturing and way of living.

Baskets of all sizes, only just minted coins for luck, ceramic dishes … everything exactly as it was manufactured in the Middle Ages. Here you will also find honey producers, lace-makers, stone carvers, carpenters, blacksmiths, medieval musicians who contribute to the overall atmosphere with their songs and costumes of the time…

If you get hungry – and you most certainly will, after so much excitement – dishes prepared and served as in the old times will be waiting for you in the fisherman’s medieval village.

Rapska fjera trodnevna je manifestacija koja svake godine od 22. do 27. srpnja na ulicama grada Raba na istoimenom otoku od 2002. godine ponovno oživljava općinske blagdane. Prvi su puta oni proglašeni 21. srpnja 1364. godine, u počast Kralju Ljudevitom Velikom koji je Rab oslobodio od Mlečana te u počast Sv. Kristoforu, zaštitniku Raba čije su moći prema legendi spasile Rab.

Rapska fjera ima vrlo veliku vrijednost u njegovanju i razvijanju autohtonih i tradicijskih vrijednosti. Njezini su sudionici obrtnici i zanatlije ovog otoka koji se bave zanatima koji su postojali u srednjem vijeku, kao i udruge i kulurno-umjetnička društva koja njeguju tradicijske vrijednosti i izradu domaćih proizvoda i način življenja.

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Ako pak ogladnite – a sigurno je da poslije tolikih uzbuđenja hoćete – u ribarskom srednjevjekovnom selu očekuju Vas jela po receptima i načinu serviranja jednaka ondašnjima.