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Sinjska alka
| Sinjska alka | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date(s) | First Sunday in August |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Sinj, Croatia |
| Inaugurated | 1715 |
| Sinjska Alka, a knights' tournament in Sinj | |
|---|---|
| Country | Croatia |
| Reference | 00357 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2010 (5th session) |
| List | Representative |
The Sinjska alka (Croatian pronunciation: [sîːɲskaː âːlka]) is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj.[1] It commemorates a Croatian–Venetian victory in the Ottoman–Venetian war in the night of August 14, 1715, in which around 700 professional Venetian soldiers and 100 Croats defended Sinj against an Ottoman army led by Mehmed-paša Ćelić of at least 40,000.[2] Because of this victory, the Venetians retained control over Sinj and integrated it into the Venetian Dalmatia in accordance to the terms of the Treaty of Passarowitz signed in 1718.[3][4]
The people of Sinj believed that the Lady of Sinj miraculously drove away Ottomans, thus helping them to defend their town. On the national holiday of the Assumption of Mary (Velika Gospa) on August 15, in honor of Lady of Sinj, a procession is organised, during which horsemen in full regalia (Alkari) parade a painting of Our Lady of Sinj throughout the town streets.
The Alka itself is an equestrian competition in which various horsemen riding at full gallop aim their lances at a hanging metal ring (alka), and are awarded points according to which sector of the ring they are able to pierce. In 2010, the Alka was inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[5]
- ^ "Sinjska alka" (in Croatian). Viteško alkarsko društvo Sinj.
- ^ Čoralić, Lovorka; Markulin, Nikola (2016-12-30). "Bitka za Sinj 1715. godine". Zbornik Odsjeka za povijesne znanosti Zavoda za povijesne i društvene znanosti Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti (in Croatian). 34 (-): 147–180. doi:10.21857/moxpjho5lm. ISSN 1330-7134.
- ^ Markovina, Dragan (2015-08-10). "Par važnih napomena o tome za koga su Sinjani ginuli 1715". telegram.hr. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "Alka – Mit koji se obnavlja". Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "UNESCO - Sinjska Alka, a knights' tournament in Sinj". Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
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