PHOTOS: Croatian Easter traditions come alive in Geelong

by croatiaweek
April 6, 2023
in News

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

By Katica Perinac

The Croatian Cultural Association CAS (CCA) was established in 2004 in Geelong in Victoria, Australia, with the vision to honour its culture by preserving its heritage within the wider community.

The Association was created to honour our great-grandmothers, grandmothers, and mothers who on the other side of the world in foreign lands, continued to teach, nurture and preserve the Croatian customs, cuisine and traditions.

The Croatian Cultural Association wants to continue to preserve the Croatian heritage by holding cooking presentations and this way engage younger generations and all of us to replicate these amazing and tasty meals for centuries to come.

On Monday 27 March 2023 our traditional Easter cooking presentation was held at the Croatian Community Centre in Geelong.

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

Special thanks to our presenter – Doris Jović , who enticed the audience with her cooking of: hobotnica s krumpirima (Octopus with Potatoes), punjene lignje (Stuffed Squid), and kiflice s marmeladom (Kiflice with Marmalade).

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

On behalf of the Association, we express our gratitude to Doris for all the preparation she put in beforehand and on the evening in making this Easter Class a great success.

Traditionally the Croatian Cultural Association also has activities for the children, and we would like thank Miss. Laura Spiranovic who took time out to assist the children with the Easter activities.

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

We sincerely would like to thank all of those who assisted on the evening in the kitchen by serving the food and cleaning up.

Many members of the Croatian and wider community attended the cooking presentation.

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

Everyone was able to taste the dishes and the dessert that was demonstrated on the evening. A step by step recipe booklet was provided to everyone to take home on the evening.

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

As always, the Association is blessed to have in-house photographer – Mrs. Julie Marinović, who captured these amazing moments on the night.

(Photo credit: Julie Marinović)

Finally, thank you to the Croatian Community Centre of Geelong who continually support the CCA with all their events.

As a result of many of these cooking presentation since 2004 the Association has been actively involved with various functions and projects such as: the My Mother’s Kitchen / Kuhinja moje majke’ cookbook, which was launched in 2019, food festivals, fundraising events, and many more special occasions.