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CROATIA /HRVATSKA

CROATIA /HRVATSKA. Verna Hämäläinen Gudrun Hammer Ilena Masla ć Lisa Pöschlmayer. General Info. Republic of Croatia/ Republika Hrvatska Declaration of Independence: 8 October, 1991 Capital City: Zagreb Population: 4.4 million Official Language: Croatian President: Stjepan Mesi ć.

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CROATIA /HRVATSKA

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  1. CROATIA/HRVATSKA Verna Hämäläinen Gudrun Hammer Ilena Maslać Lisa Pöschlmayer

  2. General Info • Republic of Croatia/ Republika Hrvatska • Declaration of Independence: 8 October, 1991 • Capital City: Zagreb • Population: 4.4 million • Official Language: Croatian • President: Stjepan Mesić

  3. Activity 1Goran IvaniševićIvano BalićJanica KostelićDavor Šuker

  4. Activity 2Croatian Inventions?

  5. Cultural Traits • Family attachments • Nepotism • Direct culture • Gestures • Concept of time • Humour • Catholic attitudes • Antipathy towards Serbs/ Nationalism • Regional differences

  6. Family Attachments • strong family ties • Croatians marry usually quite young • a big celebration with lots of people invited divorce rate is not high • average of 1.5 children per woman

  7. Direct Culture • Level of relationship is important to consider • Exaggerations • Very emotional and high-tempered • Nepotism

  8. Business Etiquette • Do not rely too much on schedules • Small talk very important • Never jump straight into business • Building relationship initially more important than business

  9. Gestures/ Body Language • Croatians use their hands and arms when talking • Love talking a lot and loud

  10. Concept of time • Flexible and slower concept of time • “Relax, we still have time“ • Tend to miss deadlines • Punctuality is not one of the Croatians’ strengths

  11. Religion • 90% Roman Catholic, 10 % others • Croatians feel very catholic and the vast majority of them practises the religion too • Herzegovinian Croatians and Dalmatians feel the most catholic of all Croatians - history • Communistic Yugoslavia and Tito's antipathy towards catholic church • Relations to Vatican

  12. Humour • the south and the coastal areas • irony, cynicism, or dark humour • most jokes are sexist or about Bosnians or regional mentality • make fun of people’s mistakes, lack of judgement or serious thoughts, reversal of fortune, regional mentality, frivolity, drunkenness, and lack of professionalism

  13. Nationalism/Antipathy towards Serbs/Regional Differences • very proud and aware of their national identity • antipathy towards Serbs is due to the recent war • regional identity is important • difference south-north • historical influence on the regional mentality

  14. Do’s/Don’ts Praise and know about: • Croatian cuisine: food, cooking and wine • Croatian cuisine • Croatian sports • Their clean and beautiful environment Do not • Criticize Croatia’s role in the Croatian War of Independence • Make comparisons between Croats and Serbians • Criticize catholic church

  15. Activity 3Try to read these Croatian sentences: Laku noć. – Good night. Dobar dan. – Good afternoon. Ne govorim hrvatski. – I cannot speak Croatian. Studiram engleski. I am studying English.

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