The Croatian group Klapa Saint Mihovil will give two performances today in Valletta, at St George’s Square at 6pm and at The Gut in Strait Street at 8pm. The 45-minute concerts, entitled Faith, Love and Homeland, will consist of 15 traditional Croatian ‘Klapa’ songs celebrating notions of love, wine, homeland and sea.
‘Klapa’ is Croatian for ‘a group of friends’ and is a form of traditional a cappella singing, typically performed in streets and squares in Croatia. In 2012, it was recognised as a Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The Klapa Saint Mihovil group, set up in 2009, forms part of Croatia’s national police force.
The concerts will take place today at 6pm at St George’s Square, Valletta, and at 8pm at The Gut in Strait Street. They are organised by the Croatian Embassy to Malta and the Valletta 2018 Foundation, with the support of Valletta Boutique Living. For more information, visit http://valletta2018.org .