Damir Ljubičić
     Robert Špoljar

 The Turbo-folk phenomenon is growing by the day among the Croatian youth. People know the lyrics off by heart, and many patrons of Turbo-folk clubs are not embarrassed to say that they are fans of the genre.

 “It’s not embarrassing at all. It’s just a form of music. Everyone has their own taste,” said a 21 year old civil engineering student from Zagreb. He also claimed that most of his colleagues at university listen to Turbo-folk. His parents however are divided on the issue.

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Damir Ljubičić
     Robert Špoljar

The producers and creators of Turbo-folk have copied the aesthetics of American rap clips, filling every shot with scantily clad women and covered everyone with so much jewellery that the combined weight of gold and jewels would undoubtedly number in the kilos. Rappers often seem to promote a ‘glamorous’ lifestyle of luxury and crime which influence children across the entire planet. Kids in Croatia have also been known to copy these rappers, however now it is even more tangible when it’s in a language they understand.

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The Turbo folk invasion

Damir Ljubičić
Robert Špoljar

Many people who travel to the homeland for the first time are astounded at how popular Serbian ‘Turbo-folk’ really is among Croatians in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Although this is not a new topic by any means, as we regularly see war veterans protesting against upcoming concerts of these ‘pevaljke’, it seems this phenomenon is reaching epic proportions.

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Members of Tornado Zadar pay respect to the fallen victims of Škabrnja...

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The club of veterans from the 148th brigade of the Croatian Army Zagreb-Trnje, organized a remembrance ceremony for the victims of Vukovar...

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VUKOVAR - ŠKABRNJA 18.11.1991

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Around twenty drunk and loud young men entered the River Pub in Preradoviceva Street in the city of Karlovac on Friday night, and started trashing the place forcing the owner to call the police, Slobodna Dalmacija reports...

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Somebody drew a swastika and an Ustasa letter “U” on the doors of Sibenik’s Serbian Orthodox church, reports the Dalmatian Orthodox eparchy on their website, who reported the incident to the police.

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ZAGREB, CROATIA - - After all these years there are still such mistaken theses. Croatia was liberating its territory, it had the right to do so and is proud of it. There is no mention of ethnic cleansing.....

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ZAGREB, CROATIA - - We most harshly dismiss the statement of Serbian Minister Jeremic about the ethnic cleansing of the Serb population as reported by the Serbian press agency Tanjug...

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Last week the Croatian Community is Adelaide rejoiced and celebrated with ‘HFS Lenek’ as they celebrated their 30^th anniversary. Lenek is Adelaide’s folkloric ensemble based at the Croatian Club, Brompton and this year it was comprised of over 150 dancers (including 30 from the reunion group), over 20 committee members, 10 teachers and a 6 piece string ensemble...

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After a year and a half on the road, Marko Perković Thompson is bringing the 'Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj' tour to an end. We sat down with him after his Frankfurt concert – a far cry from the first concert in Vukovar (April 2007), followed by international apperances in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Africa and South America.....

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ZAGREB, CROATIA – The Croatian Institute of Construction (IGH) is prepared to reduce the price of construction of a new Zagreb Airport terminal after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader announced possible changes in the decision on the airport’s construction because not one extra kuna must be spent in the period of the coming recession, the Jutarnji list daily reported.....

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ZAGREB, CROATIA – Foreign media have extensively reported about the murders of Nacional weekly’s owner Ivo Pukanic and his marketing director Niko Franjic, harshly denouncing the killings of the reporters, as well as the case of Ivana Hodak, who was killed only a week earlier.

UNESCO’s Secretary-General Koichiro Matsuura condemned the crimes, dubbing them a direct attack on the freedom of expression and speech.....

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ZAGREB, CROATIA – The possible candidate for the mayor of Sarajevo, Catholic priest Franjo Topic was a guest on Croatian Television on Sunday and he described the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.....

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Last Saturday, the 3rd annual Croktoberfest was held at the Croatian Sports Centre in Sunshine. Given the overwhelming success of the previous two outings, this year's festival was expected to be no different.

 Over 4 000 people made their way to the Centre throughout the day, surpassing the expectations of organisers....

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