Klapa More Split’s performers include Klaudija Vujčić (first tenor), Igor Gojak (guitarist and frontman), Zvonko Gilić (bass and mandolinist), and Igor Buda (baritone). Their repertoire includes original Dalmatian songs which are both melodic and upbeat.
Klapa (acapella) singing is a big part of Dalmatia’s identity, culture, history, and tradition. Klapa singing is marked by an ability to sing freely without notes or instruments. The songs express love for Croatia’s Dalmatian coastal living. The singing is part of oral tradition and is often passed on from generation to generation.
Klapa singing is of cultural importance in Croatia and was inscribed in 2012 on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
by Mary Čolak, Parishioner, St. Leopold Mandić Parish