Rab Fjera is a Historical reenactment celebrations lasting for 3 days during Dies Natalis of St. Christopher on island Rab in Croatia. Fjera (fair) includes the Medieval festival of crafts and customs and Archers’ crossbow tournament. It is held on the streets of the oldest part in the town of Rab. Visitors can enjoy in traditional crafts like pottery, painting, fishing, coinage, stitching, basket weaving, carpentry, sculpting or learn the secrets of trade from the florists, honey makers, herbalists or even from the cross-bow archers who are more than happy to explain the technique and the history of the crossbow. During these 3 days (25, 25th and 27th July) people also dress up in costumes and have open air workshops of the medieval life. The streets are run over with ladies, gentleness, medieval guards with prisoners. The festival culminates with the parade and the crossbow archers tournament on the St. Christopher’s square and with the cannon fireworks.
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