CroatiaPitanje 85 · Culture and customs
The decorative item of clothing, worn around the neck, which Croatian soldiers wore in the Thirty Years' War, after which its use spread over most of Europe, is:
In the exam (Croatian)
Ukrasni odjevni predmet, nosi se oko vrata, koji su nosili hrvatski vojnici u Tridesetogodišnjem ratu, nakon čega se njegovo korištenje proširilo većim dijelom Europe je:
Correct answer
- kravata
Why?
The kravata (the necktie, cravat) comes from the scarf that Croatian soldiers wore around the neck in the Thirty Years' War (17th century). The French named it »cravate« after the Croats, and Necktie Day is celebrated on 18 October.
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Source of the questions: Pravilnik o načinu provjere poznavanja hrvatskog jezika i latiničnog pisma, hrvatske kulture i društvenog uređenja u postupcima stjecanja hrvatskog državljanstva, Annex 1 (Narodne novine 6/2021). No official answers are published: the answers, the explanations and the English translations are ours (made with AI). This site is not official and is not affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova). The exam itself is in Croatian.
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