Unesco
One of Đakovo’s cultural imperatives has always been preservation of folklore. These efforts are contributed to by the Đakovo Embroidery Festival, a well-known and long-lived event celebrating national folklore and reflecting and promoting many of the authentic customs.
The value of Slavonian customs has been recognized by UNESCO as well, with bećarac, traditional humorous singing, often lascivious in character, and the Spring Procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani near Đakovo being included in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
Bećarac
Bećarac is a vocal, i.e. vocal-instrumental song popular in the region of Slavonia, Baranja and Syrmia.
Spring Procession of kraljice (queens) or ljelje from Gorjani
In 2009 the spring procession of Ljelje in Gorjani was declared an intangible heritage item and is protected under UNESCO, the Arts and Culture Association “Gorjanac” from Gorjani attained the rights to the event and is in charge of its preservation.