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Vodice Carnival Festivities in Vodice
Vodice Carnival Festivities run from late January into mid-February, mixing traditional mask-wearing customs with distinctly local touches like ball-bearing cart races and a children's Pajama Party. Unlike Vodice's summer festivals, this is a winter, family-oriented event built around schools and local community life. The extended, multi-week format and its emphasis on schools and children set it apart from single-day carnival events held in many smaller Croatian towns.
Vodice trades its summer identity for a pre-Lenten one each winter, when the Vodice Carnival Festivities stretch across several weeks from late January into mid-February, timed to the shifting Lenten calendar each year.