Pag's lace

Sunday, 05 September, 2010

Ljubitelji aktivnog odmora i prirode za boravka u gradu Pagu mogu uzivati u nizu sportsko rekreacijskih sadrzaja. Uz brdski kamenjar, na nekadasnjim drevnim ovcarskim stazama, uredeno je 115 km biciklistickih staza. Stijene koje se okomito uzdizu nad morem, pravi su izazov za alpiniste, a na njima su postavljeni i alpinisticki smjerokazi. Podmorje Paga iznimno je atraktivno za ronjenje, a sama Paska uvala pogodna za jedrenje i surfanje.

Grad Pag obiluje pjescanim, sljuncanim i kamenim plazama. Prsten Paske uvale sini sak 27 km plaza, a najpoznatije i najljepse medu njima su Janjece vode, Tri glave, Bosana, Dubrava, Sveti Marko, Sveti Duh, Zrce, Caska, Rucica, Slana, Malin, Veliki Zaton, Bijele stijene, Veli bok, Mali bok, Kotica i Basaca. Do vecine plaza unutar uvale mo�ete doci autom, osim do plaza smjestenim u Paskim vratima, do kojih mozete doci iskljucivo brodom.

U gradu Pagu se proizvodi kvalitetan i vrlo cijenjen tvrdi ovcji sir. Uz Paski sir mozete probati ukusnu pasku janjetinu, bijelo vino, rakiju travaricu i domaci prosek. Na ribarnici mozete kupiti svjezu ribu, rakove i skoljke, a riblje specijalitete mozete probati u restoranima. U benediktinskom samostanu sv. Margarite se proizvodi baskotin, tvrdo pecivo cija se tajna proizvodnje cuva u samostanu.

Grad Pag ima bogatu folklornu bastinu. Paska narodna nosnja je lijepih boja i oblika, a osobito je atraktivno zensko pokrivalo za glavu obrubljeno paskom cipkom. Paska cipka je najljepsi autohtoni suvenir, izraduje se sivanjem, a koristi se kao samostalni ukras ili dio odjece.

Grad Pag obiluje kulturno-povijesnim spomenicima. Najznacajnije gradevine su Zborna crkva Marijinog Uznesenja, Knezev dvor i kula Skrivanat - jedina preostala od devet kula koje su, zajedno s bedemima, nekada okruzivale grad. Osim navedenih gradevina mozete razgledati crkve sv. Jurja, sv.Frane, samostan sv. Margarite i magazine soli. Arheolosko podrucje Stari grad s crkvom sv.Marije i ostacima akropole udaljeno je samo kilometar od gradske jezgre.

Grad Pag je grad morske soli. Zbog njene vaznosti u 15. stoljecu nastao je Pag kao planski i plansko utvrdeni grad, koji pri obilasku pruza poseban osjecaj. Grad Pag je i grad rukotvorina poznate paske cipke koja se njeguje kroz stoljeca, svaka je zaseban unikat, a taj spori i naporni rucni rad zivi i danas na ulicicama starog grada. Povijesno-kulturno najzanimljivije mjesto na Pagu grad Pag nije i najstarije mjesto na otoku. Kilometar juznije nalaze se ostaci naselja (utvrdeni samostan i crkva) koje je prethodilo danasnjem gradu Pagu - Stari grad Pag.

Pag's lace

The town of Pag, founded in 1443, had been planned symmetrically according to the principles of Mediterranean urbanism with the main square and a net of parallel streets. A part of this harmony is transferred in the needle work of the women of Pag. The unique beauty of the lace tells a story about the island of its origin, and the centuries' long wish of its people to preserve this beauty.

The lace of Pag, sewed by needle, traces its origins from the needlework of the eastern Mediterranean. Its quality equally matches the quality of the needlework of the neighbouring countries.

The first real lace emerged in Renaissance. That is the time when polychrome mediaeval colouring in art was replaced with the new kind of beauty, characterised by a simple, white pattern. Original lace sewn with a needle has always been strictly geometrically shaped. One of the basic shapes, seen on the folk costume, is RETIČELA. The name actually refers to the rectangular area in the linen , filled with fine lines resembling spider's net, that serve as a base for sewing desired motives using stitch called OBAMETA.

Pag's women call this kind of needlework- "paški teg" – meaning "women's needlework". It is found on the front side of shirts and on the shorter sides of POKRIVACA – women's head scarf. "Paški teg" has been made without written drafts. Women would just have to glance at the work of their mothers and grandmothers to be able to make one of their own. This was a long, precise and hard work which demanded patience, sharp sight and always steady and clean hands.

At the beginning of the 20th century, under the influence of the lace making school in Pag, the lace ceased to exist as a part of the linen and became independent. Since then, up till now, women have sewn mostly doilies of different sizes and shapes, beddings, altar covers and decorative handkerchiefs. It is also known that many new creations are being born thanks to the lace makers that, we might say, genetically carry some elements in their memory. Ethereal in its visual concept and firm in its rendering, this lace seems like transmitting to the world some part of the rocky ground of its origin. It speaks of the continuity of life on this island, of the identity of the Croatian man who has been living with it throughout the centuries.