Turistička zajednica Baranje - Baranja Tourist Board

Baranja - ''Sklad Sunca, čovjeka i vina''

Karta Baranje: http://www.karte.com.hr/baranja/
Obrubljena Dravom i Dunavom i podijeljena hrvatsko-mađarskom državnom granicom, na istoku začarana močvarom, na jugu i jugozapadu zaštićena riječnim rukavcima, a na sjeveru i sjeverozapadu otvorena za povezivanje vinskim cestama i puteljcima - Baranja je danas i dalje vrlo zatvorena, gotovo izolirana i mističnija nego ikada prije. Unatoč obnovi starih mostova i izgradnji potpuno novih, bez obzira što je prošarana s nekoliko međunarodno važnih prometnih pravaca i što je sve zanimljivija turistička destinacija - Baranja danas uspijeva biti posebnom jer ljudi ondje ljubomorno čuvaju vlastite egzistencijalne tajne.
Najizravnije i najkonkretnije baš oni pamte priče starije nego što su njihove obitelji, tajne o životu i preživljavanju, o ljubavi i umiranju, vinima, ljutim papričicama, specifičnom ribolovu, svadbama, bušama, pudarinama, šćetkanicama, paunićima, slamnjačama i kandilama. Zahvaljujući toj još uvijek postojećoj etnografskoj čaroliji, koju je moguće iščitavati s lica mještana u naseljima izvan glavnih cesta, Baranja uspijeva privlačiti, ali nikada se ne otkriva do kraja.


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Bordered by the Drava and the Danube rivers and divided by Croatian-Hungarian state border, in the east charmed by a swamp, in the south and southeast sheltered by mouths of the river and in the north and northeast open for connection via wine roads and paths – Baranja is even today quite closed, almost secluded, more mystical than ever before. Despite old bridges having been renovated and new ones being built, regardless of the fact that it is dappled with several international road routes and that it is becoming an ever more interesting tourist destination – at this day Baranja manages to preserve a unique note since its people jealously keep their existential secrets. They strongly and clearly remember the tales older than their own families, secrets of life and survival, of love and dying, wines, hot peppers, special kind of fishing, weddings, buše (traditional masks from Baranja), pudarine (guarding ripening grapes), paunići (embroidered motifs of small peacocks on traditional folk costumes), slamnjače (straw beds) and i kandile (hanging candles). Owing to this still existent ethnographic magic which can be read from the faces of people living outside main roads, Baranja is capable of attracting, yet never revealing itself to the fullest.