ZAGREB nike special field air force 1 olive , Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Croatia held the 300th Sinjska Alka tournament, a knightly competition listed on UNESCO' intangible cultural heritage, on Sunday in Sinj, a small town about 400 km south of the capital city of Zagreb.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, several cabinet ministers and other senior officials attended the event.
The tournament, held every first Sunday in August every year in the town of Sinj in southern Croatia since 1717 nike air force 1 flyknit low grey , commemorates a victory on Aug. 14, 1715 by 700 Sinj's defenders against 60,000 Ottoman Turks.
At the competition the Alkars (horsemen) ride at full gallop and aim their 3 metres long lances at Alka, an iron ring hung on a rope above the race track. The one, who collects the highest points through three races is the winner.
The Sinjska Alka tournament was inscribed in UNESCO's world intangible cultural heritage list in 2010.
One day before the tournament, an Alka Museum was opened in Sinj by Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.
Alka Knights Association President puma suede classic black , Stipe Jukic, said the opening of the museum made the dream of generations of Sinj and the region came true. For many years they hoped there was a place for displaying the richness of the Alka tradition.
"This is not just a museum of our history, but also of our future. The museum would promote the cultural tourism and economic development for the region," he said.
The museum, invested 90 million kuna (around 14 million U.S. dollars), covers an area of 700 square meters and shows history of Alka puma suede core platform pink , original costumes, equipment and flags, as well as audiovisual. The special attractions are a life-size display of Alka procession and a scene of battle in Sinj in 1715.
During the event, a 300-page monography of Alka tournament of Sinj, with stories, photos and maps was published.
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Belgium's French-language broadcaster RTBF reported that a gas leak was suspected as the cause of the blast at around 9:30pm (2030 GMT) Monday, though it had yet to be confirmed.
Police said in a statement that 14 people were taken to hospitals, including one in critical condition and five in a serious condition.
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Police said the explosion was not related to terrorism, while Belgium has been on a high state of alert since 16 people were killed in suicide bombings in the capital Brussels in March 2016.
Several buildings either collapsed or were badly damaged in the blast, police said.
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Gadhafi’s son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya’s 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli yesterday puma fenty bow sneakers womens , after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.
Saadi, who had a brief career as a soccer player in Italy and often lived the playboy life during his father’s rule, is the first of Gadhafi’s sons the central government has managed to arrest since the leader was overthrown.
Gadhafi’s more prominent son Saif al-Islam has been held captive by fighters in western Libya who refuse to hand him over to a government they deem too weak to secure and try him.
Eager to close another chapter from the four-decade Gadhafi rule, Tripoli had long been seeking the extradition of Saadi, who had fled to the southern neighbor by slipping over the sub-Saharan border after the uprising.
“The Libyan government received today Saadi Gadhafi and he arrived in Tripoli,” Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s cabinet said in a statement that thanked Niger’s government for its help.
The government said Saadi puma fenty fur slides womens , 40, would be treated according to international law.
Since escaping Libya, he had been held under house arrest in the Niger capital Niamey. Libyan authorities believe he was active from there in fomenting unrest in southern Libyan.
Within an hour of the news of his arrival, a militia on the Libyan state payroll published photographs of an uncomfortable looking Saadi in a blue prison jumpsuit, kneeling while a guard shaved his beard and head with an electric razor.
Libyan state prosecutors are investigating Saadi for crimes in suppressing the eight-month uprising against his father, state news agency LANA said.
Tripoli also wants to try him for allegedly misappropriating property by force and for alleged armed intimidation when he headed the Libyan Football Federation.
Niger sources said Saadi was spirited into Libya on board a Libyan plane overnight puma basket heart denim blue , accompanied by Libyan security agents.
Saadi is not wanted by the International Criminal Court.
(Agencies)
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