Licitar

Licitars (pronounced [lǐtsitaːr]; Croatian: licitarska srca; Slovene: lectova srca) de la nyɔgum are colorfully decorated biscuits ti ba maalԑ ba n la seero sԑba n lagum pa’asԑ Croatia la Slovenia's cultural heritage. Ba de la buuri daalum bɔna Croatian capital Zagreb. Ba tari ba ti ba dԑna la ornamental gift, ba mԑ ni tara bɔ’ɔra Yinԑ fara bii fu nԑra suma san tara lagum magese wuu pɔgedire la Valentine's Day. La kireseto dɔgum daare bii saŋa, Zagreb tiŋa la Christmas tiah n boi square n bi zi’a la tari la festooned la thousands of licitar hearts.
2010 yuuni la puan ti, UNESCO yuum pa’asԑ Gingerbread craft ze’ele Northern Croatia tari paԑ "Representative yu’ura n boi Intangible Cultural Heritage" bɔ’ɔra Croatian culture.

## '''Tuusum La Malema (History and Tradition)'''
Malema wa n kɔ’ɔm dԑna ba ita gee bɔ’ɔra Licitars yԑregera wuu poorum wa16th century yuuni la puan. Licitar maalegɔ, de la *Medičari*, yuum de la sԑla ti ba yuum to’e nu’usiseyi ba yizuto la puan, la ba Licitars, ti poorum ti ba yuum saki ti (licitars yuum de nimmu’ure mԑ gana bouquet of roses bɔ’a). hali zina wa malema de la sԑla ti ba zala ba ti ba tara vom  a select few who covet the art in family secrecy, la ba sɔsi’a ti ba do la maala me pugum kɔ’ɔm tee mԑ. One Licitar duma la puan ayima n to’e ŋmareŋa ti maam maalԑ.

Licitars yuum wa’ana na mԑ wa nyԑ yu’ure la yuum dikԑ n koose bo Marian shrine n boi Marija Bistrica  lԑm(near Zagreb) se’em pilgrims n yuum wa’ana na bise St Mary of Bistrica bɔ’ɔra Assumption bii St Margaret's dabesere la. Gee dagi pu’usegɔ daalum, licitars yuum tã e mԑ ti ba tari kulԑ yire ti a dԑna sԑla ti ba wan tara tiisa ba mԑŋa arduous sore la zuo ta paԑ Zagorje. Licitars' naanԑ wa tari la nimpiilum gee mԑ kelum tara ti ba wan ta’am ta dikԑ pa’alԑ ba yiduma ba san ta lemina.

## '''Ingredients and preparation'''
Licitars maalԑ ze’ele la buuri malema lɔgerɔ puan na ba dɔka sadɔto la ba nyɔke mԑŋa puan. Ba lɔgerɔ wa de la ŋwana naana, (seero, zom, gԑla, ko’om la mɔnɔ sԑba n pugum kɔ’ɔm bɔna la) gee ba maalegɔ bii ba dɔka n yuure. (Dough) la ni dikԑ la dabesa anaasi, gee nyaa ta’am baŋԑ naam ti ba dɔgԑ bii sĩ e gee nyaa basԑ n ti a dikԑ bakwei ayi gee ku’ԑ. Colouring de la sԑla ti ba nyaa ni iŋԑ pa’ase gee nyaa ni pisege ba basԑ ti ba mԑ nyaa ni dikԑ bakwԑi ayi gee ku’ԑ is. Gee ti mԑ nyaa ni maalԑ licitars gee basԑ n ti a ku’ԑ.

Buuri malema puan, Licitars kɔ’ɔm dԑna nu’usi ma’a ti ba tar maala ba (100% handmade) gee nyaa ni maalԑ gee daalԑ ba daalԑdaalԑ, ba ni kelum dikԑ la flowers duma bunpigesi gee dikԑ bisega pa’asԑ. Ba dikԑ seero dough la natural products, ba ta’am dԑna diditika gee ti ba ta’am baŋԑ maalԑ pa’asԑ gee kalum ti ba sԑ ni pugum maalԑ ba’asԑ mԑ.

Licitars kɔ’ɔm dԑna la erroneously n ze’ele bo  gingerbread, gee ba kɔ’ɔm ka ba’am tara ginger.

## '''Modern uses'''
Zina beere wa saŋa, Licitars de la malema n de Croatian la Slovenian souvenirs (gee ti fu mԑ wa ta’am nyԑ ba zi’a woo magese wuu Croatian la Slovenian airports la tourist gift shops duma puan zo’e zo’e), (Christmas tree decorations, wedding favours for guests, business gifts), la many other ornamental tuuma zo’e zo’e, gee yɔ’ɔrɔ kelum bɔna ti fu wan ta’am kelum dikera nɔgerԑ bɔ’ɔra nԑresԑba ti nɔŋԑ.

**See Also**

* Culture of Croatia
* Culture of Slovenia
* Lebkuchen

## '''Viisegɔ Lɔgerɔ'''