Picigin

The game calls for agility as there is a lot of jumping and leaping involved in order to reach the ball in certain situations.

The main goal in the most popular variant is to keep ball in the air without it falling in the water for as long as possible.

The most traditional players believe it to be impossible to play picigin anywhere but on the sandy beach of Bačvice in Split, which is considered the game's spiritual home.

There is also a longstanding tradition of playing picigin on New Year's Day regardless of weather conditions, when the sea temperature is rarely above 15 °C.

In June 2008, picigin was pronounced a Croatian immaterial cultural good, for a period of three years, with pending plans for a permanent designation.

[7] Since 2005, the Picigin World Championship (Croatian: Prvenstvo svita u piciginu) is organized every year on Bačvice beach in Split.