A play on the life of OFM Didak Buntić


The play “Sebet nas I naše djece” about the life of revivalist of Herzegovina OFM Didak Buntić was performed on March 27th in Humac near Ljubuški.

It speaks about the rescue of Herzegovina children from hunger, and was prepared by the members of the Franciscan secular order and the Franciscan youth. The script was written by professor of Croatian language Mirela Lovrić, and most responsible for play’s realisation is OFM Dane Karačić.

Didak Buntić was born near Čitluk in 1871. The people remember him by the construction of the church in Široki Brijeg, bringing literacy to the people, teaching them agriculture, farming ...

After the great drought in 1916., which was devastating in Herzegovina, OFM Didak organized the move of children from Herzegovina and Bosnia to Slavonia where they were received by families that lived there. It is estimated that by this great humanitarian action, around 17,000 children were taken away in one year and saved from certain death.