
Each year on September 26 the people of Lastovo celebrate their heavenly patron saints St. Cosmas and St. Damian. At that time the holy mass gathers not only believers from the island but also from all over Dalmatia. A significant number of them come especially for this occasion from overseas countries where they have live since they emigrated back in the 1950s. This is an opportunity to participate with the local people in the mass celebration and procession and folk festivals which are organised and which haven't lost anything of their genuine simplicity and authenticity during the years.
Especially important was the ceremony in September 2010, because a very rare anniversary was celebrated: 700 years of the Lastovo statute. Not many even larger centres can be proud of such historical continuity.