In national life and customs, the spiritual values of croatian heritage are best preserved and croatian oral literature is an important indicator of traditional culture. In this paper folk tradition and forms of oral literature from Krivodol near Imotski are described. Descriptions and clariffications of certain customs and forms of oral literature that informants are speaking of are added to field recorded tellings of elder residents. Christmas and advent, lenten and Eastern customs as well as customs by which we worship certain saints, everyday customs and songs, traditions, riddles and proverbs preserved in national memory are recorded. Folk customs, which are one of the main subjects of etnological researches, are symbiosis of religious and secular motives and they are always in functional correlation with time and surrounding in which they are performed. Just like everything else in human life, stories and customs are changing and carrying a mark of historical processes. Social, economical, political and religious occasions have an effect on customs, transforming them and changing their meaning. That way, customs from Imotska krajina region are substantially changed and "modernized" in the last few decades, and a lot of them are likely to be forgotten. Even though the art of oral literature can completely be perceived only by direct listening of sayings, it's important to record it accurately and to keep it from oblivion because it is an important characteristic of croatian national identity.