CARNIVAL

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CARNIVAL

• LEJA PREZELJ
• ALJA ZAJEC
• 9.C

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Lent is the Christian season of preparation
before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash
Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of
the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior
to Easter (Sundays are not included in the
count).
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CARNIVAL

• Carnival is a festive season which occurs
  immediately before Lent the main events are
  usually during January and February. Carnival
  typically involves a public celebration or parade
  combining some elements of a circus, masque and
  public street party. People often dress up or
  masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an
  overturning of daily life.

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CARNIVAL

• Carnival is a festival traditionally held in
  Roman Catholic. Protestant areas usually do not
  have carnival celebrations. The Brazilian
  Carnaval is one of the best known celebrations
  today, but many cities and regions worldwide
  celebrate with large, popular, and days-long
  events. Carnevale of Venice is also one of the
  best known celebration.

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Although not traditional folk figures, bands of
gypsies have become an integral part of the
carnival parade.
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HISTORY

• Hundred and hundreds of years ago, the followers
  of the Catholic religion in Italy started the
  tradition of holding a wild costume festival
  right before the first day of Lent. Because
  Catholics are not supposed to eat meat during
  Lent, they called their festival, carnevale
  which means to put away the meat. As time
  passed, carnivals in Italy became quite famous
  and in fact the practice spread to France, Spain,
  and all the Catholic countries in Europe. Then as
  the French, Spanish, and Portuguese began to take
  control of the Americas and other parts of the
  world, they brought with them their tradition of
  celebrating carnival.

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CARNIVALS IN SLOVENIA

• The major part of the population, especially the
  young and children in Slovenia, enjoy dressing up
  in ordinary non-ethnic costumes, going to school,
  work, and organized events, where prizes are
  given for the best and most original costumes.
  Costumed children sometimes go from house to
  house asking for treats in an imitation of
  American Halloween.
• The most significant ethonological Carnival
  festival is traditionally held in annually in the
  town of Ptuj.

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• Another town, equal in importance to Ptuj, where
  the carnival tradition is alive is Cerknica. The
  carnival is heralded by a traditional figure
  called "Poganjic" carrying a whip. In the
  carnival procession, organised by the "Pust
  society", a monstrous witch named Uršula is
  driven from Mt. Slivnica, to be burned at the
  stake on Ash Wednesday. Unique to this region is
  a group of dormice, driven by the Devil, and a
  huge fire-breathing dragon. Cerkno and its
  surrounding area is known for the Laufarji,
  carnival figures with artistically carved wooden
  masks.
• At the time of the Carnival, people talk about
  kurenti, pustovi from Drežnica, pozvacin from
  Prekmurje, šelme from Kostanjevica, škoromati
  from Brkini, mackare from Dobrepolje and other
  traditional masks. Every Slovenian region has its
  masks, some old and traditional, others more
  modern. Slovenia is told to be one of the richest
  countries in masks.

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Each year, the prince of the carnival "takes
control" of the city from the mayor for the
duration of the festival. He typically has an
entourage of 40 knights from all over Slovenia,
dressed in folk costumes and masks.
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KURENTOVANJE AND KURENT

• Kurentovanje is a ten day long rite of spring and
  fertility, celebrated in Slovenia. The origins of
  Kurentovanje are not certain, but it is likely
  connected to Slavic paganism. The central figure
  of Kurentovanje are Kurents (Kurenti, singular
  Kurent), who are characteristically dressed in
  sheeps skin and they wear belts or chains that
  hold huge cow bells and handkerchiefs. Mounted on
  top are cow horns and two slender sticks
  decorated with feathers. They wear masks, which
  are richly decorated. Kurent is believed to be an
  ancient god of hedonism. Organized in groups,
  Kurents go through town, from house to house,
  making noise with bells and wooden sticks,
  symbolizing scaring off evil spirits and winter.
  According to legend, they chase away winter with
  their bells and woo spring, but they are also
  famous for chasing girls.

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Kurenti are the most popular carnival figures.
According to legend, they chase away winter with
their bells and woo spring, but they are also
famous for chasing girls.
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