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Shrovetide custom in Cerkno

Element in the Register of the intangible cultural heritage: 
2-00002: Shrovetide custom in Cerkno
Date of inscription: 
09/02/2012

Below you can find a short description of an element listed in the Slovene Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Domain: 
Social practices, rituals and festive events
Subdomains: 
annual customs
Keywords: 
making masks
masking
Shrovetide
Shrovetide custom in Cerkno. Photo: M. Špiček, 2009

Cerkljanska laufarija is a traditional carnival custom in Cerkno, featuring characters called Laufarji with distinctive wooden masks. It includes door-to-door visits, a Sunday parade through the streets, the reading of an indictment against the Pust, the search for a wooden mallet, and the execution of the Pust on Shrove Tuesday.

The bearer of the element of the intangible cultural heritage is (1):

1. Laufarija Cerkno Society.

Laufarija Cerkno Society. Photo: M. Špiček, 2009

The Shrovetide custom in Cerkno has been declared a living masterpiece of national significance.

Laufarija, a shrovetide carnival in Cerkno.
Cerkno, 2012.
Filming and editing by Nadja Valentinčič Furlan, translated by David Limon, produced by the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Coordinator for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2016, 10,5 minutes.