Rounds of the Shrovetide ploughmen
Below you can find a short description of an element listed in the Slovene Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The door-to-door rounds of Shrovetide ploughmen are a Shrovetide custom in northeastern Slovenia. The Shrovetide ploughmen symbolically plow a furrow in the courtyard and sow seeds for a good harvest, while the locals treat and gift them.
The bearers of the element of the intangible cultural heritage are (5):
1. Ethnographic Society Shrovetide Ploughmen Okič,
2. Cultural Ethnographic Society Shrovetide Ploughmen Lancova vas,
3. Cultural Society Alojz Štrafela Markovci – Group Ploughmen,
4. KFD Podlehnik,
5. ED Orači Jablovec.
The Parade of the Shrovetide Ploughmen.
Okič, 2012.
Filming and editing Urh Vrenjak, produced by Kulvizija and Slovene ethnographic museum, Coordinator of the protection of intangible cultural heritage, 2012/13, 9 min.