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Door-to-door rounds of kurenti

Element in the Register of the intangible cultural heritage: 
2-00006: Door-to-door rounds of kurenti
Date of inscription: 
26/04/2012

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
UNESCO
Photo: Andrej Brence, 2010.

The parade of the imposing masked figures known as kurenti is a Shrovetide custom on the Ptuj and Drava plains, in the Haloze hills and in the Slovenske gorice area. The kurent is the most numerous traditional Shrovetide figure, which it is believed drives away winter and invites spring into the countryside.

The Door-to-door rounds of kurenti were on December 7th 2017 listed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Kulturno društvo folklornih dejavnosti korant Spuhlja. Photo: Marijan Petek, 2011.
Turistično društvo občine Markovci. Photo: Marijan Petek, 2010.
Društvo kurenti Center Ptuj. Photo: Darin Repič, 2007.
Kulturno društvo Rogoznica, sekcija koranti Rogoznica. Photo: Tjaša Oman, 2011.
Etnografsko društvo Kurent. Photo: Aleš Ivančič, 2012.
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Etnografsko društvo Korantov duh Ptuj. Photo: Milan Osterc, 2012.
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Etnografsko društvo Zvonec. Photo: Iztok Kovačec, 2015.
KD Draženci, Sekcija TeDe Korant klub. Photo: Tadej Kmetec, 2011.
Društvo Kurenti Ptuj 1. Photo: Sonja Korošec, 2010.
Društvo koranti Podlehnik. Photo: Sandi Šprah, 2013.
Etnografsko društvo KORANT 94. Photo: Aleksander Mlinarič, 2015.
Turistično društvo Koranti iz Pobrežja. Photo: Peter Šamperl, 2014.
Etnografsko društvo Ježevka. Photo: Marijan Petek, 2009.
Društvo Koranti Grajena. Photo: Milan Klemenc, 2010.
Etnografsko kulturno društvo Veseli korant. Photo: Karl Šauperl, 2012.
Folklorno društvo 'Anton-Jože Štrafela' Markovci pri Ptuju. Photo: Mojca Zemljarič, 2010.

Shrovetide Parade of Kurenti.
Spuhlja, 2012.
Filming and editing Nadja Valentinčič Furlan, produced by Slovene ethnographic museum, Coordinator of the protection of intangible cultural heritage, 2013, 5 min.