Making gingerbread

Element in the Register of the intangible cultural heritage: 
2-00064: Making gingerbread
Date of inscription: 
17/05/2018
Domain: 
Economic Knowledge and Skills
Subdomains: 
arts and craftsmanship
food
Keywords: 
honey bread making
Selling of gingerbread. Photo: A. Jerin, 2015

Making gingerbread is a traditional craft connected with the production and sale of gingerbread (lect), a decorated pastry made from honey dough, which is baked in tin moulds to make various shapes and figures. It can be connected with the production of honey products and candle-making.

The bearers of the element of the intangible cultural heritage are (3): 

1. Perger 1757, Medičarstvo, lectarstvo in svečarstvo d.o.o., 

2. Jože Andrejaš, s. p., Muzej, lectarska delavnica, gostilna in penzion Lectar, 

3. Medičarstvo Celec, Gregor Celec s.p.. 

Perger 1757, Medičarstvo, lectarstvo in svečarstvo d.o.o. Photo: T. Jeseničnik, 2016
Jože Andrejaš, s. p., Muzej, lectarska delavnica, gostilna in penzion Lectar. Photo: M. Kambič, 2013
Medičarstvo Celec, Gregor Celec s.p.. Photo: A. Jerin, 2023

Beekeeping
Filming and editing Jernej Auguštin, production Real Frame, coproduction Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Coordinator for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Slovenian Beekeepers' Association, 2021, 9 minutes.