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Shrovetide custom in Drežnica and Drežniške Ravne

Element in the Register of the intangible cultural heritage: 
2-00007: Shrovetide custom in Drežnica and Drežniške Ravne
Date of inscription: 
26/04/2012
Domain: 
Social practices, rituals and festive events
Subdomains: 
annual customs
Keywords: 
making masks
masking
Shrovetide
Shrovetide custom in Drežnica and Drežniške Ravne. Photo: M. Špiček, 2009

These rituals and events take place at Shrovetide in Drežnica and Drežniške Ravne, on Jezerca and in Magozd. The main figures involved are “the ugly ones”, who chase youngsters and cover them with ashes, and “the beautiful ones’, who visit homes to receive gifts and to dance.

The bearers of the element of the intangible cultural heritage are (2): 

1. Boys Community from Drežnica,

2. Boys Community from Drežniške Ravne.

Boys Community from Drežnica. Photo: M. Špiček, 2009
Boys Community from Drežniške Ravne. Photo: K. Bric Fon, 2011
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Shrovetide in Drežniške Ravne.
Drežniške Ravne, 2010.
Editor of the series Naško Križnar, filming Nadja Valentinčič Furlan, editing Miha Peče, produced by the Institute of Slovenian ethnology affiliated at the Scientific research centre of the Slovene academy of sciences and arts, Coordinator of the protection of intangible cultural heritage 2008-2010, 2010, 9 min.