Škoromatija, a Shrovetide custom
Element in the Register of the intangible cultural heritage:
Date of inscription:
25/04/2012
Subdomains:
Škoromatija is a Shrovetide custom on the southern edge of the Brkini hills and around Podgrad. On Shrove Saturday or Sunday škoromati go around the houses collecting gifts and on Ash Wednesday they bury or burn Shrovetide.
The bearers of the element of the intangible cultural heritage are (4):
- Cultural Society Hrušica - Škoromati from Hrušica,
- Škoromati from Ritomeče,
- Cultural Society Podgrad - Section Škoromati,
- Škoromati from Javorje.
Škoromatija, a Shrovetide custom.
Hrušica, 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 minutes.