Original scientific paper
THE MARDI GRAS OF KRIVI PUT AND SENJ CARNIVAL Inclusion of people from Krivi Put into masked pageants
NEVENA ŠKRBIĆ ALEMPIJEVIĆ
Abstract
Based on the example of mačkaranih (masked) pageants and Senj winter and summer carnival, the author analysed the symbolical differentiation between the inhabitants of the urban centre and their ‘rural others’ and described the carnival practice of the region of Senj. At the same time, she indicated that within the city carnival events a space for the performance of Coastal-Bunjevci traditional practice was created. Namely, simultaneously with less common masked pageants in the mountain surroundings, Senj’s carnival became the centre at which people from Krivi Put also gathered. The participation of people from Krivi Put in Senj carnivals, can be followed from many points of view. One of them is the cultural practice of the Bunjevci emigrants who live permanently in Senj. For them Senj’s carnivals became a characteristic of their new local identification and interaction with the surroundings which they make a part of today. Alongside this, they bring distinctive elements of former Krivi Put masked pageants and they fit into the city parades, expressing their connection with the community of Krivi Put despite their physical absence. The author’s second research focused on those people of Krivi Put who come from their villages to the city on a regular basis. In this way they transform Senj’s winter and summer carnivals into events which have an outstanding place in the annual calendar of events of the Coastal Bunjevci. The inclusion of people from Krivi Put into today’s Senj carnival parades was explained through the case study of example form of Grga Prpić Miškec from Gorica.
Keywords
carnival; Hardi gran; Senj; Krivi Put
Hrčak ID:
17746
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Publication date:
29.12.2006.
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