Post a traditional festivity of your town or city where u are from.

[Beowulf]

I don't know if there is already a thread about this, but if u want you can post a video a photo or a song typical from your town or the place u come from


From my town Vilafranca de Bonany


Festes de la beata

[Sheppey]

It is not specific to my region per se but :

[retfala]

Baranja- northeast Croatia

[gixajo]

[Beowulf]

Baranja- northeast Croatia

Woow!! so u guys have a festivity related with demons too


Here in Mallorca in Sant Antoni every town from the centre of the island have it's own Demons (Dimonis in our language) that start chasing kids with a stick so you must escape from them.

[retfala]

Woow!! so u guys have a festivity related with demons too


Here in Mallorca in Sant Antoni every town from the centre of the island have it's own Demons (Dimonis in our language) that start chasing kids with a stick so you must escape from them.

well, it's a pagan custom, they're called "Bušari"(:
the costumes are from the pre-Slavic period and resemble Alpine ones.
according to ethnologists, people used to dress like that to scare away the winter and evil spirits, but recent historical records say that they dressed like that to frighten the Ottomans from our region as well,
In any case, it remained part of the tradition and under the protection of UNESCO, especially in south Hungary where Croats brought it.

of course we also have religious festivals, we call them "Kirvaj", and every village has its patron Saint, but unfortunately I couldn't find a single video from my town or village.

[Beowulf]

well, it's a pagan custom, they're called "Bušari"(:
the costumes are from the pre-Slavic period, and resemble Alpine ones.
according to ethnologists, people used to dress like that to scare away the winter and evil spirits, but recent historical records say that they dressed like that to frighten the Ottomans from our region as well,
In any case, it remained part of the tradition and under the protection of UNESCO, especially in south Hungary where Croats brought it.

of course we also have religious festivals, we call them "Kirvaj", and every village has its patron Saint, but unfortunately I couldn't find a single video from my town or village.

That's a very interesting history!! Our demons as far as i know along other festivities from here have also Pagan origins and it was christianized.

[retfala]

That's a very interesting history!! Our demons as far as i know along other festivities from here have also Pagan origins and it was christianized.

I believe such pre-Christian customs can be found in many countries.
do you know Krampus? It's part of an Austrian Alpine folklore, and now part of a Christian tradition.
on December the 6th, he is following St. Nicholas to frighten naugthy children. They don't get any candies but twigs instead.
since Habsburg, we have that tradition too (:

[Beowulf]

I believe such pre-Christian customs can be found in many countries.
do you know Krampus? It's part of an Austrian Alpine folklore, and now part of a Christian tradition.
on December the 6th, he is following St. Nicholas to frighten naugthy children. They don't get any candies but twigs instead.
since Habsburg, we have that tradition too (:

Yes i heard about Krampus many times

[Kenshiro]

https://youtu.be/YRgmGlH78zg
It's called Fanoje, the village in the video it's my village of origin, it takes place on saint joseph's day and symbolizes the transition from the cold season to the hot season