[HN Gopher] The supernatural sheep of Slovenia's door-to-door ca...
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       The supernatural sheep of Slovenia's door-to-door carnival
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-03-01 05:58 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | verisimi wrote:
       | The carnival has been running since 1960.
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       | Its also on a UNESCO list.
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       | ""In fact, it is a special feeling of power and some kind of
       | supernatural energy," says one participant in a UNESCO video
       | about the festival. "When you put your cap on you somehow go
       | through a certain transformation from the ordinary man to a true
       | Korant [Korent], a supernatural being.""
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       | Your festival doesn't need to go back into the mists of time to
       | be supernatural, I guess...
        
       | foobarian wrote:
       | Shameless plug for the neighbors with a similar fun custom: the
       | "Zvoncari" (the bell-men) [1]. One detail I didn't see on the
       | Slovenian side is "the Devil" which is a single person dressed in
       | all-black, black face paint, and horns to represent the devil,
       | and is supposed to mingle and pretend to cause trouble - push
       | people, hug the onlookers making sure to leave face paint marks,
       | etc.
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvon%C4%8Dari
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       | https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvon%C4%8Dari
        
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