Ptuj, Slovenia: Kurentovanje

Person wearing a kurent costume - horns, devil mask with glowing eyes, wool hair - like a sheep's fleece. Gruesome teeth barred - smoke in the background

Shrovetide carnivals like those in Rio de Janeiro, Venice, and New Orleans, need little by way of introduction. They’re well-famous, days-long festivities in the lead-up to Lent (in Slovenia, it’s called Pust), culminating on Shrove Tuesday. Lonely Planet apparently put together a list of the 10 best carnivals in the world. While I have found […]