VIDEO: How carnivals in Croatia were 100 years ago
- by croatiaweek
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Split in 1920 (Image: Screenshot/Hrvatski državni arhiv)
The Croatian State Archives (Hrvatski državni arhiv) offers another bite into the rich Croatian customs and history.
The programme “Under the Masks” focused on the history of masquerade and carnival in Croatia. It consists of four documentary films that offer a rare glimpse into the world of masquerade in Split, Međimurje and Rijeka.
Masquerade (maškare, mesopust, poklade, krnjeval, krnoval, pokladi, pust, fašnjek or fašnik) is based on ancient magic beliefs in exorcising evil forces and winter. It also has an important social significance in Croatia in which social critique was expressed trough ridicule.
(Image: Screenshot/Hrvatski državni arhiv)
The programme Under the Masks featured part of the preserved video footage dealing with the subject.
(Image: Screenshot/Hrvatski državni arhiv)
The film was released on the Croatian State Archives (Hrvatski državni arhiv) YouTube channel as a part of promotion of the Archives’ national film collection.
Watch the video below.
