Kurent Costume

Kurentovanje is one of Slovenia's most ethnologically significant carnival events. The 10-day rite of spring and fertility is celebrated on Shrove Sunday in Ptuj. Its main figure, known as Kurent, was seen as an extravagant god of unrestrained pleasure and hedonism in early Slavic customs. In today's festival, groups of kurents, or kurenti, wear sheepskin garments while holding wooden clubs with hedgehog skins attached, called ježevke, the noise of which is believed to chase away winter.

Kurent costume coat, worn with costume parts 3272/1, 3 and 4.

A long robe made of sheep skin and thick wool, open at front, long sleeved, with no collar. Closes with a cotton tie across the chest. Interior is reinforced along shoulders with orange leather patching. SLANA is written in ink across interior shoulders.