News Feature

Pag to stage winter carnival

01 December 2008

The northern Dalmatian island of Pag, which has a city of the same name, will host the annual Pag Winter Carnival between January and February next year.

People from the area dress up as characters for the event, with the principal act of the carnival being the story of a female slave character called Robinja.

The woman is played by a man wearing a neckerchief and accompanied by two young boys, a salesman, a musician and other characters from the time of Turkish rule.

Participants form a crowd in front of the parish priest's house or in the main square and when the group comes together the performance begins.

The plot involves the selling of the female slave and the characters on opposing sides argue about and recount past events before the crowd shrinks and the slave escapes.

Kastav in Croatia will also host its annual carnival in January next year, which will attract tourists and natives to join in the celebrations.

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