Kurents are demons chasing winter away and calling spring to the country; <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.ptuj.info/en/see-do/culture-heritage/sightseeing/kurent-2/">https://www.ptuj.info/en/see-do/culture-heritage/sightseeing/kurent-2/</a>. In small groups, they would visit not only houses in their own village but also in neighbouring ones, from Shrove Sunday to Ash Wednesday. On the photo they dance and jump, large bells tied at the waist ring loudly and the Kurents come from the smallest town of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ptuj" title="Ptuj">Ptuj</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>, European Union.
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