KRK

na kraju koji se zove “bed”.
U davnoj dalekoj starini,
koje se ve} gotovo nitko i ne
sje}a, vele da je “bed” ple{u}i
poskakivao i ~inio sve da na
sebe privu~e pogled neke zle
sile kako ona ne bi mogla
na{koditi djevojkama i `enama.
Ova igra je zapo~ela jo{
u vrijeme kada se zlo tuma-
~ilo kao prirodna ~injenica i
kada je ~ovjek vjerovao u sebe
i svoju zada}u da o~uva i
unaprijedi svijet. Pradavnim
obi~ajem predajnih pona{anja
i mesopusnom igrom s
magijskim smislom preru{avanja
u staro i ru`no s istaknutim
obilje`jima snage i
za{tite ~ovjek je vodio bitku
protiv zlih i nepoznatih sila.
Za mesopusta se na Krku
babanalo, {krabanalo, ma{karalo,
ali tada se i najvi{e
`enilo, tancalo i veselilo kao
nikad u jednoj godini. U
svim selima i ka{telima
otoka za mesopust su se nekada tancali samo starinski
tanci uz sopele dok se u gradu Krku odr`avao ples na
Veloj placi uz gradsku glazbu s gra|anskim plesovima
koji su upravnim, poslovnim i trgova~kim putem stizali
iz Venecije, Furlanije i {irega susjedstva. Zadnjeg
~etvrtka mesopusta na ulicama grada Krka odr`avale
su se neke vrste toreovskih igara, u kojima su se
najhrabriji Kr~ani naganjali s bikovima, za {to je
svake godine jedan ka{tel morao dati tri bika.
This dance was begun at
the time when evil was
explained as a natural fact
and when man had faith in
himself and his task to preserve
and improve the
world. With the ancient
custom of traditional
behavior and carnival play
with the magical meaning
of disguising into old and
ugly with prominent features
of strength and protection,
man fought a battle
against evil and unknown
forces. During carnival time,
on Krk people masked themselves,
but also married,
danced and rejoiced as during
no other time of the
year. During carnival in all
the villages and castles of
the island only the old
dances were danced to the
music of sopelas, while in
the town of Krk a dance was
held on the main square to
the municipal music with bourgeois dances which
arrived through administrative, business and commercial
routes from Venice, Friuli and wider neighborhood.
On the last Thursday of the carnival, on the streets of
the town of Krk a kind of bull fighting games were
held in which the most courageous residents of Krk
ran with the bulls for which purpose each year one
castle had to provide three bulls. Entertainment, play,
fun and debauchery have always been a certain part of
Podizanje karnevalske zastave i povorka ma{kara u Krku
The raising of the carnival flag and a carnival procession in Krk
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