Kurent Pins and Buttons

Description: Kurent, the most iconic carnival mask from my home country Slovenia. But the mask is part of Slavic mythology. A spring-bringing demon of fertility that scares away winter with its dance.

Description: Tiny Kurent hiding. Kurent or Korant is the best-known and most popular traditional carnival character in Slovenia. Its origins are rather mysterious and shrouded in centuries of secrecy. It has been associated with Slavic, Illyrian, Celtic and Greek and Roman mythology. Kurent’s mission can be traced to the symbolism of natural phenomena, the anticipation of spring and Ancient Roman rituals resembling Carnival traditions.

Description: Hello from the snow! Kurent Slovenian ethnologic creature.