Za križen
Croatian Roman Catholic night procession / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Za križen [za kriʒen] (local vernacular Croatian for "Following the Cross") is a night procession that happens every Maundy Thursday on the island of Hvar, Croatia. The event has centuries of tradition and is included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[1]
Za križen | |
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Date(s) | Maundy Thursday |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Hvar, Croatia |
Procession Za Križen ('following the cross') on the island of Hvar | |
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Country | Croatia |
Reference | 00242 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 2009 (4th session) |
List | Representative |
They go through the towns: Svirče, Vrbanj, Vrboska, Jelsa, Pitve and Vrisnik
The procession is a unique ceremony of a special piety, and an expression of a religious and cultural identity of the inhabitants of the middle part of the island of Hvar that has been held for five centuries. Their 8-hour duration, in which everyone passes 25 km is also notable, as is its stress for its passion play content. The backbone of the procession is the Gospin plač [ɡospin platʃ] (English: Weeping of the Lady), octosyllabic Passion text from the 15th century that in the form of music Dialog sing chosen singers, kantaduri[2] [kantaduri].