New Year carroling in Bohinj

Photo: Tatjana Dolžan Eržen, 2011.

Otepanje is a custom carried out before New Year by masked carol singers in the villages of the Upper Bohinj Valley. They visit every house in the village to wish the families a Happy New Year and receive gifts in return.

Photographs of the bearers

New Year's Carroling in Bohinj.
Stara Fužina, 2012.
Filming and editing Nadja Valentinčič Furlan, produced by Slovene ethnographic museum, Coordinator of the protection of intangible cultural heritage, 2013, 8 min. 

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