The Infinite Depth of the Soul 

The human life cycle is embedded in the time between birth and death, with annual calendar, and familiy holidays. 

Beliefs and customs were associated with these holidays. Customs regulate relationships between individuals and society. Various actions were perfomormed to ward off evil spells, protect, ensure  happiness, health and fertility, ease the passage of the dead to the other world, and improve the lives of the living. 

Belif in the supernatural, which influences human life on earth and in the afterlife for better or worse, is superstition, or šatringe. The oldest layers of such beliefs contain elements of pre-Christian beliefs: in witches, healing spells for the health of adults, children, and livestock, in the power of blessed objects, the power of saints, animals, and plants. 

Visitors can become a pozvačin (traditional character who invites people to weddings) with a decorated hat and an axe, watch the Prlekija and Prekmurje carnival celebrations, and observe with amazement the healing of a child with spells. 

Photo: Tomislav Vrečič