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Model of vuzmica – Easter bonfire
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Vuzmica and huta (bajta) - model
• Model of vuzmica (Easter bonfire) and huta
(an improvised hut for bonfire guards, usually built near
the bonfire)
• Material and technique: the bonfire is made of wood and the hut of straw and maize stalks
• Originating from: 1998
• Authors: Pupils of the Secondary Economic School in Križevci made the model to be put on exhibition organized within the action aiming to exchange seeds of old sorts and donated it to the Križevci Municipal Museum after the exhibition.
•Dimensions: height of the vuzmica model - 110
cm
• Vuzmica is an Easter custom in the Križevci
area, especially in villages of the Kalnik area, where
the tradition of bonfires is still very much alive. Material
used for it (construction pillars and pieces of wood to
be piled within the construction frame) is gathered by
the local men throughout Holy Week. The pile grows bigger
as the week closes and it becomes necessary to build a
small hut (huta or bajta). Vuzmica
is lit early on Easter morning and the villagers gather
around it to eat, drink and sing. Bonfires can sometimes
reach up to 20 metres. |
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