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The \u201cLaufarija\u201d of Cerkno is a carnival custom which originates from pagan rituals and it preserved only in oral tradition.<\/p>\n
The group has 25 characters and 26 masks (one character has two masks). Every \u201claufar\u201d wears \u201clarfa\u201d \u2013 a mask which together with their clothes and behaviour presents a character which symbolises weaknesses of particular social class or local characters. Particular characters go back to pagan times and present the then religions in today\u2019s era.<\/p>\n
All \u201clarfe\u201d, except one, are carved out of linden tree wood. The clothes of separate characters are made especially for them, three \u201cLaufar\u201d characters get new clothes every year.<\/p>\n
Every single year at the square in Cerkno Pust is sentenced to death by \u201cbot\u201d \u2013 a lumberjack mallet. Pust is guilty of everything bad and clumsy that happened nearby or slightly further away. The conviction of Pust is presented as a play in the dialect of Cerkno.<\/p>\n