# Pust — Krk's Carnival Tradition

> Pust — Krk's carnival celebration in the weeks before Lent — combines pan-Croatian carnival elements with island-specific traditions: masked figures, village processions, ritual burning of effigies, and cathartic pre-Lenten festivity that has continued in various forms across centuries.

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Pust — Krk's carnival celebration in the weeks before Lent — combines pan-Croatian carnival elements with island-specific traditions: masked figures, village processions, ritual burning of effigies, and cathartic pre-Lenten festivity that has continued in various forms across centuries.

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