Za križen

Za križen

stations of the Cross

Country	Croatia
Ein location	Hvar
Country of origin	Croatia
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00242, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00242, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00242

Za križen [za kriʒen] (local vernacular Croatian for "Dey Follow de Cross") be night procession wey dey happen every Maundy Thursday for de island of Hvar, Croatia. De event get centuries of tradition wey dem include am for de UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists insyd.

Dem dey go thru de towns: Svirče, Vrbanj, Vrboska, Jelsa, Pitve den Vrisnik.

De procession be unique ceremony of special piety, wey ebe expression of religious den cultural identity of de inhabitants of de middle part of de island of Hvar wey dem hold am for five centuries. Dema 8-hour duration, wey everybro dey pass 25 km sanso be notable, as ebe ein stress for ein passion play content. De backbone of de procession be de Gospin plač [ɡospin platʃ] (Ghanaian Pidgin: de Lady wey dey weep), octosyllabic Passion text from de 15th century wey be in de form of music Dialog sing chosen singers, kantaduri [kantaduri].

History of de procession

Emergence of de Procession dey bound to de Crucifix of Sveti križić [sʋeti kriʒitɕ] (Croatian: Holly Little Cross), wey dem dey keep am for de Hvar Cathedral insyd since 1510. Afta na de records for de Archive, Sveti križić insyd dey de care of de house of Nikola Bevilaqua insyd. For de tym of turmoil between de commoners den de nobility for 6 February 1510. Sveti križić start dey bleed. Then for Hvar start de intense worship of de Cross.

De first written record of de procession dey date from 16 February 1658.

For 2009 insyd dem wrep de tradition of de Procession Za križen insyd de UNESCO ein Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage.