10 Reasons You Must Visit Slovenia

6. These Dudes

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, shows Lake Bled in Slovenia with a island and the Church of Our Lady on it. Tucked in the southwestern corner of Slovenia, between Austria and Italy, stands a spectacular landscape: a lush tiny island in the mid
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I fear if I don't include them they will hunt me down and kill me in my sleep. They are the Kurenti, and they are the noisy, hairy beasts you'll see dominating Slovenian towns around carnival time in February. They kinda resemble sheep, I guess, albeit standing up on two feet and dancing around. The whole point of this schtick is to ward off the winter and the evil spirits it brings, and the Kurenti are just the tip of the iceberg. In reality, the carnival time is a good reason to start drinking at 10am in the morning, dance your socks off and possibly just maybe urinate on Rakek train station (sorry Rakek). 

For such a teeny weeny country Slovenia does a fine line in annual events. As I type this the Beer and Flowers festival will be running strong in Laško, Metal Days (formerly METAL CAMP) starts in Tolmin soon, Maribor's Lent Festival has just shut up shop once more and there's all sorts of other celebrations. Music, beer, theatre, food, old clothes, potatoes, dormice, beer again, if it's worth shouting about the Slovenes will have an annual event to do so.

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