Minotaurus, Demons & Beasts
Minotaurus is a demon-halfgod from Greek mythology, mixture breed between a bull & a human. Now, for the 1st time I see a connection between the Greek myth & Croatian carnival tradition.
These shots still manage to amaze me & that's why I'm still posting them to this challenge. I believe they have both artistic & photo quality & value.
These are the bell-carriers from Viškovo, Croatia called "Halubajski zvončari". I post 2 shots from them in my last entry in the challenge.
When I saw this guy in the middle, it made me laugh - such a big guy seems squashed by the other giants & I want to name this one - "Tighten Titan"
There are also black-headed demons in the carnival
When the guys are resting, they put down their head masks & it seems a bit like their heads are cut off in the battle.
They really need to be so terrifying to chase the evil spirits of winter or to scare off the Turkish or Mongolian armies which were invading Croatian territory in the past. In Croatia we say: "Nije svako zlo za zlo.", which means something like: "Not every evil is bad."
I almost posted all I got from this year's bell-carriers parade. After this post there are 2-3 groups left to present. Below you can take a look on previous posts & read about Croatian carnival tradition:
- 1st post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-bell-carriers-from-bregi
- 2nd post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-vukojevci-and-sovinjak
- 3rd post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-frlanija
- 4th post: @careassaktart/this-is-my-entry-for-the-monomad-challenge-looks-like-something-is-wrong
- 5th post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-zejane
- 6th post: @careassaktart/photofeed-contest-street-photography-round-21-small-grown-up-ladies
- 7th post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-cicarija
- 8th post: @careassaktart/photofeed-contest-street-photography-round-26-the-clown
- 9th post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-zamet
- 10th post: @careassaktart/this-is-my-entry-for-the-monomad-challenge-carnival-beasts
- 11th post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-kukuljanovo
- 12th post: @careassaktart/traditional-croatian-carnival-masks-from-veli-brgud
- 13th post: @careassaktart/this-is-my-entry-for-the-monomad-challenge-real-carnival-beasts
- 14th post: @careassaktart/bell-carriers-from-vlahov-breg-and-korensko
- 15th post: @careassaktart/photofeed-contest-street-photography-round-31-carnival-flower-power
This is my entry to #monomad challenge. Thanks @monochromes for keeping up this great photo challenge! You can choose any of the photos from this post as an entry to the contest.
All the upper shots I made with Nikon D800 & Sigma 105 mm 1:2.8 DG Macro HSM lens & for the self-portrait below I used the same camera but different lens - Nikon AF Nikkor 35-70 mm.
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