Bell-ringers Parade

This is the only place where one can see the full splendor of the bell-ringers. The noise of ringing bells, the smell of sheepskins, the motley of flowers on hats - and for a moment one senses that the winter season will indeed be gone by tomorrow, yielding its place to springtime. Under the motto "Everything for our usances!", these bell-ringers present the distinguishing qualities of their region and convey in the best way the cultural heritage to the younger generations. In the hours before noon the groups gather in front of the "Štacion" - the railway station on their passage through Matulji during their characteristic parade.

The distinctions between these groups are in pieces of garments they dress in, or in the characteristic bell-ringers' gait and the additional elements they wear. However, they all wear white trousers (some with a red or blue stripe, though some wear jute trousers with sewn on ribbons) and sailor's striped jerseys, sheepskins around the neck or waist, three bells or a single one respectively, head scarf or bandanna. The bell-ringers of Rukavac, Bregi, Brgud, Mučići and Zvoneće wear hats with colorful crepe paper flower decorations, while the bell-ringers of Mune and Žejane wear hats with varicolored strips from the top of the hat to the ground. Only the Halubian bell-ringers wear large beast-like masks instead of hats.