【欧洲·克罗地亚】Gorjani 的春季王后游行 Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani（2009年）

克罗地亚东北部的斯拉沃尼亚地区，Gorjani村的女孩子每年春天都举行王后游行表演。村庄中的年轻女孩子被分成十个国王（kraljevi），她们戴着马刀和男帽，以及大约五名王后（kraljice），王后戴着新娘一样的白色花环头饰。圣灵降临节（基督教的节日）那天，她们挨家挨户地行进，为遇到的人家表演。国王跳马刀舞，同时王后在歌唱中评论舞蹈。然后这户人家加入到舞蹈中，为女孩子们提供点心，之后她们继续行进到另一家。第二天，表演队伍走访临近的镇子或村庄，然后回到其中一名表演者的家中摆筵席聚餐。整个社团，包括小学、教堂和镇上许多家庭，都参与到游行的准备中，这也使女性参与者感到非常自豪。尽管仪式的意义和起源是不确定的，村民们依然把它看作Gorjani村的一种象征，也看作展现他们的孩子们的美丽和优雅的舞台。

In the Slavonia region of northeastern Croatia, girls in the village of Gorjani perform a queen parade every spring. The young girls in the village are divided into 10 Kraljevi, wearing machetes and men’s hats, and about five Kraljice. The Queen wears a white wreath headdress like a bride. On the day of Pentecost (The Christian festival), they march from house to house to perform for the people they meet. The King dances the saber, while the Queen comments on the dance in her singing. The family then join the dance to provide refreshments for the girls, after which they continue to march to another family. The next day, the team visits the nearby town or village and then returns to the home of one of the performers to have a feast for dinner. The participation of the entire community, including primary schools, churches and many families in the town, in the preparation of the March, also makes female participants very proud. Although the significance and origins of the ceremony are uncertain, the villagers still see it as a symbol of the village of Gorjani and as a stage to show the beauty and elegance of their children.