【欧洲·克罗地亚】瓦尔岛的“跟随十字架”游行 Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar（2009年）

在基督教复活节前的蒙迪星期四举行弥撒后，克罗地亚南部哈瓦尔岛达尔马提亚岛上的六个村庄中的每一个都派出了一个小组，该小组将在八小时内穿过其他村庄，覆盖25公里，然后返回家园。在这个社区里，每一个由Za Krizen（“跟随十字架”）组织的游行队伍都由一个赤脚或穿着袜子走路的十字架手带领，从不休息。十字架持有者以前是从宗教兄弟会中挑选出来的，现在是通过提前20年注册的方式挑选出来的，他们拥有一个非常理想和受人尊敬的职位，反映了个人持有者及其家人的奉献精神。紧随其后的是两位手持烛台的朋友和其他手持蜡烛和灯笼的人，五位合唱歌手在沿途的几个地方唱圣母玛利亚的悼词，还有许多来自克罗地亚和国外的各个年龄段的崇拜者穿着宗教兄弟会的束腰外衣。游行队伍受到其他五个村庄牧师的欢迎，然后回家；持十字架的人跑完最后一百米去接受他家牧师的祝福。作为Hvar宗教和文化身份的一个长期存在且不可分割的组成部分，游行将该岛的各个社区相互联系起来，并与世界天主教社区联系起来。

2009年度列入人类非物质文化遗产名录。

来源：联合国教科文组织亚太地区非物质文化遗产国际培训中心

After mass on Maundy Thursday before the Christian holiday of Easter, each of six villages on the Dalmatian island of Hvar in southern Croatia sends out a group that will proceed through the other villages in a circle, covering twenty-five kilometres in eight hours before returning home. Each party in this community-organized Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) procession is led by a cross-bearer who walks barefoot or in socks, never resting. The cross-bearer, formerly selected from among religious brotherhoods and today chosen by registration up to twenty years in advance, has a much-desired and respected position, reflecting the devotion of the individual bearer and his family. He is followed by two friends with candelabra and others carrying candles and lanterns, five choral singers who sing the Lamentation of the Virgin Mary at several points along the way, and many worshippers of all ages from Croatia and abroad wearing the tunics of religious brotherhoods. The procession is greeted by the priests of each of the other five villages and returns home; the cross-bearer runs the last hundred metres to receive the blessing of his home priest. A long-established and inalienable part of Hvar religious and cultural identity, the procession connects the communities of the island to each other and to the world Catholic community.

Included in the list of human intangible cultural heritage in 2009.

Source: UNESCO International Training Center for intangible cultural heritage in the Asia Pacific Region