Fifth season: ethnographic representation of the carnival in Kaštela

Rad se bavi istraživanjem tradicije i običaja vezanih uz Donjokaštelanski krnjeval. Cilj je ovoga rada utvrditi što karneval čini značajnim za Kaštelu i njezine stanovnike, što se može iščitati kroz prakse prisutne u karnevalskim povorkama, na koji je način politika povezana s karnevalom te koliku važnost karneval ima za lokalnu zajednicu. Teorijski dio rada usredotočen je na podrijetlo i značenje karnevala, preteče karnevala, vrste karnevala te povijest karnevala. Metodologija rada sastoji se od istraživačkih metoda promatranja sa sudjelovanjem i polustukturiranih intervjua. Rad se temelji na karnevalskim događanjima 2020. godine. Analiziraju se razna pokladna događanja kao i njihova uloga prenošenja određenih značenja i poruka.The paper deals with the research of traditions and customs related to Donjokaštelanski krnjeval. The aim of this paper is to determine what makes the carnival important for Kaštela and the inhabitants of that town, what can be read through the practices present in the carnival processions, how politics is related to the carnival and how important the carnival is for the local community. The theoretical part of the paper focuses on the origin and meaning of carnival, the forerunner of carnival, types of carnival and the history of carnival. The methodology of the work consists of research methods of participatory observation and semi structured interviews. The work is based on the carnival events of 2020. Various carnival events are analyzed as well as their role in conveying certain meanings and messages