Püst - Carnevale di Resia

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Once isolated between the Musi mountains to the south and the imposing Canin massif to the east and north, Resia has a very important tradition linked to the Carnival (Püst), whose fundamental element is represented by the dance performed with the typical Resian musical instruments, the cïtira (violin) and the bünkula (cello). Traditional masks are of two types: te lipe bile maškire, the beautiful white masks, with a high hat adorned with colored paper flowers and small rattles, and the babaci/kukaci, the ugly masks. Aren’t you curious? Do you remember the stories your grandmother told you about how masks were made before the festivity? You will be able to participate in a busy calendar of events, nature excursions and dance workshops, as well as the opportunity to taste the typical dishes in the village restaurants and visit the Knife Grinder Museum and the Museum of the People of Val Resia. During the Resian Püst the protagonists become two very particular desserts: the sope and the bujarnik, the latter counted among the typical agri-food products of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Sope is a pancake that in the past, being a substantial dish, was prepared for new mothers. Do you remember the recipe? Well it is prepared with slices of white bread and a batter with eggs, flour, liqueur, sugar and salt, if you want we will help you prepare tasty ones together.

The bujarnik represents a true institution in the valley and is offered in two versions: the one for the Day of the Dead (a loaf wrapped in cabbage leaves and cooked in a wood-fired oven) and the carnival version, a dough made of corn flour and wheat, eggs, sugar, cream, apples and/or pears, dried figs, sultanas, dried fruit, yeast, wild fennel seeds, cinnamon or carob beans.