February has been a short month, but with plenty of things happening here in Slovenia. It was the month of the Pust, a spin off of the Kurrent, an ancient tradition of dressing up to scare off the winter and welcome the spring. Here in Slovenia everyone from children to adults don all manner of costumes and masks and take to the streets to celebrate. Some are huge parties in the big cities, and others are local versions in small villages. I was lucky enough to be at two, one in the capital and another in the small village of Fukovci, in the east.

In Ljubljana there was a massive carnival, but what was more special was the evening when a small group of musicians gathered in Preseren Square to make their own party, where people gathered to join. View the gallery here: Click here for photo gallery

And in the east, in the small village of Fokovci in Prekmurje, a small group of locals gathered together, from young children to rugged farmer types and were pulled from house to house by old tractors where they were welcomed with food and drink. View the gallery here: Click here for photo gallery

In the animal world was the Whiskers cat show: Click here for photo gallery

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Ian Middleton is a freelance travel writer and photographer from the UK. He is the author of three travel narrative books and one travel guide to ancient Ireland, Mysterious World: Ireland. Ian has also written for several magazines, including Mysterious World, backpacker Ireland, Walking World Ireland, Take your car UK and the Slovenia Times newspaper. Ian's photography has been published in Mysterious World: Ireland, Masa Acher magazine, Bradt Travel Guides and the Slovenia Times newspaper. For more information visit his website:
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