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Samobor Carnival in Samobor
Samobor Carnival, the largest carnival tradition in this part of Croatia, traces its first documented organization to a 1827 request to rent the town hall for a masked ball. Held each February, it features satirical carnival characters, Prince Fasnik, Sraka the magpie, the Judge, and the Fiskal, who preside over mock trials poking fun at the year's events.
A request to rent Samobor's town hall for a masked ball in 1827 marks the first officially recorded organization of what became the Samobor Carnival, now the largest carnival tradition in this part of Croatia, even though informal carnival customs among local people almost certainly predate that specific documented request by generations.