Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Abstract
Sjeveroistočno od mjesta Baška na otoku Krku nalazi se jedan od najljepših mrgara na našoj obali — svojim oblikom podsjeća na kameni cvijet. Etnološki je važan kao spomen na nekada vrlo zastupljenu tradiciju uzgoja ovaca i koza na otoku Krku. Na Krku ima još ljudi koji se bave ovčarstvom ali ta grana privređivanja polako izumire. Još 1995. godine skupina studenata etnologije i arhitekture pod vodstvom profesora Borisa Morsana i Tome Vinšćaka boravila je na terenskome istraživanju kako bi arhitektonski i fotografski dokumentirala neke od spomenika te pastirske kulture. Tako su kolegice Barbara Čubranić, Aneta Mudronja i Tamara Pungaršek izradile arhitektonski snimak Velog mrgara kojeg donosimo u ovome radu.One of the nicest examples of mrgar (sheep-trap) of the Croatian coast, whose shape reminds of a stone flower, can be found North-East of the town of Baška on the island of Krk. It is best preserved piece of coastal pastoral architecture, making it ethnologically significant. The mrgar is a sort of a sheep-trap, used by shepherds for collecting and catching sheep after the summer pasture period has ended, and can be found on our islands. Veli mrgar is considered to be the most beautiful of them. Today, it represents a memory of Krk\u27s tradition of sheep and goat-breeding, that used to be very rich. Although there are still people on the island of Krk dealing with sheep-breeding, this branch of traditional economy is slowly on the decline. A group of ethnology and architecture students conducted a field work research under the supervision of professors Boris Morsan and Tomo Vinšćak back in 1995, with aim of producing architectural and photo documentation of some examples of pastoral architecture. The authors of the architectural design presented in this paper are Barbara Čubranić, Aneta Mudronja and Tamara Pungaršek
