Traces of the Past is a recurrent photo challenge theme on this blog, which runs every month (for a third year now). This month we are doing it in black and white and next month this theme will be tackled in colour. You are free to choose whatever thing, building or place (even a person) that belongs to the past. It maybe a past long forgotten or a past very much present and incorporated into today’s existence.   

For this time I chose to display the cage of shame from Levoča, Slovakia. It dates back to the 16th century and it was used for public shaming, mostly for women who dared to go out unaccompanied after dark. They would be closed in this cage very often at the times of public gatherings, for everyone to see their crime. The public would punish them by name calling, spitting and throwing rotten vegetables or stones.

A sad reminder of a past when women were treated like lower beings. Luckily, today it is only a tourist attraction. They open it at times, and visitors may enter and take bunch of selfies… 

Cage of shame

©Paula Borkovic

This is Black & White Sunday photo challenge. If you want to participate you are supposed to:

• Make a post containing a photo (or photos) of something that comes from the past (it does not have to be a distant past)

• Link to this challenge post

• Leave me your link in the comment section bellow

• Make sure you post before next Sunday 

Don’t forget to check out the entries to this challenge. There are some wonderful examples. Please, click bellow:

https://lignumdraco.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/lignum-draco-and-the-temples-of-doom-5/

https://bushboy.blog/2017/04/09/black-and-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-2/

https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/black-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-y3-04/

https://travelwithintent.com/2017/04/09/traces-of-the-past/

https://teepee12.com/2017/04/09/the-beaver-at-boston-wharf-traces-of-the-past/

https://suejudd.com/2017/04/09/black-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-april-2017/

https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/black-and-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-2

https://dailymusing57.com/2017/04/09/black-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-5/

https://priorhouse.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/traces-of-our-past-azaleas/

https://livingwithmyancestors.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/black-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past/

https://tishfarrell.com/2017/04/10/in-search-of-lost-time-in-eyam-and-an-outbreak-of-plague/

http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.hr/2017/04/traces-of-past.html

https://balance440.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/black-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past/

https://postcardsedge.org/2017/04/10/black-and-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past-the-gate-of-magnificence

https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/black-and-white-sunday-traces-of-the-past

https://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/traces-of-the-past-14

https://restlessjo.me/2017/04/15/six-word-saturday-231/

https://beckybofwinchester.com/2017/04/16/one-word-sunday-arch/