The korant is the most popular and most frequently seen traditional carnival image from Ptujsko polje. According to traditional beliefs, the korant is a demon who chased away winter and awakened nature to spring, life and growth. In present times, although it has lost its former mission and function, it still arouses special feelings inpeople: there is still something mysterious and powerful in it.
The coat of arms of the Markovci municipality is a heraldically regular coat of arms, meaning that the symbolism is appropriate and the colour combinations are suitable. It brings together everything that is true for good coats of arms:
it is depicted on a divided shield of the late Gothic style with rounded form, the basic colour of the coat of arms is blue with a yellow (heraldically golden) rim (the colour represents the sky and waters), the field features three main attrib-utes, important signs which each have their own meaning.It is located at the fork in the road from Nova Vas to Bukovci and Stojnci. It is an interesting chapel from 1822 of the closed type, covered with a two-gutter title roof and with two side niches.
The chapel is of the open type, and covered with a twogutter tile roof.
The column is located along the Bukovci-Spuhlja road in the south-western part of village. It is a stone column with three niches and four gutter roof. In the fron-tal niche there is a cross, below it there is a built-in plate bearing an indistinct inscription and the year 1617, when the column was probably erected.
The original St. Mark's Church was built in the sixteenth century; the small church was extended in the seven teenth century and side chapels added. Until 1637 the church was a subsidiary of Saint George's Church in Ptuj, after that it was subordinated to the Church of Saint Oswald until 1789, when the St. Mark became an independent par-ish.