CULTURAL CALENDER 2008

   DEMONSTRATIONS OF HOME OCCUPATIONS
   In the summer season /1 May-30 September/ in the houses of the Craftsmen' lane and in the open

   PERMANENT EXPOSITIONS

"Town Style of Living from the End of 19th c. and the Beginning of 20th c." -Sakova House, 2nd floor
"National Costumes" - Pottery Workshop, 2nd floor
"Lazar Donkov-Study" - Coppersmith's Workshop, 2nd fl.
"Craftsmen' Dwellings" - second floors of the houses in the craftsmen street
   Visiting exhibitions from"Etar" museum

March - "Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive" in Art Gallery Rousse
May - Making of Goat's Hair Articles in the Past and Today" - in Historical museum, Sredets
May - Traditional Holidays in Etara"-in the Museum of Medicine, Varna
June - Traditional Holidays in Etara-in Regional Historical Museum, Kardzhali
June - Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive"-in Ethnographic museum, Plovdiv
July - Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive"-in Historical museum, Velingrad
August - Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive"-in Historical museum, Chiprovtsi

JANUARY

Exhibition "Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive"

 
exhibition hall
FEBRUARY

Exhibition "Etara-When the Past Becomes Alive"

 
exhibition hall
MARCH

Exhibition "The Magic of Embroidery ": guest National club "Bulgarian embroidery"

 
exhibition hall
 

Making of "martenitsi" (twined tasseled red and white threads, symbol of spring and health) out of woolen yarn, dyed with natural dyes-work with children

01.03.
in the houses of the craftsmen's street
 

The Annunciation Day - restoration of customs with children

25.03.
11:00 h
in the museum's territory
APRIL

Exhibition "Communion Bread-Bread and Liturgy" - guest: National Ethnographic Institute with Museum, Sofia

 
exhibition hall
 

"Lazaruvane and Kumichene" - restoration of two girls' spring customs, connected with St. Lazar's Day, with the participation of children's folklore groups

19.04.
 
 

Holy Thursday - Painting of Easter eggs with natural dyes-work with children

24.04.
in the houses of the craftsman's street
MAY

Celebrating St. George's Day in the museum
- Folklore programme
- Restoration of rituals, connected with St. George's Day

Exhibition "Communion Bread-Bread and Liturgy" - guest: National Ethnographic Institute with Museum, Sofia

04.05.


in the houses of the craftsman's lane

exhibition hall
 

Children's competition for making of scarecrows

09-16.05.
 
 

Outdoor competition for children's paintings

13-16.05.
 
JUNE

Celebrating St.Enyo's Day(Midsummer Day)
- folklore programme
- competitions
- demonstrations of folk medicinal practices
- bazaar of herbal products

Exhibition "Erotic aged five thousand" - guest: Regional Historical Museum, Rousse and the Museum of Medicine, Varna

22.06.
in the museum






exhibition hall
 

St. Peter's Day - restoration - making of "White Man" -traditional milk food, prepared just on the very day in the past

29.06.
in the houses of the craftsman's street
JULY

Exhibition "Traditional Costumes from Dobrudzha Region" - guest: Regional Historical museum, Dobrich

04.07.
11.30 h.
exhibition hall
 

St. Prokopii - National Apicultural Fair

05-06.07.
on the meadow at the hotel
 

St. Elijah's Day - restoration of an old summer custom for rain "Butterfly and German"

20.07.
 
AUGUST

Bazaar-exhibition "Crochet-works from Plant Materials" - guest: Chamber of Crafts, Plovdiv

07.08.
11.30 h
exhibition hall
SEPTEMBER

International Fair of Traditional Crafts;
folklore programme;
restoration of home occupations

05-07.09
 
 

Exhibition-bazaar "Whittler's Craft " by Georgi Mitsovski, Byala slatina - who won the prize "Silver cow- bell" in the masters' competition in the days of the International Fair of Traditional Crafts' 2007

06.09.
11.30 h
exhibition hall
OCTOBER

Exhibition-bazaar "Gobelins", guest: firm "Bulgarian Gobelins" - Sofia

 
exhibition hall
NOVEMBER

Exhibition-bazaar "Gobelins", guest: firm "Bulgarian Gobelins" - Sofia

 
exhibition hall
 

St. Andrew's Day - Handing out of cooked corn

30.11.
 
DECEMBER

St. Spiridon - patron of all craftsmen (Masters' Day)

12.12.
 
 

Exhibition "Christmas Rituals"

20.12.
in the lobby of the hotel

Records year¦  2002 ¦ 2003 ¦ 2004 ¦ 2005 ¦ 2006 ¦ 2007 ¦
photos from the main street
of the museum
machines driven by water
hand-made
Exhibitions/Restorations of old customs
Programme/calendar, publications, year files
Hotel/interior, info, booking
relationships, landmarks...