WHAT YOU CAN SEE
IN THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL OPEN-AIR MUSEUM "ETAR"
IN THE YEAR 2003

   PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

- Town lifestyle from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century - Sakov's house II floor
- "National costumes" - Pottery workshop II floor
- "Lasar Donkov - cabinet" - Copper workshop II floor
- "Craftsmen's dwellings" - Leather workshop, wagon workshop and workshop for musical instruments - II floors

February

Exhibition "Vine-growing and Wine-production in the Bulgarian Lands"
by the National Agricultural Museum -Sofia

12.02.2003

in the exhibition hall
March

Exhibition "March Ritualism"

01.03.2003

in the lobby of the Hotel "Strannopriemnitsa"
 

The Annunciation Day
restoration of traditional rites on museum territory

25.03.2003

 
April

Celebrations of St.Lasar's day and Palm Sunday
young folk groups present traditional spring maiden's customs "Lazaruvane" and Kumichene"

19.04.2003

 
 

"ETARA - DREAM, TRADITION, SUCCESSION"
exhibition

22.04.2003

 
 

Great Thursday
Paining on Easter eggs in museum exposition

24.04.2003

 
May

St.George's Day
- folklore performances, round dances
- Restoration of old customs

04.05.2003

 
 

Exhibition "Ritual Breads from Gabrovo region"

04.05.2003

 
 

Competition for children's painting

18.05.2003

 
June

Enjov's day (vernal equinox) or Midsummer Day
- Folklore program in open air
- Restoration of old customs
- Competition for making St.Enyo's Wreaths and maiden's bunches

22.06.2003

 
 

Exhibition "Herbs and Herbal Products by National Park"Central Balkan Range"

22.06.2003

 
 

St.Peter's Day
restoration: making of "White man" (traditional milk food)

29.06.2003

 
July

Author's exhibition-paintings of Tsvetan Kolev

02.07.2003

 
 

St. Prokopi-the Bee-keeper
Apiarian exhibition

08.07.2003

 
 

St. Elija's Day
Restoration of summer customs for rain

20.07.2003

 
August

Bazaar-exhibition - pottery
Artist Veselin Damyanov

05.08.2003

 
 

Virgin Mary's Day
Folklore concert

15.08.2003

 
September

Traditional Autumn Fair of Folk Crafts

05.09.2003
07.09.2003

 
 

Bazaar-exhibition of masters working with wood from Karlovo

05.09.2003

 
October

Exhibition "Donors of Etara"

 

 
 

National ethnographic conference "Folk Culture of the Mountaineers"

 

 
November

Exhibition "Traditional Crafts"

 

 
December

St.Spiridon's day
patron's holiday of master craftsmen

12.12.2003

 
 

Exhibition "Christmas rites"

 

in the lobby of the hotel