CULTURAL CALENDER 2004

   PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

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

January

Exhibition "The Masters' Competitions at the "Etara" Museum"

 

 
February

Exhibition "The Wealth of the Museum's Fund"

 

 
March

Exhibition "March Ritual" - 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 in the houses of the craftsmen' street

01.03.2004

in the lobby of the Hotel "Strannopriemnitsa"
 

Exhibition "The Woman in the Eyes of the Painter Nikola Kazakov"-from the fund of the Specialized Museum for Woodcarving and Icon-Painting-Tryavna

01.03.2004

 
 

The Annunciation Day-restoration of olds with children in the museum's territory

25.03.2004

 
April

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

03.04.2004

 
 

Exhibition"Easter Painted Eggs from the Region of Chiprovtsi"
guest: Historical museum-Velingrad

07.04.2004

 
 

Holy Thursday-Painting of Easter eggs with natural dyes-work with children in the houses of the craftsmen street

08.04.2004

 
May

Jeremiah restoration-making of podnitsi-flat earthen baking dishes

01.05.2004

 
 

St. George's Day
- folklore programme
- restoration of rituals, connected with St. George's Day

05.05.2004

 
 

Competition of children' paintings
Exhibition "Donors to the Museum"

18.05.2003

 
June

St.Enyo's Day(Midsummer Day) in the museum
- folklore programme
- restorations of old customs
- competitions
- demonstration of folk curative practices
- bazaar-exhibition of herbal products

20.06.2004

 
 

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

29.06.2004

 
July

Bazaar-exhibition of the master craftsman who won the first prize at the competition during the ETAR Fair of Traditional Crafts(Sept., 2003)

01.07.2004

 
 

St. Prokopii
- The Bee-Master
- National Apicultural Fair

10.07.2004
11.07.2004

 
 

St. Elijah's Day
- restoration of an old summer custom

20.07.2004

 
August

Bazaar-exhibition "Different Kinds of Covering with Kerchiefs and Adornments of Beads". Fashion-show of kerchiefs and head cloths. Author: Stopyan Stoyanov from Dobrich

02.08.2004

 
September

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

04.09.2004
06.09.2004

 
 

40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Ethnographic open-air Museum "Etar"
- Jubilee celebrations(special programme)
- Exhibition "Etara-Past and Present"

07.09.2004

 
October

Exhibition "Tobacco". Guest: National Agricultural Museum, Sofia

 

 
November

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

30.11.2004

 
December

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

12.12.2004

 
 

Christmas rituals-exhibition

 

in the lobby of the hotel