CULTURAL CALENDER 2007

   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
   DEMONSTRATIONS OF HOME OCCUPATIONS
   In the summer season /1 May-30 September/ at 12:00-15:00 h in the houses of the Craftsmen' lane and in the open

   » Every first Saturday and Sunday of the month - Dyeing with natural dyes
   » Every second Saturday and Sunday of the month - Knitting of articles out of maize leaves
   » Every third Saturday and Sunday of the month - Twisting of ropes
   » Every fourth Saturday and Sunday of the month - Knitting with braids or Shaping of articles on potter's wheel
   Visiting exhibitions from"Etar" museum

April- " Making of Goat's Hair Articles in the Past and Today" - Historical museum, Dobrich
May - "Turnery Trade-Occupation of the Mountaineer from the Central Balkan Range" - Historical museum, Sredets
May-October - "Bulgarian Revival Crafts-Tradition and Modern Times" - Historical museum, Kotel
July - "Making of Goat's Hair Articles in the Past and Today"-National museum of textile industry, Sliven

JANUARY

Exhibition"Traditional Holidays in Etara"

 
exhibition hall
FEBRUARY

Exhibition"Traditional Holidays in Etara"

 
exhibition hall
 

Exhibition "The Language of the Mask" - guest: Historical museum, Stara Zagora

 
 
MARCH

Exhibition"Traditional Holidays in Etara"

 
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
 

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

31.03.
11:30 h
in the museum's territory
APRIL

Exhibition "The White Gold of the Black Sea"-guest: Museum of the Salt, Pomorie

04.04.
exhibition hall
 

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

05.04.
10:00-13:00 h
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 "Armanite (shepherds-nomads) in Bulgaria" guest: Historical museum, Velingrad

06.05.
11:00 h


in the houses of the craftsman's lane


exhibition hall
 

Children's competition for making of scarecrows

11-18.05.
 
 

Outdoor competition for children's paintings

16-18.05.
10.00 h
 
 

St. St. Constantine and Helena - Special Fire-Dances-guest Regional historical museum, Bourgas

21.05.
19.00 h
in the museum's territory
JUNE

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

Exhibition "Folk Medicinal Practices"-guest: History of Medicine Museum, Varna

24-25.06.
11:00 h
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.
11:30 h
in the houses of the craftsman's street
JULY

Exhibition-bazaar "The Crafts in the Region of Shoumen"-guest: The Chamber of Crafts, Shoumen

04.07.
11:30 h
exhibition hall
 

St. Prokopii - The Bee-Keeper
National Apicultural Fair

08.07.
on the meadow at the hotel
 

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

20.07.
11:30 h
 
AUGUST

Bazaar-exhibition "The Coppersmith Trade in the Past and Today" - guest: Historical museum, Haskovo and the master-coppersmith Nikola Nikovski

03.08.
11:30 h
exhibition hall
SEPTEMBER

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

06-09.09.
 
 

Exhibition-bazaar "Wrought Iron" by Lazar Urumov, Plovdiv-who won the prize "Silver cow- bell" in the masters' competition in the days of the International Fair of Traditional Craftsð 2006

07.09.
11:30 h
exhibition hall
OCTOBER

Exhibition "From the museum stock of the Architectural and ethnographic complex Etar"

 
exhibition hall
NOVEMBER

Exhibition "From the museum stock of the Architectural and ethnographic complex Etar"

 
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

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