27 June - 3 July
Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv

Welcome to the opening of the XIV edition of the Week of Traditional Crafts on June 28 at 12.00 in the Regional Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the Revival yard of the museum will again be variegated with colors and come alive with noise and songs, and the masters of old crafts will again be our guests.

We hope to "resurrect" this long-gone time again and to feel the spirit of the old Plovdiv bazaar. During the week the masters will demonstrate their skills, will train young and old, will offer buyers their handmade products.
As with any meeting between friends, we must not miss the fact that along with the work goes the fun. That is why on June 29 we will celebrate St. Peter's Day together, and according to an old Bulgarian custom there will be music and dancing throughout the week, wonderful people will be wailing among the boxwoods in the yard.

In this edition of Master Week, the focus will be on the overflow or play of colors, which we will try to illustrate with three radically different activities, such as felting wool, blowing glass and writing Easter eggs.

Opening: June 28, 2022 at 12.00.
Location: the picturesque yard of REM - Plovdiv
Duration: June 27 - July 3, 2022

During the week, various crafts will be presented to see not only the work, but also the people who, despite the difficulties, continue to work and carry the spirit of tradition. We will give visitors the opportunity to feel the magic that materializes masterpieces into unique works and turns the craftsman into an artist.

According to an old Bulgarian custom, there will be music and dancing throughout the week, there will be wonderful people among the boxwoods in the yard, there will be surprises with which the craftsmen will remember their visit to the Regional Ethnographic Museum.

During the week, different crafts will be presented to showcase not only the work, but also the people who despite the difficulties continue to work and carry on the spirit of tradition. We will give visitors the opportunity to feel the magic that materializes the craftsman's ideas into unique works and turns the craftsman into an artist.

According to an old Bulgarian custom, there will be music and dancing throughout the week, there will be dancing in the museum courtyard, and there will be surprises for the craftsmen to remember their visit to the Regional Ethnographic Museum.

PROGRAM:

June 27, 2022 (Monday)

Arrival and accommodation of the craftsmen in the yard of the museum

June 28, 2022 (Tuesday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

12.00 Official opening of the 14th edition of the Week of Traditional Crafts

Performance of the Folklore Dance Ensemble "Iglika" with artistic director Ventsislava Elenska

June 29, 2022 (Wednesday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

11.00 Presentation of the lesson of writing eggs and master Svetla Rakshieva

Performance of the Folklore Dance Ensemble "Iglika" with artistic director Ventsislava Elenska

12.00 Restoration of St. Peter's Day customs

June 30, 2022 (Thursday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

11.00 Presentation of the craft glassblowing and master Ivan Stanev

Performance of the Folklore Dance Ensemble "Iglika" with artistic director Ventsislava Elenska

July 1, 2022 (Friday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

11.00 Presentation of the craft felting and master Spaska Georgakeva

July 2, 2022 (Saturday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

July 3, 2022 (Sunday)

9.00 am - 6.00 pm Demonstrations, training, bazaar

A surprise game awaits all children who visited the museum during the week!

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