As every year, when the grasslands are blooming, the bees are humming ... Ignalina district. In the village of Stripeikiai, in the Museum of Ancient Beekeeping on August 15. Medpope's end celebration "Ulioja bee"
PROGRAM
13.00 - 13.30 - solemn opening of the celebration, greetings of honorable guests, ceremonies of worship of the deities of Austėja and Bubil with the ensemble of “Čiulbutė”.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - bee products, culinary heritage and folk art works.
12:00 - 17:00 - Craft yards and creative workshops:
News of creative workshops - education of the virtuoso checkerboard artist Egidijus Darulis “Discover the checkers”; Kaunas Military History Club, engaged in the reconstruction of the warfare and lifestyle of the ancient Baltic tribes and the Teutonic Order, will present the armament of that time, armor, talks about the peculiarities of warfare and tactics, those who wish will be able to test armor and weapons live; Egidijus Virbašius, a master of folk instruments at the Academy of Music, will reveal the possibilities of melodic horns and other instruments.
Educator Juventa Mudėnienė with "Austėja and her bee manor" education, gingerbread baking and ancient games with "Utena Museum of Local Lore"; writing wax letters and making stamps with editor Aiste Andriušyte; “Bread Road” education with Daugėliškis region community; minting of the commemorative Medkopio 2020 coin with master Mantas Ališauskas; creative hive painting workshop with painter Nijole Trinkūnienė; education ancient spells and health with ethnologist Rita Balkute, creator of the film "Lithuanian Beliefs and Knowledge about Health"; demonstration mead cooking and tasting with Eriku Augustinavičius, the only mead sommelier in Lithuania; tying grass sculptures (hive weaving) with artist Viktorija Bitinaitė - Stankevičienė; clay bee molding with ceramicist Jolita Bužinskiene; weaving ribbons, weaving bracelets, tasting herbal teas with the famous Breidok family; unraveling the secrets of wood (making insect hotels) with Audrius Grinskis; Demonstration program of the manager of the subsistence farm Monika Šimonėlė “Rumble of the Wheel”; Education of the Lithuanian Young Beekeepers' Association "Discover the bee differently" organization of the battle on the theme of bees.
13.30 - 13.45 Together with the coin's author, the Bank of Lithuania, the artist V. Narutis will present a new collector coin dedicated to drev beekeeping.
13.45 - 14.15 - lecture for the curious “Lithuanian Bee” lecturer chief. researcher dr. Laima Blažytė Čereškienė. GTC Institute of Ecology, Laboratory of Chemical Ecology and Behavior.
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The film "Sengirė" will be presented by director Mindaugas Survila. After the review, he will tell more about the making of the film and the "Sengirė Foundation" established with like-minded people.
15.45 - 16.15 - Honey yard: presentation of a "smart" hive and a honey-flavored novelty "cream honey", a demonstration of honey in a glass honeycomb and a feast of fresh "presidential" bee honey, search for the mother bee with the museum beekeeper Mindaugas Bridijus.
16.00 - 16.30 “Austėjų zūgės 2020” natural photo session / performance with photo artist Adolfas Sinkevičius.
4.30 p.m. - we meet Ieva Narkute and we all embrace our eyes, songs and drown in feelings, as the performer of the 2016 MAMA awards year says.
IMPORTANT
Due to traffic safety, we ask those arriving by car to drive through Ginučiai from the festival - through Kirdeikiai.
The event is partly funded by the Lithuanian Culture Council and the Directorate of Aukštaitija National Park and Labanoras Regional Park.
PS will be photographed and filmed during the event.
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