Family activities, guided tours, folk dance performances, and craft workshops will await visitors at the Museum of Ethnography’s autumn festival, taking place from 25 to 27 October in Budapest.
The festival will feature folk music, Matyó folk art, traditions from Átány and Vál, and pastoral culture, the Ethnographic Museum informed on Monday.
During the three-day festival, guided tours of the museum’s new collection exhibition will allow visitors to explore the lives of the Hanti people, learn about the details of the Busójárás festival, and view, among other things, the wardrobe of a woman from Méra, all with the help of curators.
The Matyó Folk Art Association, Liget Dance Academy, and Fricska Dance Ensemble will perform at the event, while the Lajtha Trio will give a concert. Additionally, the Ethnosound jam will take the audience on a musical journey from Morocco to Senegal.
Besides representatives of Matyó traditions, residents of other villages prominently featured in the collection exhibition will also provide insights into local traditions. On 25 October the Bíbor Folk Dance Group from Vál and fourth-grade students from Vajda János Primary School will perform, while on 26 October the Women’s Choir of the Átány Traditional Preservation Association will take the stage.
The craft workshops included in the programme will offer opportunities to make Busó masks, embroider, weave reed, bake gingerbread, paint furniture, carve shepherd’s crooks, and braid whips. Visitors can also learn about Hungarian shepherd dog breeds through a skills demonstration by the Duna–Tisza Hungarian Shepherd Dog Tradition Preserving and Sport Association.
Children will have the chance to learn about the traditions of pastoral life through the story of the shepherd with starry eyes at the Dömötör Day Méta Matinée, narrated by storyteller László Gregus. Other activities for children include playing musical instruments, a drawing hunt, a children’s corner, and interactive opportunities to engage with objects from the collection exhibition, according to the statement.
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