Days of masters 2006 - Program
16th festival of traditional crafts and folk productions featuring presentations of Slovak regional music and meals
This year, the festival takes place on the occasion of the legal holiday of Slovakia - the Constitution Day in the precincts of the Bratislava Castle, under the auspices of the President of the Slovak Republic, Ivan Gašparovič and the mayor of the capital city Bratislava, Andrej Ďurkovský.
The Centre of Folk Art Production, which guarantees the best of the Slovak folk production, traditional handicrafts and folk art, is responsible for the dramaturgy of the festival. Handicrafts, folklore and gastronomic customs of Slovak regions will be presented within this year´s Days of Masters.
Main program
- Live presentation of hand-made production - about 90 craftsmen from Slovakia with a great spectrum of crafts.
- Traditional production and crafts in their contemporary form will be presented by the masters of coopery, pottery, basketry, tinker´s craft and smithery. The visitors can observe the production of troughs, shepherd´s kitchenware, tin and moulded bells, pewter ware, weaving, work with leather, straw knitting.
- Folk art will be represented by textile techniques – needlework and bobbin lace, painting on glass, woodcarving, honey cake decoration, Easter egg decoration (punching, scratching, entwining with thread or wire).
- Producers of music instruments will present their fujaras – shepherd´s flutes, pipes and jew´s harps.
- Stands with information about craftsmen and traditional crafts in Slovakia
- Sale of magazines and publications about handicraft
- Creative workshops for children with lectors from the School of crafts of the Centre of Folk Art Production in Bratislava and Banská Bystrica
- Children can try out the work with natural material and some easier production techniques, e.g. woodcarving, working with potter´s wheel, straw, honey cake decoration, doing bobbin lace, felting, weaving and painting on glass.
- The honorary title Master of folk art production will be conferred to the best producers
On Friday evening, 1. September 2006, the title Master of folk art production will be conferred to six craftsmen. This award for high quality products confers every year the Commission for evaluation of professional capability of folk art producers of the Centre of Folk Art Production. Its members are prominent Slovak ethnographers, visual artists and designers. 335 craftsmen and folk producers from Slovakia were awarded up to now.
Accompanying program
Friday, 1.9.2006
Music scene
10:00 Kuštár Brothers
11:30 Klezmer Band
13:00 Czaldy Waldy Quartet
14:30 Kuštár Brothers
16:00 Czaldy Waldy Quartet
17:15 Klezmer Band
Children´s scene
10:30 Fairy-tale luck (Theatre group Strinkovci)
12:30 One day of the little dog and the little cat (Theatre Happy)
15:30 The brave clown and the knights (Theatre group Strinkovci)
17:00 Friend Bombuľko (Theatre Happy)
Folk art scene
11:00 Music ensemble Vrbovské vŕby
12:15 ÚĽUV
13:45 ÚĽUV
15:00 Music ensemble Vrbovské vŕby
16:45 ÚĽUV
Saturday, 2.9.2006
Music scene
10:00 Hrdza (The Rust)
11:30 Diabolské husle (Diabolic violin)
12:30 Hrdza (The Rust)
13:30 Banda (The Band)
15:30 The Cassidys
16:30 Diabolské husle (Diabolic violin)
17:00 Banda (The Band)
Children´s scene
11:00 The bad king (Miroslav Kasprzyk)
13:00 From faity-tale to fairy-tale (Theatre Happy)
14:30 The bad king (Miroslav Kasprzyk)
16:30 From fairy-tale to fairy-tale (Theatre Happy)
Folk art scene
12:15 ÚĽUV
14:15 ÚĽUV
15:00 ÚĽUV
The highlight of the accompanying program of the Days of Masters will be the performance of the Slovak folk art ensemble (SĽUK) with the program The Dream on Friday, 1. September 2006 at 7.30 p.m.
Entrance free
SĽUK: The Dream (ticket price 100 Sk)
The following institutions took part in the preparation of this year´s Days of Masters at The Castle: Capital city of Bratislava, Centre of Folk Art Production, and Bratislava cultural and information centre.
