On the 1st of March at noon at the Open Air Museum of Lithuania in Rumšiškės!
THE TOWN
10 AM-5 PM
- Culinary and national heritage masters and other talented craftsmen fair (Žemaitija roadsides, town entrances, and square)
- Information center (Tabariškės house)
- “House of Reincarnation” – what is forbidden by God (Tabariškės house)
- “Second chance” – exhibition and activity about using household items in mask making (Pušalotas house)
- “Give a second life” – making birds from textiles (County Administration)
- Mardi Gras post – postcards, souvenirs (Post office)
- Masks workshop (Firefighters’ shelter)
- Exhibition of oil paintings by students of Kaunas Art Gymnasium “Mardi Gras” (Firefighters’ shelter)
- “Easy to say, but is it easy to do?” – wooden mask carving with master Viktoras Raibužis and his students (Plungė house)
- “Have you seen a gray goat?” – paper goat workshop, ethnographic dolls, and photo exhibition (Plungė house)
- “Grandma’s goat” – making goats from acorns (Urmininkas house)
- “Fairy Bakery” (Bakery)
- “Horns” treatment – doctor’s recipes (Žeimelis house)
- “Trade” in an interwar store (Žeimelis house)
- Photo studio with masks (Žeimelis house)
- Amber processing and weaving (Spital)
1–2 PM Lecture “Slovak Morena and Lithuanian Morė. A comparative perspective”, to be read by doctoral student Stanislav Gubančok from St. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava (Slovakia). (Tabariškės house)
SAMOGITIA
Noon–3 PM
- Šiauliai district cultural center (CC) Bazilionys branch Kurtuvėnai folklore ensemble “Kurtuove” and Telšiai CC folklore ensemble “Spigėns” (Darbėnai homestead)
- Radviliškis CC folklore ensemble “Aidija” and Vilnius city folklore ensemble “Virvytė” (Gintališkė homestead)
- Plungės CC folklore ensemble “Gondinga” and Telšiai folklore group “Sula” (Gondinga homestead)
- VU folklore ensemble “Ratilio” and Kaunas district Raudondvaris CC folklore ensemble “Piliarožė” (Užbradumė tavern)
- Kaišiadorys CC folklore ensemble “Verpeta” and Kaunas folklore club “Liktužė” (Kartena homestead)
Noon–5 PM
- Pot-breaking (Įpiltis homestead)
- Samogitian hodgepodge gustation (Gondinga homestead)
BY THE MILL
10 AM–5 PM
- “Bake a pancake with a friend” – independent pancake baking
- Equestrian race around the mill
Noon–3 PM “Who what?” – Lithuanian trotting
SUVALKIJA
10 AM–5 PM Presentation of Kaunas police activities, reflectors, quiz, and police friend “Amsis” (by the oak tree)
Noon–3 PM Šakiai CC Griškabūdis unit folklore ensemble “NOVA” (Obelinė farmstead)
Noon–5 PM “Move with fun – live healthy” – sports activities (meadow near Obelinė homestead)
3–5 PM Rumšiškės CC “Rumškių Kapela” (Obelinė homestead)
HORSE ENTERTAINMENT
Noon–4 PM (with a break)
- Ride in a horse-drawn carriage (starting point – by the hollow tree apiary)
- Horse riding (Dirgalis homestead, Samogitia)
NEAR MORĖ
2:30–3:30 PM Mask and ensemble procession from Samogitia towards Morė
3:30–4 PM Handing over the scepter to next year’s mask, the fight between Lašininis and Kanapinis, and a bonfire for Morė – a symbol of evil, misfortune, winter, and darkness!
NOT THE LAST DANCE
4–5 PM “Fun Dances Until Spring” with the folk band “Sutaras” (Town Square)
Traveling ensembles: LSMU folklore ensemble “Kupolė”, Rumšiškės CC folklore ensemble “Nedėja”, Samylai CC folklore ensembles “Samylų senoliai” and “Šermukšniukai”, VU KF folklore ensemble “Uosinta”, Pravieniškės Community Activity Center children’s folklore ensemble “Pravieniukai”, Krakiai CC folklore ensemble “Žiedupė”.
The organizers reserve the right to make minor changes to the program.