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Festival of Folk Arts

Strada Tamási Áron 11, Odorheiu Secuiesc 535600, Romania

Center of Traditional Culture-Preservation Harghita County

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We gladly invite you to the Festival of Folk Arts (MES20). The 20th anniversary edition of the festival will take place in the Municipal Park of Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely, where you can meet local and foreign craftsmen.

Among the many activities, concerts, handicraft creators, medieval demonstrations, handicraft courses, children's activities and traditional dance evenings await you at MES20.

We look forward to welcoming you to MES20 in Odorheiu Secuiesc, in the Municipal Park, from 14-16 July (free admission).

Friday, 14 July

14:00 Opening of the gates
14:00-20:00 Permanent programmes
14:00-19:00 Exhibition of Craft Courtyards from Transylvania and the Carpathian Basin, craft demonstrations, craft activities for children and adults, other entertainment activities
14:00 Mongolian yurt: building a felt yurt
15:00 Parade: brass band, hussars, horsemen (from Márton Áron Square)
16:00 Ceremonial opening: Orchestra Porumbenii Mari
Host: Attila Szabó
Izabella Bartalis Manager (Harghita County Cultural Directorate)
Biró Barna Botond Vice-President (Harghita County Council)
György Molnár Manager Partner (National Institute of Culture, Budapest)
Zsolt Ölvedi Vice-Mayor (Municipality of Odorheiu Secuiesc)
Katalin Czirjék, teacher, entrepreneurial trainer, founder of the Transylvanian Women Entrepreneurs Group, volunteer of the Artera Foundation
Presentation of the Regional Craft Courtyard Leaders
17:00 20 years of the Festival - documentary film screening
21:00 Concert by Tibor Cári and Krisztina Koszorús CT Project - ""Átjárók"" (studies of contemporary folk and world music)
22:30 Folk Dance evening with Zsolt László and Ildikó Anna László

Saturday, 15 July

10:00 Opening of the gates
10:00-20:00 Permanent programmes
10:00-19:00 Exhibition of Craft Courts from Transylvania and the Carpathian Basin, craft demonstrations, craft activities for children and adults, entertainment activities
11:00 Vaga Banda Show
11:30 Gastronomic competition at the Craft Courts: Regions and culinary experiences
17:00 20 years of the Festival - documentary film screening
18:00 Vaga Banda Show
21:00: Concert: Sebő Ensemble (Hungary)
22:30 Folk Dance evening with Zsolt László and Ildikó Anna László

Sunday, 16 July

12:00 Opening of the gates
12:00-20:00 Permanent programmes
10:00-11:00 Round table with partners craftsmen, exhibitors, members of associations-foundations about the problems of craftsmen, Crafts Law. Moderator: Zsuzsánna Lőrincz.
11:00 Photo with members of the participating associations-foundations, craftsmen from the Crafts Courtyards.
12:00-19:00 Exhibition of Craft Courtyards from Transylvania and the Carpathian Basin, craft demonstrations, craft activities for children and adults, entertainment activities.
13:00 Book presentation by Dr. Szilárd Salló: Rural houses and ethnographic collections in Harghita County (Harghita County Cultural Directorate)
17:00 20 years of the Festival - documentary film screening
17:30 Order of the Golden Griffon: demonstration of historical dance (dances from the XV-XVI centuries)
18:30 Ceremony of the Crafts Courtyards, awarding of the Excellence Prizes
Presentation of the felt work of the ""Vámszer Géza"" Folk Art and Crafts School
Zsuzsánna Lőrincz, President of Artera: Awarding of the Artera Prize for preserving traditions
19:00 Children's concert: Eszter Kárász and ""Eszterlánc"" Fairy Tale Orchestra (Hungary)
20:00 Gyöngyszem Folk Dance Group (Székelyszentkirály): Memories of everyday life
21:00 Aurora FolkGlamour: Fashion show with Bicentenary stories (Hungary, Budapest)
22:00 Folk Dance evening with Zsolt László and Ildikó Anna László