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Slovak National Museum in Martin - Museum of the Slovak Village
Calendar of Events 2012


May 27th Children´s Sunday
Children’s folk groups’ performances, a stroll through the fairy tale wood and the other activities for children.

June 10th Today an Apprentice, Tomorrow a Master
Students of secondary art academies present traditional crafts.

June 16th – 17th Turiec Folk Festival
The 28th year of the Turiec region´s folk festival. Children´s folk groups, folk ensamples and village´s folk groups’ performances. Dancing school and folk music.

July 8th Turiec Harmonica
The 10th year of an event dedicated to harmonica players from the Turiec and neighbouring regions.

August 12th “Te prindžaras amen”- Let’s Get to Know Each Other
Roma folk traditions, customs, traditional crafts and modern art handicrafts.

August 26th Harvest Festival
Celebration of the harvest works as presented by folk groups, presentations of traditional grain processing including manual threshing and grinding.

September 9th Man and Nature
Learning about animate and inanimate nature. Advice on collecting mushrooms, advice on dealing with vermin in the household.

September 30th St. Michael´s Fair
Traditional annual fair of folk producers and craftsmen from the northwest of Slovakia.

October 14th When the Winter Asks You
Demonstrations of traditional processing of agricultural crops, potatoes in traditional and contemporary culture, tasting potato foods.

December 9th Christmas in the Countryside
Advent and Christmas customs, walk-about carol-singers and St. Nicholas with his companions, making Christmas decorations, baking waffles, gingerbread decorating.