FESTIVAL OF AUTUMN LUNCH AND WHITE UNITY 2024 20 September (Friday) 17.30-24.00. KERNAVĖ PILIAKALNIAI Day equals night - night equals day. As the sun's time in the firmament shortens, we'll go down again in the circle of the year... Traditionally, on Friday, 20 September, we invite you to the mystic mounds of Kernavė to enjoy a spectacular celebration of the Autumnal Equinox and the unity of the Balts to mark the astronomical transformation of nature and to recall, through a symbolic experience, the importance of the unification of the Balts tribes.We will open the gateway to the event with a hike "Kernavė Sanctuaries", where, together with archaeologist and sanctuary researcher Vykintas Vaitkevičius, we will reveal the sacredness of the site, which is still alive today. The duration of the hike is about 2 hours (from 17.30), pre-registration is required.
From 19.00. Visitors will be invited to make and decorate impressive crowns for the end of autumn works (ATYyn association), participate in experiential educational programmes "Ritual feasts of the equinox" (VšĮ "Vikingų kaimas"), "The Old Brewery" (Artūras Masiliauskas), meet the unexpected creepiness in "The Hiding Places of Mythical Creatures" (Kotryna Zylė), pour natural wax candles or even shake the future (Loreta Lichtarovičienė). In the Craft Tent, you will also find an interactive armour/weapons exposition, presenting the Battle of the Sun together with the historical reconstruction club "The Order of the Hospitallers", etc. The festive evening will echo with the rhythms of battles and shouts - the performance "The Battle of the Sun" (multi-instrumentalist DAUMANTAS LUKOŠIŪNAS and the historical reconstruction club "Hospitaliers' Order") will open the trail to the hillforts for the folklore groups, the fire-music interplay/concert SUTARTINIŲ SUKINYS (the fire-music interplay/concert symbolizing the unity and the reverence for ancestors). The equinox fire and unity bonfires will be lit with GEDIMINAS ŽILIS and folklore ensembles. The main highlights of this surprisingly diverse event will be the meeting of light and dark, this world and the next, the mysteries of fire, music and light, the lighting of artistic installations and the deep immersion of all of these actions in music, leaving a hopeful anticipation of the spring equinox. The evening will culminate in a concert by GABRIELĖ VILKICKYTĖ and her band, where the sounds of music will be intertwined with the flames of fire and the experience of lights that will be created throughout the evening. The impression will be strengthened by light art installations (ARVYDAS BUINAUSKAS) and the lighting of the sculptures "TO THE DAUSAS" by the sculptor HENRIKAS ORAKAUSKAS from Kernaviskis. As darkness overcomes the light, the programme will theatrically open the gates of time to the world of Ghosts, inviting you to experience/learn about the "Ghosts that roam in the earth", where the audience will be guided through a magical and sometimes terrifying otherworldly world (theatre "LABAS") The celebration will end with a bumping night dance! In the legendary wooden chapel of Kernavė, you will be able to visit the artistic installation "The Knocks of the Equinox Gardens" (by Loreta Lichtarovičienė). Folklore ensembles: TRYS KETURIOSE, RATILIO, MEDGRINDA, LAUKIS.
Program:
Hike in KERNAVĖS ŠVENTVIETĖS (led by prof. Vykintas Vaitkevičius)
Installation "THE FLOOR OF THE LYGIENIAN GARDENS" (by Loreta Lichtarovičienė) / Kernavė wooden chapel Educational space on the "PAUKŠČIŲ TRAIL": "Crown of the End of the Year" - ARTyn Association, "Ceremonial Feasts of the Equinox" - Viking Village, "Hideouts of Mythical Creatures" - Kotryna Zylė, "Old Brewing" - Artūras Masiliauskas, "Candle casting and spells" - Loreta Lichtarovičienė, interactive armour/weapons exposition "The Battle of the Sun" - Historical Reconstruction Club "The Hospitalier's Order"
Performance SUN BATTLE (multi-instrumentalist Daumantas Lukošiūnas and the Historical Reconstruction Club "Hospitaliers' Order"
Fire and Music among the Mounds / concert SUTARTINIŲ SUKINYS (folklore ensembles: MEDGRINDA, TRYS KETURIOSE, RATILIO, LAUKIS / LT, DELVE / LV) APEIGOS IR VIENĖS LUŽES (hosted by vaidila GEDIMINAS ŽILYS, DELVE / LV)
Concert by GABRIELĖS VILKICKYTĖ and her band Mystery - burning of the sculpture TO THE DAUSAS Mythological performance ABOUT THE FLAGS IN THE EARTH NIGHTHOOKS Organizer: Kernavė branch of Širvintai Culture Centre Partners: Association MEDGRINDA Kernavė State Cultural Reserve Directorate Kernavė Elderly Municipality Kernavė St. The project is partly financed by. Buy ticket