23rd - 24th June, 2018
Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin, 34 Korsarzy Street, Szczecin

Free entry

"Kupala Night - Midsummer Traditions" is a spectacular two-day outdoor event which for several years has been organized by the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin in cooperation with the Drużyna Grodu Trzygłowa. The event will take place on June 23-24, 2018. A replica of an early medieval settlement will be created in the castle courtyard. There will be presented old crafts including blacksmithing, weaving, carpentry, violin making, woodcarving. The residents of Szczecin and tourists accompanied by bands performing old music will travel to Odra where they will put wreaths according to tradition.

June 23 / Saturday

Historical settlement - war camp and craft positions - live music - rites - battle shows - competitions and games - Pomeranian legends

02.00 pm presentation of old crafts and competitions

02.30 pm themed guided tours of castle courtyards in the historical context

03.00 pm concert of Spielleute Eygenart

03.30 pm demonstration of war fights

04.45 pm Kupala stories

05.00 pm concert of Percival

05.45 pm demonstration of summer solemnity ceremonies, striking a "living fire" with a fire drill (Team of Three-Grzywów + Ukranie)

06.45 pm Kupala stories

07.00 pm contest for the most beautiful wreath

07.30 pm marching to the Odra River and floating wreaths with band music

08.00 pm Warrior's Way - competitions in the settlement

08.00 pm Please note - Kino Zamek / Kupala's Tale - Kupala traditions and customs of Polesie Region

based on source and ethnographic materials will be presented by Marusia Tulżankowa - ethnographer, researcher of Eastern Polesie, student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and Kaciaryna Bychak - fan of Polesie Region, singer of traditional songs and instrumentalists

09.00 pm show of war fights

09.40 pm concert by Spielleute Eygenart

10.10 pm concert of Percival

The film "Daughters of Water" will be presented after the concert of Percival.

Daughters of Water, director Sonia Judyta Pałęga

Producer: Swarpress Konrad Napierała

Co-producer: Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin (Westpomeranian Film Fund)

A dark and mature fairy tale about the passions of the human world and the harmony prevailing in the kingdom of nature.

The main protagonist of the prologue is a teenage Mermaid - daughter of water and the youngest of 4 sisters who gave up her happy fate because she loved the prince-man and decided to share his mortal fate. In this tale, a malevolent and unstable character is the prince who has found himself a different love, and he is giving us the first clear signal that the mortals in this story will play a bad role. On the wedding day of the beloved prince, Mermaid commits suicide by throwing herself off the cliff straight into the sea. However, her loving sisters begged God for grace and pity for the unfortunate mermaid. This, as part of turning back Syrence's life and letting him return to the sea, orders all sirens to fulfill 300 years of penance - all of them, because they turn into people and in this form they serve human children. The film begins with the last day of 300-degree penance. Day 21 June, summer solstice. Events quickly take on a mysterious, mystical turn.

We know from the beginning that something is wrong. We observe the water trembling under the fingers of women, scales permeating here and there through their skin and events that suggest that something obviously important will soon happen. It all begins when one of the sisters decides to say goodbye to the Earth and the last time to see people, especially arousing the powerful curiosity of fire and dance. He escapes from the manor house at the local Kupala Night in the evening. The Slavic festival of love awakens long-hidden desires in it. There is a tragedy that will change the fate of sirens forever.

June 24 / Sunday

Historical settlement - war camp and craft positions - live music - rites - battle shows - competitions and games - Pomeranian legends

12.00 pm "Fern Flower" - theater of improvisation (Paulina Lenart and Paweł Niczewski)

01.30 pm show of war fights

02.15 pm presentation of old crafts and competitions

02.45 pm themed guided tours of castle courtyards in the historical context

03.30 pm concert of the Spielleute Eygenart

04.00 pm legends associated with the Castle, Gryf and the history of the Duchy of Pomerania

04.15 pm concert of Percival

Organizer: Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin

Program consultant: Igor Górewicz - The Leader of the Team of Grodów Trzygłowa

Source: https://www.facebook.com/pg/zamek.sz