The Founder's Day. Happy centenary, Sebesta
educational workshops, theme tours, shows, concerts, traditional handicrafts
One hundred years after the birth of its founder, Trentino Bohemian ethnographer Giuseppe Šebesta (Trento 1919 - Fondo2005), the Trentino Folklife Museum dedicates to him an entire day of celebration with educational workshops, interactive theme tours, puppet shows, concerts, demonstrations of traditional craftsmanship on Sunday 10 November, from 10.00 to 18.00.
Programme:
from 10.00 to 18.00.
Workshop "The art of weaving", creation of baskets
Workshop "From wheat to flour", grinding of cereals with the "home mill".
Beating iron, with Riccardo Brunel
Copper working, with Andrea Navarini
Weaving, with Franca Vanzetta Canal & "Filo da torcere" workshop, creation of small fabrics on the didactic loom
Cheese making, with Oscar Cherotti
Šebesta and the Val dei Mòcheni, in collaboration with Bersntoler Kulturinstitut/Istituto culturale mòcheno (Mocheno cultural institute)
Carving a wooden mask, with Nicola Decrestina
Legends of the Wild Man & Legends of the Anguanas, with Andrea Foches
«Dear Mr Šebesta…», letters from the first children who visited the Museum
Šebesta archive, guided visit
The vine and the wine, with Giulio Devescovi
Two rooms for Šebesta, guided visit
Not to be missed events
12:00 opening, with music by ùine Duo
12:30 «Stories of devils, witches and giants», puppet show with Luciano Gottardi
barley soup (local recipe)
14:00 exhibition opening «Dal cassettone della bisnonna. Tessuti e indumenti della collezione AIFo al Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina» ("From the great-grandmother's chest of drawers. Fabrics and garments from the AIFo collection at the Trentino Folklife Museum).
14:30 bobbin lace with Maria Antonietta Pasqualini (graduated lace maker)
16:00 book presentation «Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina. I primi cinquant’anni 1968-2018» (The first fifty years 1968-2018 of the Trentino Folklife Museum) with Giovanni Kezich
17:00 concert «Singing with Albino Zenatti» or «Dolce stil pop novo» of Brentonico and of Monte Baldo with Attilio Amitrano accordion, Massimo Zenatti clarinet, Manuel Michelini horn, Fifth Channels vocals
