News : Festival Our Grunwald 2022 in Dudutki

Excursion portal Ekskursii.by invites to Shlyakhetskaya Maslenitsa at «Dudutki»! This year the traditional festival will take place on July 23-24 . Festive outdoor festivities, animation shows, traditional games and fun, knightly tournaments, a concert - join the many entertainment and unrestrained fun!

July 23 and 24, 2022 The international festival of medieval culture “Our Grunwald” will be held on the territory of the Dudutki Museum Complex for the 13th time. Traditionally, the event will be dedicated to military and secular culture, the customs of our ancestors. The main event of the oldest and largest festival of military historical reconstruction in Belarus will be the re-creation of the largest battle of medieval Europe, which took place on July 15, 1410 between the troops of the Teutonic Order and allies: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (modern Belarus) and the Kingdom of Poland.

In 2022, about 400 representatives of military historical reenactment clubs will take part in the festival. During the two festival days will be:

• jousting tournament on foot in the "shield-sword" format;
• tournament of halberdiers and spearmen;
• archery tournament;
• tournament of knightly detachments (battles of "fives");
• mass battles — buhurts (storming of the castle, battle on the "bridge" and others);
• medieval maneuvers;
• "Battle of the Yards";
• professional fights based on historical medieval battles;
• equestrian tournament.

A large-scale reconstruction of episodes of the Battle of Grunwald will be at the center of the historical block of events. A large-scale reconstruction of episodes of the Battle of Grunwald will be in the center of the historical block of events.

A particularly anticipated block is the Feast after the Battle concert program. Folk and rock bands from Belarus will perform on the festival stage on July 23: Pawa, Rokash, Evthanazia, the Yan Zhenchak project, Hok-Key and others, and the headliner of the festival will be the legendary Russian band Epidemia ".

On the second day of the festival, July 24 , guests of the event will see a full-contact equestrian tournament on solid wood spears according to the rules of the 15th century. Tournaments of this level are currently held at festivals in only a few countries around the world. During duels, the main goal of the horsemen is to knock the enemy out of the saddle with a blow of a long spear or break the spear on his shield.

In addition, throughout the festival there will be workshops on medieval dances and crafts, the City of Masters fair, and interactive platforms. There will be workshops for making armor, casting jewelry, stone processing, making weapons, pottery and blacksmith workshops and much more.

Visit Museum complex of ancient folk handicrafts and technologies «Dudutki» You can within the framework of the excursion «Dudutki», send an application to which you can now.