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June 2021
Events
Sheep Shearing Workshop, 11 June 2021
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The workshop will take place in the sheepfold from Rășinari, located in the ASTRA Museum, and will include shearing, wool washing and drying activities. Stories of shepherds from Rășinari will soon also be available in the VR exhibition, the participants being invited to interact with characters from the virtual reality.
Spring Fair & Re-enactment of the Ascension Custom, 13 June 2021
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Producers from Rășinari, Sebeșu de Jos and the surrounding areas invite us to a fair with fresh spring products. On this occasion, we will learn more about lovage, its properties and how it is used during some customs that are specific to the Ascension Day in the village of Rășinari, through re-enactments in the museum.
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In the evening before the Ascension Day, women bring lovage to the wayside crosses and to the tomb crosses of their family members, where they also light candles. During the same evening, people place lovage under their pillows and around their waist, believing that if they sleep on the plant they will gain protection from evil and health for the entire year.
Honey Extraction Workshop, 17 June 2021
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The workshop will be organized in the homestead from Sebeșu de Jos, located in the ASTRA Museum. You are invited to take part in the process of extracting honey from hives and to learn about how people used the residual materials from local people who still possess this knowledge.
Chain Dance from Rusca in the ASTRA Museum, 21 June 2021
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The chain dance from Rusca is an annual Pentecost custom, held on the Rusca plateau in Sebeșu de Jos. We will re-enact it in the ASTRA Museum in the homestead brought here from the same locality. We invite you to take part in a custom of one of the communities from the Sibiu county, a custom that is still preserved today.
Midsummer Customs, 24 June 2021
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We will re-enact Midsummer customs that are specific to the village of Rășinari. We will braid flower crowns, which will be thrown on the roof of the house in accordance with a local tradition, while you will also have the chance to learn more about the goldenrod’s medicinal properties.
Exhibition Launch Event & Press Tour, 30 June 2021, 2 p.m.
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We invite you to discover how the new technologies find their place in an ethnographic open air museum. Thirteen ethnographic objects that have been restored and classified will be at the center of the ASTRA VR exhibition. The objects will be exhibited in an innovative way, with the use of modern museum techniques and virtual reality.