ETHNIGHT
28th – 30th April 2012, Częstochowa
Egyptian Night, Saturday, 28th April
in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo
Roxy Club, Dąbrowskiego 7
13.00 Arabic dance workshop – led by Paulina Paluch
15.00 Egyptian hieroglyphic writing workshop – led by Klara Górecka
17.00 Egyptian make-up show – Kamila Misiak (Ankara)
18.00 Secrets of making Arabic coffee – Klara Górecka
18.30 Monks, mummies and archeologists – lecture by Tomasz Górecki from the National Museum in Warsaw
20.00 Arabic Dance show – "Las Flores Negras" group
20.30 Multimedia presentation: Access to safe drinking water – human right or privilege? – Tadeusz Szczepaniak from The Polish Humanitarian Action
22.00 The concert of "Makam" band, with the participation of the special guest Laith Faisal Ali Suleiman (Egypt):
- Maria Pomianowska – vocal, string instruments
- Mateusz Szemraj – oud
- Wojciech Lubertowicz – darabukka, daf
- Mohammad Rasuli – ney
- Laith Faisal Ali Suleiman – flute
23.30 Afterparty with Arabic music
Accompanying events:
Exhibition of photographs from the collection of Klara and Tomasz Górecki
Arabic stall
Saami Night, Sunday, 29th April
under the honorary patronage of the Royal Norwegian Embassy
Konduktorownia, Piłsudskiego 34/36
13.00 Traditional Saami weaving workshop – led by Lotta Willborg Stoor (Sweden)
15.30 Yoik singing workshop – led by Per Niila Stålka (Sweden)
17.30 Presentation of photographies and recordings from the trekkings at Lapland - Marek Styczyński
19.00 Sápmi – the land under the Ursaa Maioris stars. Landscape, language, beliefs – lecture by dr Maria Sibińska from the Gdańsk University
20.30 The Kautokeino rebellion film by Nils Gaup, Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2008 (100 min.)
22.30 The concert of "Magic Carpathians" band with the participation of the special guest – Per Niila Stålka:
- Anna Nacher – vocal, guitars, e-bow, tampura, mini harmonium, Alaskan fire drum, Jew’s harp
- Marek Styczyński – Santoor cymbals, signal trumpets and pastoral instruents, mini clarinetto, analogue electronics: Badoog and Motophon, Jew’s harp, percussion
- Małgorzata "Tekla" Tekiel – bass guitar
- Per Niila Stålka – yoik
Accompanying events:
Exhibition of photography from the collection of Marek Styczyński
Exhibition of handicraft from the collection of Lotta Willborg Stoor
Cafe Belg, Al. NMP 32
23.30 Afterparty with Lapland music
Catalan Night, Monday, 30th April
in cooperation with the City Council of Sant Cugat del Valles in Spain, Coordinadora d’Entitats de la Cultura Popular i Tradicional Catalana de Sant Cugat del Valles and the Association CZ-ART
Czestochowa Museum, Al. NMP 45
13.00 Sardana dance workshop
14.00 Castellers workshop – building towers of people
15.00 Bastoners workshop – dancing with sticks
16.00 Diables presentation
17.30 Catalan countries: A diverse region with one culture – lecture by Alfons Gregori i Gomis, PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań)
19.00 Salvador film by Manuel Huerga, Spain/Great Britain 2006 (134 min.)
21.30 The show of Bastoners, Diables and Catalan dance
22.00 Cercavila – parade from the 3rd part of NMP Avenue to "La Hacienda" Cultural Delicatessen
Accompanying events:
"La Hacienda" Cultural Delicatessen, Kilińskiego 9
22.30 Afterparty with a cuisine show: Pa amb tomàquet and Spanish wine tasting
Exhibition of photography presenting Festa Major de Sant Cugat del Valles
The ethnic musical background during all nights of Ethnight will be led by Ankara
Ethnight is the fundraising event for the water projects of the Polish Humanitarian Action in the South Sudan and Somalia.
