On 20 th March 2018, TVP3 Bydgoszcz visited The Song and Dance Ensemble ”Kujawy”. In The House of Tradition we presented Easter customs and rituals. With the sound of kuyavian music, girls were singing and painting Easter eggs. You could taste a kuyavian sour rye soup, which were prepared by Włocławek Association of Disabled ”Eurointegration”- Culinary Euro. Everything was embellished by The Song and Dance Ensemble ”Kujawy”, which presented fragments of Easter picture ”Cockerel and maypole”.

We would like to thank TVP3 Bydgoszcz for the production of this programme. You can watch it on Saturday, March 24^th 2018, at 10.30.

TVP3 Bydgoszcz – Agroregion: (March 24, 25, 28) - Easter traditions. There will be a recipe for sourdough, preparing sour rye soup, so called ”wybijanie”, and kuyavian Easter eggs. We will show from behind how cooked meat is done for Easter, and will tell you about kuyavian-pomeranian programme of promoting the pork without GMO. 24^th March (Saturday- at 10.30), 25^th March- 17.30, 28^th March-20.00.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On 19 th March 2018, the group of 50 children with carers from the Primary School nr 19 in Michelin visited The Song and Dance Ensemble in Cultural Centre ”Brewery B.”. In The House of Tradition children were painting Easter eggs, bookmarks, afterwards we invited them on a dance floor where together with Mr Maciej Mielczarski they knew the fragments of games for children from Kujawy, they saw costumes in our wardrobes and a photo exhibition in The Shutter Gallery.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

We are painting Easter eggs- you are warmly welcome to visit the workshops

”From the painted chest”.

On Saturday, April 17, 2018, the Song and Dance Ensemble "Kujawy" will introduce us to the Easter mood. All this is due to the next meeting within the framework of the workshops "From the painted chest - We are painting eggs".

The egg is a dominant feature of Easter, carefully painted by a housewife in various ways, then blessed in a solemnly decorated basket. Easter celebration starts from consuming an egg which is the object of Easter plays in "bitki" and traditional ”kaczanie” or rolling the coloured eggs. Decorated in various ways, Easter eggs, collages are a central decoration of the Easter table. Although in shops you can buy ready-made Easter eggs today, no eggs have such charm as hand-painted, and the period before Easter is a good time to save the tradition of painting eggs.

The workshops of painting eggs in kuyavian patterns will be led by a folk artist Krystyna Zagrabska.

The organizers provide necessary materials.

The workshops will be enriched by artistic performances of the Song and Dance Ensemble "Kujawy".

Tickets: 10 PLN at the ticket office, Cultural Centre ”Brewery B.”, since 7 March 2018

Time: 09:30-11:30

Place: The Chamber of Tradition of the Song and Dance Ensemble "Kujawy"

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

WINTER CAMP IN PORONIN 2018

From 18th to 24th February 2018, we worked hard at the training camp in Poronin. Spisz was overrun! We worked under the supervision of Maciej Mielczarski, and on the last day of our stay we were assisted by Mrs Maria Wnęk- a choreographer and an expert on the Spisz folklore. There was also enough time for spending free time in a creative way. A sleigh ride, a dance party in a highlander's inn with live music, variations on the snow, an ice castle, competitions for points, Miss and Mister selection of ''Kujawy”- these are just some of attractions. This year's Miss was Sabina Ćwikowska, and Mister Jakub Brzeziński. We would like to thank our carers: Mrs Anita Rogiewicz and Mr Arkadiusz Piasecki and the head of our band, our Maciej Mielczarski. It was great!

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

Marriage Jubilees

On January 30th, a representative group honored the ceremony - the Marriage Jubilees - with dances and songs from Kujawy region. Married couples that got married fifty years ago received congratulations and wishes in the City Hall of Włocławek. Family members and close friends also took part in this event. The wishes were given by President of Włocławek- Marek Wojtkowski and Jarosław Sierakowski, head of the Registry Office in Włocławek.

                                                                       Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On Saturday, January the 27th, dance couples of the Song and Dance Ensemble "Kujawy" in costumes from the period of the Duchy of Warsaw led the polonaise at prom in Electronic School Complex in Włocławek.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On Saturday, January the 20th, dance couples of the Song and Dance Ensemble "Kujawy" in costumes from the period of the Duchy of Warsaw led the polonaise at prom in Maria Konopnicka High School in Włocławek.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On Saturday, January the 13^th, within the 26^th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, took place the concert ”Give your heart”.

The Song and Dance Ensemble „Kujawy” supported the Foundation of Jurek Owsiak by singing, dancing and music.

A representative group performed on the stage of Cultural Centre ”Brewery B.” with kuyavian dances.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On Friday, January the 12^th, within the 26^th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, the Song and Dance Ensemble „Kujawy”

(a representative group) performed at the concert in Mikołaj Kopernik High School.

Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz

On December 15, 2017 in the Chamber of Kujawy Tradition, in the Cultural Center "Brewery B.", prizes were awarded to the winners.

 Jury composed of:

 Krystyna Pawłowska - ethnographer from the Museum of the Kujawy and Dobrzyn land

 Janusz Bisaga – a visual artist from the Cultural Center "Brewery B."

 Mariusz Konczalski – a visual artist from the Cultural Center "Brewery B."

 decided to award the following prizes:

 First prize PLN 400 - Aleksandra Zawacka from Wichrowice

 Second prize PLN 300 - Primary School No. 14 in Włocławek

 Third prize PLN 200 -  Country Housewives' club “Fajne Babki” from Józefów

 and two equivalent prizes worth PLN 50 each, for Amelia Bednarska from Junior High School

No. 7 in Włocławek and Paulina Biernacka from Maria Konopnicka High School in Włocławek.

 The Kuyavian spiders became the decoration in the Chamber of Kujawy Tradition in Cultural Centre "Brewery B.".

 We would like to congratulate the winners and thank all participants and carers for participation

in this competition. We invite you to participate next year.

  Translation: Lidia Miętkiewicz