{"id":40943,"date":"2026-10-23T11:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsztatykultury.pl\/wydarzenia\/siemieniec-performative-lecture-ritual-exercises-and-ceremonial-practices\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:25:05","slug":"siemieniec-performative-lecture-ritual-exercises-and-ceremonial-practices","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/warsztatykultury.pl\/en\/wydarzenia\/siemieniec-performative-lecture-ritual-exercises-and-ceremonial-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"SIEMIENIEC \u2013 performative lecture, ritual exercises and ceremonial practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the event<\/h2>\n

This is an event in three parts that complement and explain each other, and it is simply best experienced in its entirety. Maciej Filipczuk invites you to a performative lecture, during which he will present the results of his research on the \u2018siemieniec\u2019 \u2013 a ceremonial dance of a magical and agrarian nature, performed during Shrovetide or on Ash Wednesday. The second stage of the event is a short dance workshop, while the final, culminating moment of the day will be a joint dance to music played live by Kolektyw Obrz\u0119dowy.<\/p>\n

The siemieniec was a procession dance performed by young men behind closed doors and curtained windows. It had the characteristics of an All Souls’ Day ritual, a male initiation, a matrimonial marketplace, a dance for a hemp harvest, and sometimes just plain fun.<\/p>\n

As part of the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, I delved into this ancient ritual and the music associated with it, and I would like to share the results of my research with you in the form of a performative lecture. I am attempting a reconstruction to identify the forms of dance and to understand the symbolism and meanings inherent in the old siemieniec celebrations.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this attempt, it is impossible to overlook the much broader context of Shrovetide, in which the siemieniec ritual is one of many significant elements of a ritual-magical nature. The cyclical nature of time, the roles we assume or reject, changes in status, acceptance within the community, the presence of strangers and masquerades during the Shrovetide period, the ceremonial commotion and anti-music, the podkozio\u0142ek, and finally the siemieniec itself will be the subjects of my reflections and questions about what we understand of the ritual today and what may still be alive and relevant.<\/em><\/p>\n

I invite you to an event that will include a summary of the theory and knowledge I have gathered, but also practical participation. I hope that the lecture, exercises and fun \u2013 as a whole \u2013 will allow us to gain a new perspective and to experience SIEMIENIEC deeply, together and individually.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2013 Maciej Filipczuk extends an invitation.<\/p>\n

Programme in three parts<\/h2>\n

I \u2013 Siemieniec \u2013 performative lecture | Maciej Filipczuk<\/strong><\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> 29 November 2026 (Sunday), 18.00-19.00
\nWhere:<\/strong> Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 5a, auditorium, 2nd floor
\nFor:<\/strong> adults
\nAdmission:<\/strong> free, limited number of places, first come, first served<\/p>\n

Realised with the support of a scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.<\/p>\n

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II \u2013 Siemieniec \u2013 dance workshops | Kolektyw Obrz\u0119dowy<\/strong><\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> 29 November 2026 (Sunday), 19.00-19.30
\nWhere:<\/strong> Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 5a, auditorium, 2nd floor
\nFor:<\/strong> adults who attended the previous lecture<\/p>\n

III \u2013 Siemieniec dance party | Kolektyw Obrz\u0119dowy<\/strong><\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> 29 November 2026 (Sunday), 19.30
\nWhere:<\/strong> Ba\u0142agan, Grodzka 5a
\nFree admission<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the siemieniec party, music will be provided by the Obrz\u0119dowy Collective, featuring:
\nprof. Osie\u0142 \u2013 violin
\nDiabe\u0142 \u2013 second violin
\nKSI\u0104\u017b\u0118 ZAPUST \u2013 basses<\/p>\n

Accessibility<\/h2>\n