TUIDA

The fortress “Tuida” took place in the third annual festival “Summer Event – Karandila” – Sliven on the 27^th of June, 2015 year.

During the day lots of archeries were shown by our colleagues with the special participation of the archery instructor.

The visitors had the opportunity to take part in the “Traditional Bulgarian Archery” and got familiar with the history of the fortress.

6th of June, 2015, the "Tuida" fortress team took part in the fourth fair-festival  "Days of Ancestors – Pliska 2015" at Pliska National Reserve of History and Archaeology.

program of the event „night of the museums” at tuida fortress

10.00 h- 18.00 h. - Presentation of traditional craftsmanship of: coinage, weaving, jewelry production, beltdecoration, production of leather goods, bow making and many others.

17.00 h. – 17.10 h. – Official opening of the program and welcoming speech from the Mayor of our town – Sliven.

17.15 h. – 19.00 h. - Demonstration of Medieval Martial Arts:

            1. Madara Horseman Riding School and Living Arrow Horseback Archery - Bulgaria –Dimitar Trukanov: horseriding demonstrations and traditional archery, fighting archery and horseback archery.

            2. Krum Yapulov– military horse riding techniques and tricks from the past times.

            3. Petar Vladov and Fighting group Baradj - a group forhistorical full-contact fencing, part ot fight club "Storm"- Pazardjik.

            4. School for Medieval Sword Mastery - MOTUS

            5. Falconry

19.05 h. – 19.10 h. – “Lights and Fires” – fireshow: juggling, contact juggling

19.15 h. – 19.55 h – Folklore danceprogram of Children's Folklore Ensemble "Bulgarian" and Youth Dance Ensemble "Bravo" from the Cultural Center "Hadji Dimitar"

20.00 h. – 20.30 h. - Concert of themusical group "Monolog" from the High School of Humanities "Damyan Damyanov", Sliven

20.40 h. – 21.30 h. – “Sons of Boreas” – theatrical performance, staging Rosen Uzunov

21.40 h. – 21.50 h. - “Lights and fires” – fireshow: juggling, contact juggling

After 22.00 h. - Observation of the night sky with a telescope

From 2-nd of May till 4-th of may 2015,
The team of "Tuida" presented the fortress and the town of Sliven at the traditional medieval festival at the medieval town next to the village of Cherven. The event was held for seventh consequent year and aims to represent authentically the lifestyle and culture of our ancestors.
The association of: "Chigot" Unity, "Modvs Vivendi" – Bulgarian Medieval community and other independent formations represented a medieval military camp.

Night Of The Museums At Late Antique And Medieval Fortress Tuida

On the 16th of May 2015 Tuida Fortress hold the traditional annual event Night Of The Museums for the first time. The motto this year was "Traveling through time, via time and with the time".
The program contains a presentation of the cultural and daily lifestyle of the people who have inhabited the fortress and the region from ancient days till now. Folklore clubs, craftsmen and demonstrators of medieval martial arts will take part in the occasion.
There was free access for the event for all citizens and guests of the city from 10:00 a.m. to midnight on the 16th of May 2015 /Saturday/.

The official program will start from 5:00 p.m.

The event will be held with the association of: The Municipality of Sliven, the team of Tuida Fortress and the team of Martial Arts Club "Gloris Jim", Sliven.