About Jász World Days
Sunday thus will be a truly Jász(like) day during the world summit. The planned events include: tasting of Jász specialties and a Jász Market, meeting of Jász stew-tart makers, the exposition of crafts and needlework circles, Jász Tastes cooking competition, the Jász Derring-do competition, traditional archery, Optikaland (optic adventure) and Main Square painting competition – fine art in the street, presentations by Jász artists and cultural groups.
The third day of the 19th Jász World Summit will host the Jász Art Festival, where the primary objective is to complete static forms (exhibitions, presentations…etc) in an interactive way, so that visitors may discover up close and by trying different activities the work of local artists, the world of crafts and gastronomy. Our goal is to present different arts to festival visitors in a way that they do not remain solely spectators, but instead active participants of the creative process. This festival has already been organized, it might prove a good idea to further raise the quality and attendance of the third day of the world summit. The program will include music (classical, popular and vocal music), folk arts (folk dance, folk music, folk crafts), fine arts and applied arts (painting, graphics, sculpture, enamels, textile), and dance (rock and roll, ballroom dancing, show dance).
The lecturers, participants of the program will be invited from the Hamza Museum and Jász Gallery, the Folklore Cultural Public Foundation, the Round Yard of Crafts (Erzsébet Tajti), the Jász Museum, the János Palotássy Music School, the Mária Fejér Folk Decorations Club. Among the craftsmen we invited János Antal, bone carver from Jászárokszállás, Lajosné Benke, husk-doll maker from Jászárokszállás, Ildikó Farkas, potter from Jászberény, Antalné Huszárovics, straw artist from Jászszentandrás, Pál Kalla, cooper from Jászberény, the Haversack Workshop, and plenty of other arts and crafts masters from nearly every settlement of the Jász area will present their skills and secrets of their profession.
The festival presents traditional crafts and professions of the micro-region, and the visitors may also try several activities and processes. Besides the joy of creation, a crafts fair will also be on the program, and show workshops to add an interesting spectacle; here the visitors may get an insight into traditional crafts, especially characteristic of the traditions of the Jász area, and can meet living and working craftsmen.
Jász artists and cultural groups will be presented at the small stage, and in the afternoon there will be a real Jász lunch with music. Traditional food and letting it in today’s cuisine plays an important role in preserving Jász traditions. Great results are attained by the Jász Gastronomy Association, who have been organizing for ten years the cooking competition of Jász food in the summer in the Margaret Island in Jászberény, which is very popular among the older and younger generations too.
Adapting to the program of the world summit, we will concentrate on Jász tastes during the competition. In parallel with the cooking competition, the Jász Derring-Do competition will be organized by Traditionalist Friendly Circle of the Rusty Blades of Biriny (i.e. Jászberény) tried many times, together with the organizers of the Jász World Summit; where the 5 most skilful Jász of each settlement are expected (3 brave men and 2 clever women) who will recklessly stand up to the 7 trials of the Jász, intentionally placed in their way.