MJR 2022 PROGRAM
What will we see - what will we hear - what will we know - how will we revel?
MUSIC, ARTS, CRAFTS, LECTURES, SPORT, KIDS, HIKES, and OTHER
60 great music groups, projects and performers will perform on the 4 stages of the festival. We will spend 3 magic days and nights with a rich cultural program of activities, unique experiences, knowledge and entertainment. Even if we get little stuck with the news, dear friends be assured, the 22nd Juodaragis will be magic, intense and special!
::: MJR XXII PROGRAM :::
25-28 August 2022 – Dūburys Island
NOTE: This programme is PRELIMINARY and will be updated.
VIII.25 - THURSDAY
15.00 – Opening of the Festival Gates.
:::: Info Centre ::::
From 18.00 • Registration for sports tournaments, fishing contests and hiking tours.
19.00 – Forest bathing. Led by Austė Juozapaitytė, Gyvo žalio
22.00 – Night hike with naturalist Gintarė Grašytė
•EkoART• art actions across the island
— Tree of Life – Odeta Tumėnaitė-Bražėnienė (paper cuttings exhibition in the Tent of Wisdom)
— Kanklės in trees – Honeypaw (Lit / Fin / Can) installation (On Kaukas island)
— S W Ā I K S T A S B U T T A N – Mantas Maziliauskas (Forest school)
— Elsewhere – Mantas Maziliauskas
— Mother Tree – Raima Drąsutytė
— Watching in the Woods – Karolina Kunčinaitė (by the Fir stage)
— Forest – exhibition by Jurga Povilaitienė (in the Fir wood)
— Wooden Ones – Artūras Rožkovas (exhibition and art action in the Juodaragis lodge)
:::: TENT of WISDOM ::::
17.45 – Introduction to the MJR program
18.00 – As Above, So Below – the World Tree through Hermetic eyes – Adam Ormes (in English)
19.00 – Trees in the mythology of Slavs – Mikołaj Jarmakowski (in English)
FILM PROGRAMME:
21.30 – Film “The Ancient Wood” – dir. M. Survila, 2017
23.00 – Dir. Jazeps Podnieks presents the films “The Witch”, “Tempest”, “Time here no longer”, 2021–2022
01.00 – Film TWILIGHT – dir. Š. Bartas, 2019
03.10 – Documentary “Fools and Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest” –- dir. J. Osmond, A. Wilson, 2019
03.40 – End of the program
:::: The ForestART Workshops ::::
from 16.30 – Prints from the Wood – Ema Srauna
:::: Tipi village ::::
from 17.00 – Workshop for setting up a Wicker natural sauna hut
:::: Kids Yard ::::
17.00 – Weaving with herbs – Jurgita Treinytė
18.00 – Wonders without a manual – FiDi
:::: Juodaragis Bathhut ::::
21.00 – 23.00 – Now that you’ve arrived, come to the bathhouse action
:::: AUKURAS ::::
20.00 – MJR XXII opening rites
:::: FIR STAGE ::::
21.00 – SEN SVAJA – presentation of the album “Eisim sesės”
22.00 – STRINGS OF EARTH ORCHESTRA: Stories from the Forest
23.00 – DJs Į_DUBA
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY:
• THE FOREST SCHOOL •
Experience of the Wood – by Mantas Maziliauskas. In the Southern area of the Island
• THE SCHOOL OF NATURE •
Mobile Nature Education class by Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
• TABALAI •
Wooden Sound Installation to Awaken Your inner Beast // KAUNAS 2022 – by Donatas Bielkauskas-Donis
• Juodaragis BATHHOUSE •
The unique MJR sauna, which has gained incredible popularity, will be open without a single break for 4 whole days. Groups of 8 people will be invited to visit the sauna every 2 hours. Registration will take place at the bathhouse, so hurry to sign up once You arrive!
• Building a forest hideout •
How to build a hiding place in the forest? Workshop by military officer Armandas Noreika. Search in the forest near the Spring.
• Guerilla camp •
Lituanian partisan military field camp. Search the forest near the spring.
• TIPI VILLAGE •
Musical tipi, night tea ceremonies, massages, Wicker Natural Bath according to the Tamazcal tradition (registration on site). Every morning at 10:00 yoga classes with Austė Asti.
VIII.26 - FRIDAY
08.30 – Morning exercise. Led by Žilvinas Gruodis (on the Hill of Aitvaras)
:::: Info Centre ::::
From 10.00 • Registration for sports tournaments, fishing contests and hiking tours.
:::: TENT of WISDOM ::::
09.00 – 10.00 – Cartoons for kids
(Lectures are presented in Lituanian language)
11.00 – Dendrotherapy. The healing power of trees – Nora Strautnikaitė
12.00 – Presentation of the book “Lessons of paper cuttings” by Odeta Tumėnaitė-Bražėnienė
13.00 – The local Armed Resistance: between the Heroic Narrative and the Memory of Contemporaries – Laimonas Abarius
14.10 – The symbolism of the Tree of the World and the Tree of Life in folk art – Jolanta Zabulytė
15.20 –”All that is good comes from the forest”: the way of life of the southern Lituanians and their relationship with the forest – Ona Drobelienė
16.30 – The all-encompassing mysterious world of mushrooms – Aurelija Plūkė
17.40 – Tree mythology in Lituanian culture – prof. dr. Libertas Klimka
FILM PROGRAMME:
20.30 – Film “Signs of the Baltic worldview” – dir. A. Našlėnas, 2022
20.30 – Dir. Masha Savchenko presents the film “Back To The Roots”, 2022
21.15 – Dir. Linas Mikuta presents the documentary “Mončys. Žemaitis from Paris”, 2022
23.00 – Shorts: “Bridge”, “Guilt”, “Martynas Švedas. Leather and reconstruction” – dir. E. Raupaitė, 2021-2022
23.40 – “Eglė the Queen of Grassnakes” – dir. J. Janulevičiūtė, 1981
01.40 – “The Earthing Movie” – dir. R. Tickell, 2019
03.00 – Black night cinema
04.44 – End of the program
:::: CRAFT YARD ::::
13.00 – Making balls out of forest padding – Arūnas Puškorius, Pajauta
14.00 – Boiling crayfish with stones – Ramūnas Čižas, brewer of Dusetos region, Pajauta
15.00 – Decoration of custom wood works and presentation of some weird music album– Eugenijus Raugas
16.00 – Beermaking of wood and stone – Vykintas Motuza and Algirdas Venckūnas, Latavos žemės žaldokai, Simonas Gutautas, Dundulis, Artūras Masiliauskas
17.00 – Bark – the white shirt of birch tree – Vytautas Ramanauskas, Pajauta
18.00 – Making wooden panpipes / workshop – dr. Laura Lukenskienė, Kaunas City Museum
19.00 – The world’s tree combs. World Tree symbol in wooden crafts – Algirdas Juškevičius
20.00 – Tales for (not only) kids about forests – Algirdas Breidokas
:::: Kids Yard ::::
10.00 – 19.00 – A program of forest games, explorations and wonders
15.30 – The lively world of the forest – Selemonas Paltanavičius
:::: The ForestART Workshops ::::
10.00 – 13.00 – Call Girinis! – The creation of a tree guardian
13.15 – 18.30 – Tree mark – prints of a tree on paper and textiles
19.00 – 22.00 – Branches up! – braiding of herbaceous plant crowns
• Forest hideout
15.00 – Presentation of the Lituanian partisan war camp – club Karionys in cooperation with Obeliai Freedom Struggle History Museum
:::: Tipi Village ::::
15.00 – Wicker Natural bath (Tamazcal tradition)
:::: Yard of Magic :::: on the Kaukas Island
14.30 – Traditions of incantations in Lituania – Rita Balkutė
19.00 – Woodman’s stories about the forest guard – Petras Dabrišius
:::: At the Crooked Oak ::::
15.00 – Lituanian tabalai (wooden tribal instrument to awaken your inner Beast) – presented by Donatas Bielkauskas-Donis // Kaunas 2022
• SPORTS •
from 12.00 all day long Lituanian Ethnosport Committee educations
13.00 – 20.00 – Archery tournaments
13.00 – 20.00 – Chess tournaments
19.00 – 20.00 – Stick-pulling tournament (by the Oak tree in the Craft Yard)
• MARCH OF OAKS •
16.00 – Celebrating and honouring the Old Oaks,
walking across the island with KŪLGRINDA and MEDGRINDA. Starts at Forest School (Souther area of the Island). Lets sough in strenght together!
:::: AUKURAS::::
17.00 – Traditional ritual. KŪLGRINDA, MEDGRINDA
00.00 – CROOKED MOUTH / Can / UK
:::: The GREAT OAK STAGE ::::
18.45 – POLIARIZUOTI STIKLAI
19.45 – LIETIS
21.00 – ME AND THAT MAN /Pol
22.15 – Domantas RAZAUSKAS ir VOS VOS
23.15 – TARUTA ir draugai /Ukr+Lit
00.30 – TRAD.ATTACK! /Est
:::: DŪBURYS STAGE ::::
18.00 – PRADŽIAPATI
19.00 – GILĖ
20.15 – Alina ORLOVA
21.30 – ANDAJA
22.30 – OBTEST
23.40 – STURLE DAGSLAND /Nor
00.45 – DARKWOOD /Ger
:::: FIR STAGE ::::
20.00 – MIGLOJE
21.00 – MEHEHE DUO /Pol
22.00 – TAMSAULĖ
23.00 – NEMUER /Cze
00.00 – Adas GECEVIČIUS
01.00 – GIRIŲ DVASIOS
02.10 – DJ 4-got-10 /Est
:::: FOLK STAGE ::::
20.30 – UGNIAVIJAS
21.45 – AGOTA TRIO – Presentation of the album “Kur giria užėjo”
23.00 – FOLKGARDAS
VIII.27 – SATURDAY
05.00 – Fishing (fishermen gather at the Infospot)
07.00 – Meditation. Led by Žymantas Dečkus (Middle Meadow)
08.00 – Morning exercise. Led by Žilvinas Gruodis (on the Hill of Aitvaras)
From the Info Centre:
9.30 – A hike around Dūburys and Antazavė with the historian Laimonas Abarius (visiting the bunkers of the Šilas partisans, other local historical and cultural sites). Duration 5 hours. Distance 14 km.
14.00 – Nature discovery hike with Andrejus Gaidamavičius (for participants of all ages). Duration 3 hours.
:::: TENT of WISDOM ::::
08.30 – Cartoon programme for kids – Tindirindis
09.30 – Behind the scenes of Partisan Reconstruction – dr. Darius Juodis
10.40 – If science is unable to save forests, maybe art will? – Andrejus Gaidamavičius
11.50 – MiškaSodis – a forest that feeds – Marius Krikščiūnas-Brazdas Bee
13.00 – The Mythical Tree and its branches – dr. Dainius Razauskas
14.30 – Sacred forest – alkas – from a historical and modern perspective – prof. Vykintas Vaitkevičius
15.40 – Trees – land dwellers, cohabitants of humans – prof. Viktorija Daujotytė
16.50 – Why do we need our ancient forests? – Sengirė Foundation
18.00 – Discussion: what is the importance of Lituania’s forests for our national security?
FILM PROGRAMME:
20.00 – Documentary “Don’t break the Oath” – dir. A. Marcinkevičiūtė, 2007
21.00 – Presentation of the documentary “Žaibas – the Legend of Dzūkija” – dir. A. Cimbolaitis, 2014
22.45 – Retrospective of Artūras Barysas–Baras underground films, 1971–1982
00.00 – Got Fire?
01.00 – In memoriam Marius Kvedaravičius. Documentary “Mariupolis”, 2016
02.40 – Night cinema
04.00 – End of the program
:::: CRAFT YARD ::::
11.00 – Amber – tears of ancient forests – Ruslanas Aranauskas, Dina Jankauskienė, Pajauta
12.00 – Brewing traditions of the Dusetos region – Ramūnas Čižas, Pajauta
13.00 – Historical cuisine of forest delicacies – Austėja Luchtanaitė, Pajauta
14.00 – Techniques for tanning and processing leather – Martynas Švedas, Pajauta
15.00 – Ancient fabric patterns and weaving traditions – Birutė Andrijauskienė, Winner of the Golden Wreath, the best Lituanian weaver
16.00 – Manufacture of traditional wooden chandeliers. Wood turning – Angelė and Vytautas Raukčys
17.00 – World tree distaff / workshop – Erikas Čypas, Dusetos Crafts Centre
18.00 – Forest to your home – weaving of pot and making chandeliers from forest materials – Jurga Kutkienė, Dusetos Craft Centre
20.00 – Tales and legends of the Enchanted Forest: an evening of folklore with storyteller Algirdas Breidokas and ethnologist Gražina Kadžytė
• Near the Crafts Yard
17.00 – Ancient Lituanian men’s games – history recunstruction club Leitgiris
19.00 – LOG WRESTLING!
:::: The ForestART Workshops ::::
10.00 – 13.00 – Call Girinis! – The creation of a forest guardian with Vaidas Kišonas
13.15 – 16.15 – The construction of insect hotels with naturalist Edita Medeine
16.30 – 19.30 – some other workshop
19.45 – 22.30 – Forest Brothers – Camouflage and vanishing into the Nature with NCO Armandas Noreika
:::: Yard of Magic :::: In the Kaukas Island
10.00 – Hilander’s talk about the soul of a tree – Aušra Mačiulytė
12.00 – 18.00 – Properties of the trees used to make burtukės (for weaving sashes) and spells with ash charms – Loreta Lichtarovičienė
13.00 – Making of herbal incense – workshop with Eglė Jonaitytė
17.30 – Journey with wolves – woodman Petras Dabrišius
:::: Kids Yard ::::
10.00 – 19.00 – Forest games and exploration programme
14.00 – Let’s get to know traditional Lituanian musical instruments – Jonas Chockevičius
18.00 – Aitvaras’ football (join in!)
::: Tipi Village ::::
12.00 – Wicker Natural bath (Tamazcal tradition)
• Lituanian Riflemen’s Union (by the Tent of Wisdom)
12.00 – 17.00 – Introduction to activities of the Union. Matches: Defeat gravity, Scout game, Starting fire. First aid (not only for soldiers)
• The Great Drums (by the Forest School)
13.00 – Intuitive shamanic drumming / Workshop + sound journey – Studio Artimi garsai
• Arborist camp (by the Forest School)
13.00 – 19.00 – A view through the eyes of an arborist: city, tree and human – Lituanian Arborist Association
• SPORTS •
from 12.00 all day long – Lituanian Ethnosport Committee educations
10.00 –17.00 – Football tournament to win the MJR XXII Horn (Middle Meadow)
11.00 – 13.00 – Muštukas tournament (by the Oak tree in the Craft Yard)
11.00 – 13.00 – Kyla Tournament (by the Oak tree in the Craft Yard)
12.00 – Orienteering sports competition (starts at the Info Centre)
12.00 – 14.00 – Lituanian wrestling tournament (by the Oak tree in the Craft Yard)
13.00 – 18.00 – Chess tournaments
13.00 – 20.00 – Archery tournaments
14.00 – 15.00 – Push-off tournament (by the )ak tree in the Craft Yard)
• On a Pretty Hill
01.00 – Fire sculpture *Plant* – Mantvydas Vilys
:::: AUKURAS ::::
09.00 – Sutartinės (Lituanian polyphonic singing) – MEDGRINDA & SVIRTIS
10.00 – Ancestral songs. The magic of Sutartinės with Laurita Peleniūtė.
11.00 – Circle of annual Slavic ritual songs. Slavic Circle
1?.00 – SONGS TO THE TREE. A joint singing of the MJR foreign guests and participants
:::: FOLK STAGE ::::
11.30 – Musical play for children “What forest are you from?” – by theatre group Lagaminas and dance group Mėta
14.20 – SVIRTIS
15.20 – ČIŪTA
16.20 – MEDGRINDA
17.15 – HONEYPAW /Fin /Lit /Can
The Night party of traditional dance:
20.40 – WILCZE KŁAKI /Pol
21.15 – SADŪNAI
:::: MAIN STAGE ::::
17.45 – KŪLGRINDA
18.45 – GAMKA
19.45 – BANI HILL BAND /Geo
21.10 – I.V.T.K.Y.G.Y.G.
22.20 – SKYFORGER /Lat
00.00 – TIAMAT /Swe
:::: DŪBURYS STAGE ::::
17.15 – SIDABRO
18.15 – KEDROSTUBURAS
19.15 – PEKLA
20.30 – VERIKALPA /Fin
22.00 – SUTARI /Pol
23.15 – SINSTATION
00.30 – ELEKTRONINĖS SUTARTINĖS
:::: FIR STAGE ::::
15.30 – DJ Šarqs
17.30 – ORAI
18.30 – KEISTA BJAURI ŽUVIS
19.30 – Toma ČEPAITĖ
20.30 – IRENA UPĖ
21.30 – BY THE SPIRITS /Pol
22.30 – Donatas BIELKAUSKAS
23.30 – NULIS:S:S:S
00.15 – SHUMA /Blr
01.15 – BEDLESS BONES /Est
02.00 – DJ Voe
VIII.28 – SUNDAY
The sun rises at 5.23,
the length of the day is 16.04
06.00 – M.K.Č. Miške (in the Fir Wood)
07.00 – Meditation. Led by Žymantas Dečkus (at the Altar)
08.00 – Morning exercise. Led by Žilvinas Gruodis (on the Hill of Aitvaras)
08.30 – Excercise in water. Led by Swimming coach Mintara Labanauskienė (at the Main Beach)
:::: TENT of WISDOM ::::
08.00 – Cartoons for kids – Tindirindis
09.00 – Exploring nature with iNaturalist – dr. Jurga Motiejūnaitė (one hour of exploring arround)
09.30 – Forest brothers. The (Un)Written History of the Struggle for Lituanian Freedom – prof. Vykintas Vaitkevičius
10.40 – “Parėdzymai”: passing on the endangered weaving tradition – Eglė Kašėtienė, Mindaugas Rasimavičius
11.50 – Save one, save a hundred! – Adelė Banelienė
13.00 – Healing forests – Monika Peldavičiūtė, Gyvo Žalio Association
17.00 – Moniškis Forest trip with the Sengirė Foundation (registration required)
:::: CRAFT YARD ::::
12.00 – Bands weaving – Algirdas Breidokas, Guild of Breidokas
13.00 – Ancient roof chip manufacturing – Gintas Čekauskas, Čekauskas Museum
14.00 – Table of Men’s songs. Everyone invited!
:::: The ForestART Workshops ::::
10.00 – 13.00 – Making of personal Runes with Aušra Mačiulyte
:::: Kids Yard ::::
10.00 – 15.00 – Games and exploration
11.00 – “How trees travel” education for kids – dr. Mindaugas Lapelė, Sengirė foundation
:::: Tipi Village ::::
11.00 – Sharing circle with Chief Stephen Paul MC Cullough of the Lakota Indian Tribe
13.00 – Introduction to the Inipi bathhouse tradition
14.00 – Ritual of sacred songs and drumming of the Lakota tribe
18.00 – Wicker Natural bath (Inipi tradition)
• The Great Drums (near the Forest School)
12.00 – Intuitive drumming workshop for the whole family – Studio Artimi garsai
• SPORTS •
11.00 – 13.00 – Kyla tournament (at the Oak tree in the Craft Yard)
12.00 – 14.00 – Ripka tournament (Lituanian folk sports, near the Great Oak Stage)
:::: FOLK STAGE ::::
12.15 – Festival tournaments winners award ceremony
12.30 – Gintarius DAINANEŠYS ir Giedrė
13.20 – Darius ŽVIRBLIS
14.20 – STUDIO MARUKO
:::: AUKURAS ::::
10.00 – The kanklės circle. Zither playing lessons by Agota Zdanavičiūtė
16.00 – Closure rites of MJR XXII
MUSIC BANDS
TIAMAT (SE)
The legendary dark metal band TIAMAT will thunder on the stage of MJR this year! For more than three decades, Johan Edlund’s lead band has
ME AND THAT MAN (PL)
Another enchanting surprise on this year’s MJR stage! A phenomenal project of dark folk, rough country and gothic blues, created by extreme metal scene icon
BANI HILL BAND (GE)
BANI HILL BAND (Georgia) Power of Caucasus! Bani Hill Band are admired due to wonderful voices, perfectly dominated instrumentals and devotion to the music, carried
SKYFORGER (LV)
MJR XXII stage welcomes the legendary Latvian Pagan Metal band! It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since SKYFORGER’s last show in Juodaragis,
OBTEST (LT)
The cult Lituanian pagan metal band is back with new fire! For this year Obtest will revive their 2008 album “Tree of Life”, expressing the
ALINA ORLOVA (LT)
Alina Orlova, the exceptional Lituanian composer and singer, is returning to the MJR stage with the band – she will present her beloved and well-known
NEMUER (Czech Republic)
Throat singing and overtones, hypnotic rhythms of percussion, ancient instruments and dead languages, but, above all, a hauntingly dark atmosphere like a fog in a
TARUTA (UA)
The will be a special brotherly music event on the MJR stage on Friday – the world-rock group Taruta together with fellow Lituanian musicians will
SUTARI (PL)
SUTARI is the power of three female voices and rich musical imagination. The artists continue the traditions of Polish folk singers. Their work set a
MIGLOJE (LT)
MigloJE is an experimental music project started in 1997, its style has evolved from heavy hardcore techno and idm into the fields of ambient. By
Gintarius DAINANEŠYS ir Giedrė (LT)
An original duo from a forgotten rural village, creating unique singing poetry. The fire for their songs comes from the sanctity of the earth, the
