VIKING
FESTIVAL (WIKINGOWIE) (WOLIN, POLAND)
It was in Wolin in 1994 that the festival of the so-called "Jomsvikings" was
organized for the first time, but it soon became an international
parade of East-Central-European associations and tournament
clubs dealing with 6th-12th-century military tournaments.
In 2006 the twelfth festival which took place in Poland.
These festivals focus on the authentic Viking, Varangian,
Slavic (and in the meantime, also Avar and Hungarian) warfare,
hand-to-hand fighting, reconstruction and presentation
of weapons, and evoking a real military event in a spectacular
role-playing manner. A permanent part of the martial games
is hammer throwing, beer-drinking competition, and pole
throwing, but beside the physical challenges visitors to
the lifestyle camp can get acquainted with the "everyday
life" of Vikings, Swedes, Norwegians, Poles, Ukrainians,
Lithuanians, and Hungarians, learn the basics of runic
writing, or dance to pagan horn music.
Official homepage: http://www.jomsborg-vineta.com/index1.html |
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