19. Traditional Lednice harvest festivities and celebrations

On Sunday, August 18, 2019, the 19th year of the restored traditional Lednice harvest festival will take place in the picturesque border village of Lednice, surrounded by beautiful nature, rock cliffs and the mysterious Lednice Castle. Lednice harvest is one of the successful and sought-after social events not only for locals, but also for spectators from the region and foreign tourists - especially from Moravia. They are attracted to Lednice by a unique atmosphere. The festivities offer a rich cultural program, which is dominated by a costumed procession through the village with a harvest wreath, a peasant ride on decorated horse-drawn carriages, old harvesting mechanisms, refrigerators in original work and festive costume clothing, folklore groups, ensembles and brass band. The festive party starts at 1 pm at the local primary school.

After the solemn blessing of the harvest wreath in the church of St. Ján Nepomucký, the local folklore group Ledničanka will hand over a harvest wreath in the amphitheater to the mayor of the village. The program continues in the amphitheater at 2.30 pm. You can look forward to FSk and DFS Ledničanka, Lednica; FSk Javornik, Luky; FSk dating in Limbora, Prečín. The guest of the program of this year's festivities will be the folklore ensemble Urpín from Banská Bystrica at 3.40 pm.

At 5 pm, the ŠČAMBA music group will perform their program. The amphitheater will also feature demonstrations of works by folk artisans and a tasting of traditional dishes. At 7.30 pm, the program continues with a folk party, the band SONG will play.