Gregorčki, a workshop for children and families

Name: Gregorčki, a workshop for children and families
Start: 2025-03-08T11:00:00+01:00
Location: Slovene Ethnographic Museum SilverStripe\View\ArrayData

The workshop is part of the LUV Fest

A group of children stands by the water in a winter setting, observing small models of houses and churches floating on the water.

8 Mar 2025 at 11:00

Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova ulica 2

According to the old calendar, spring began on March 12th, on St. Gregory’s Day. On the eve of this day, especially in craft towns, it was customary to "throw the light into the water," meaning that artisans stopped working by artificial light, as the days were becoming longer. They made paper boats, little houses, and churches with candles and let them float on the water.

At the creative workshop, you will make little houses – gregorčki – from biodegradable materials, which you can release into the Gradaščica River on March 11th, the eve of St. Gregory’s Day, and celebrate the beginning of spring.