Exhibition of historical reconstruction clubs in Minsk

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Clubs historical reconstruction - a special world in which the whole era alive. Crusaders or warriors Litvinov, Scottish or British Marines - who to be, you can choose to your liking. And then, consistently, day after day to sew myself a corresponding suit, pick up weapons ... To study the culture of the modern globalist world is passion, you see, it seems very elitist.

Knight of the club "Lucerne».

See costumes from different eras, weapons, modeled on the original, ancient musical instruments can be at the exhibition-contest "Armor of the century", which was held in Belarusian National Technical University . Present their work here have welcomed the head of the national military history club "Zolak" Zhodino, leaders of the club of historical reconstruction "Lucerne" Minsk Palace of Children and Youth Irina Nightingale and Andrei Frolov, as well as members of clubs "Crown of the West" of the Republican center of innovation and technical creativity. Each club presented its coat of arms (and its symbols), armor, combat arms, household items, historical costumes.
At first it was not clear why the Technical University held such an exhibition. However, the Head of the Belarusian Folk Art Center "Keeper" of the institution Alla Ovsyannikova explained that such a competition they have organized in order to motivate students also engage in chivalry, to plunge into this other world and admire them. Such a hobby - a good alternative Spice, alcohol consumption , other bad habits, experts believe. If young people will spend their time creating medieval costumes, reconstructing the past era, she simply did not have time for silly things.
At first, students on what they saw, reacted differently. Where one laughed, another confidently and sincerely say, "I want to do." When the masters who came to the students held a master class on making old clothes, none of the young people did not remain indifferent.

Warrior of the "Crown of the West».

Special guest of the action was the chairman of the Belarusian Union of Folk Artists Eugene Sahuto. He commented on what he saw:
- In recent years, we can observe how the growing public interest in the forgotten pages of our past. Various technologies are revived, particularly in metal working; people are turning their attention to the weapons of the past centuries. Becomes popular restoration of ancient costume. Musical instruments of our ancestors also draw attention to themselves. Thus, contemporaries learn how ancestors lived as they defended their land as helping neighbors, and sometimes fought with them. It's nice that these traditions alive today. Soul rejoices when you look at the items recovered by authentic technologies. You can see almost all the methods of metal processing: stamping, casting, cold and hot forging, engraving. Adequately represented and other crafts . It is important that in the course of such activities, whether we like it or not, to penetrate one important point: in the Middle Ages our territories were European. Any achievement - technological, cultural, military, or some other Western European - once it becomes known to our masters, especially in urban shops immediately intercept and modify their own way. These traditions that continue being revived today underscore our European origin.
Nina Scherbachevich.