Archery, throwing spears and horse riding demonstrations will be just some of the reasons to visit the festival “Remember the Glory – Tuida” near Sliven. The Medieval Festival will be held on 14 and 15 October and is dedicated to the holiday of Sliven – Dimitrovden. During the two days of the event will be presented the life, culture, crafts, demonstrations, and warfare from the period of the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, promise the organizers.

During the two festival days in the built medieval camps, the visitors will be able to see the re-constructions of tents, nomad yurts, clothing, armament, and see how the Bulgarians lived at that time and their crafts. The official opening of the festival is from 11 o’clock on October 14th.

You can take part in an Archery Competition at 2 p.m. and learn a little later to throw a spear and attend a Medieval Fencing Tournament. In addition, during the two days of the festival, you can watch horse riding demonstrations and attend other open lessons in medieval arts.

In the festival in the Medieval Tuida fortress near Sliven will take part clubs for historical restorations from the host city, Sofia, Varna, Pazardzhik, Burgas, Shumen, Veliko Tarnovo, Haskovo, Svishtov, Maglizh. The organizers of the festival are the Municipality of Sliven, the Medieval Tuida fortress and the Association for Medieval Martial Arts – Ratina.