The festival also had a day where the slave and master would. It is funded by Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the North of Tyne Combined Authority and delivered in partnership with Carlisle City Council and Northumberland County Council. Some sources even believe that Saturnalia was absorbed into the Christian holiday of Christmas. It is being delivered by the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival team. Saturnalia has been commissioned by Northumberland County Council on behalf of the Hadrian’s Wall Partnership for the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival. Visit the FAQs page for more information about the events. If you are concerned or unsure, please check the Saturnalia Facebook page in the first instance. Saturnalia will go ahead in most weathers.You can visit any time within the stated opening hours of 4:30pm until last entry at 7pm. Saturnalia was the Roman equivalent to the earlier Greek holiday of Kronia, which was celebrated during the Attic month of Hekatombaion in late midsummer.
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Saturnalia is free to attend, and no booking is required.
What do you bring? Just yourselves, we’ll take care of the rest. This is a party at your place, your bit of wall, your slice of history. They are your guides, your fellow revellers These mischief makers, these noise-makers, these light-bearers, these fire-lighters Most importantly, a celebration of all of us, right nowĪ chance to capture the moment, to carpe the diem Saturnalia it’s a night of mischief, magic and misruleĮvery 100 years a hardy band of mischief makers arrive to make merryĪ celebration along the wall, its ancient stones bursting with storiesĪ celebration of Saturn, god of time, growth, abundance and peace The actual dates vary but most scholars agree it was once celebrated between December 17th and the 23rd OR December 25th through the 31st, depending on the calendar that was used. Saturnus was the god of sowing or seed, and the festival celebrated agriculture.
They wore frightening masks and made a pandemonium of noise with. The Saturnalia Festival is an ancient Roman holiday that mainly celebrated the Winter sowing season, as well as honored the god Saturn. The Festival of Saturn, or Saturnalia, was the most popular in ancient Rome.
A travelling installation made up of music, creative lighting, fire, interactive projection and an entertaining troupe of mischief and merrymakers. While the Saturnalia in the Roman Empire usually fell in December, the Germanic people celebrated a wild festival in the spring.
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