Medieval Sighisoara Festival to kick off this weekend

Newsroom 24/07/2013 | 13:45

Between July 26-28, the twenty-first edition of the Medieval Sighisoara Festival will present “Vlad, the Justice Knight”, meaning three days of celebration with Middle Ages theme.

This year, the central character of the festival is Vlad the Impaler, the ruler of Wallachia in 1448, 1456-1462 and 1476, a figure that is related also with the birth of Sighisoara Citadel. The artistic director of the 21st edition of the Medieval Sighisoara Festival, Liviu Pancu, underlined that the festival is not intended to serve as a historical reconstruction, but rather as a ‘floating” of the soul elements felt by Vlad, son of a father belonging to the Order of the Dragon, and who was trained in the Ottoman Empire, things that determined him, when at home, to wish justice and prosperity for his nation, according to Agerpres newswire.

The twenty-first edition of Sighisoara Medieval Festival will start with the Grand parade of the knights, troubadours, minstrels, actors and artisans. Ad Hoc, Lupus Dacus, Truverii, Nomen Est Omen, CVA Domini, Terra Alba – all from Romania – and the Ambient Folklore from Bulgaria, along with the Order of the Knights in Medias, the Wolf Knights Order, the Tambour boy and Sighisoara Fortress Guard, the Crux Alba Knights Order (Hungary), the Order of Chigot Knights (Bulgaria) are those who will entertain the public with music beats.