RATILIO. Vilnius University folklore ensemble performance during the opening of Augustas Serapinas’ exhibition “Pine, Spruce and Aspen”

RATILIO

Vilnius University folklore ensemble performance during the opening of Augustas Serapinas’ exhibition “Pine, Spruce and Aspen”

15.11.2024 (Friday), 6:30 pm

Arsenal Gallery power station (elektrownia)
Elektryczna 13 (entrance from Świętojańska St.), Białystok
free admission

Founded in 1968, Vilnius University Folk Ensemble RATILIO is the oldest city folk ensemble in Lithuania. Its name comes from archaic Lithuanian songs, where ratilio (pronounced [rʌti’lo:]) is often used as a sort of refrain. Although the word does not exist in contemporary Lithuanian, it does evoke the image of a circle or wheel (Lith. ratas), which captures the idea of continuation and renewal within the ensemble, the cycle of life as a fundamental principle of the traditional world view and the sense of community, expressed through dancing and singing in a circle. Comprised of members from across the country, the ensemble represents all five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. RATILIO is especially proud to have sutartinė—an archaic genre of vocal and instrumental polyphonic music, inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity—in its repertoire.

UPCOMING EVENTS

15.11.2024 (Friday), 6 pm
Opening of the exhibition

16.11.2024 (Saturday), 11:00 am
Guided tour with Augustas Serapinas

23.11.2024 (saturday), 12:00 pm
BURNING BIALYSTOK. Guided tour with journalist Andrzej Kłopotowski