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Bulgarian and Ukranian folklore met on the stage
of the Folklore Festival “Ethno Rhythms 2020”
More than 200 participants from all over Bulgaria and 130 performers from Ukraine performed at the folklore
festival “Ethno Rhythms 2020”.
The fifth folklore festival
“Ethno Rhythms” this year was
held from 4 to 8 September in
the Golden Sands resort, Municipality
of Varna (Bulgaria).
The event is organized in partnership
with the Varna Tourist
Chamber and with the support
of the Municipality of Varna.
The festival was opened by
Mr. Ilin Dimitrov, Chairman of
the Varna Tourist Chamber.
The two concert evenings
were attended by representatives
of 20 groups from 11 areas
in the country - Veliko Tarnovo,
Vratsa, Pleven, Burgas, Vidin,
Silistra, Kyustendil, Haskovo,
Dobrich, Lovech and Smolyan.
Dancers, singers and musicians represented different musical ethnographic regions - Thrace, Dobrudzha, Northern
Bulgaria, Shopluka and the Rhodopes.
130 participants from 15 groups represented Ukraine. Each Ukrainian singing group had prepared a Bulgarian
song especially for the forum. In addition to Ukrainian song folklore, in the performances of Ukrainians we
heard favorite Bulgarian folklore songs such as “Petko, le, kapitane”, “Lilyano, mome”, “Nazad, nazad, mome,
Kalino”, “Cherna kokoshka” and many others.
The Ukrainian participants also presented an exhibition - a bazaar of Ukrainian folk crafts - works “Petrikov
painting”, a symbol of hard work and aesthetic ideals of Ukrainians.
The award ceremony for the participants in the musical evenings took place at the end of the second concert
evening. Each group received a certificate of participation, a plaque and a bag with advertising materials provided
by the Municipality of Varna.
The award for the youngest participant on the stage went to the twelve-year-old singer Victoria Nikolova, from
the village of Ribaritsa, Lovech, and the award for the oldest performer in the forum was given to the accordionist
Petar Dobrev, 78, from the village of Sredishte, Silistra.
The award for the most numerous group went to the “Sabuzhdane- 1927” Community Center. The group from
the village of Radievo, Haskovo has 40 members.
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