Delegations from twin cities will arrive in Orsha to celebrate Peace Day

September 15, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Delegations from twin cities will come to Orsha for the international festival "Sodruzhestvo" (Commonwealth), dedicated to Peace Day, the Orsha City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. On September 19, representatives of the twin cities of Telšiai (Lithuania), Mińsk Mazowiecki (Poland), Pernik (Bulgaria), Bălți (Moldova), Vyazma (Russia), as well as the districts of Zapadnoye Degunino of Moscow and Krasnogvardeysky of St. Petersburg, will gather in Orsha. More than 70 guests are expected in total. Festival participants will attend autocross competitions and the concert "Peace to the World!" on the square of the Jesuit collegium. A fair of folk craftsmen will also be held here. The next day, an excursion tour of Orsha will be organized for the guests, including visits to the sports complex, the exhibition hall of the "Krasny Borets" enterprise, the Children's Park, the city stadium, Gymnasium No. 2, the maternity hospital, the V.S. Korotkevich Museum, the "Levki" complex, and other facilities. A meeting with artisans and a presentation of an exhibition of works by artists, photo artists, and national costumes "For the Sake of Peace on Earth" are also planned. On Peace Day, September 21, participants of the international festival will continue to get acquainted with the city, visit an exhibition of products from enterprises, and the children's drawing contest on asphalt "We Need Peace". An Alley of Peace will be laid as a token of friendship, and in the evening, a gala concert "Peace is the Most Important Word in the World" will take place, concluding with a colorful fireworks display. The organizers of the festival are the Orsha City Executive Committee and the Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Peace Foundation. -0-