The delegation from Vitebsk region will take part in the festival of national cultures in Grodno

The forum participants were selected based on the results of the regional qualifying round, which was attended by a republican jury chaired by People's Artist of Belarus, artistic director of the G. Tsitovich National Academic Folk Choir, Mikhail Drinevsky.

The following have been invited to Grodno: the "Vitebskiye Devchata" folk Jewish national ensemble, Ukrainian embroidery master Maria Stuk, Armenian woodcarver Khachik Chilingaryan, performers of Ukrainian, Kazakh, Russian and Polish songs, and others. The "Semya" club of the Slavno rural House of Culture of the Tolochin district will present Moldovan cuisine, and Svetlana Sosik from the Miory district will present Mordovian cuisine.

For the first time at the Festival of National Cultures, the Belarusian homestead "Kutochki rodnoy zyamli" will be presented, where each region will have its own "kutochok". At the Vitebsk homestead, guests will be greeted by masters from the House of Crafts and the "Vesyalukha" folk song ensemble from the Center of Culture in Beshenkovichi.

Tatyana Pasternak, "Vitebskiye Vesti", photos from the archive.