"Dnieper Voices" will sound on June 27 in the Vitebsk region

June 24, Minsk / Vladimir Vasilkov - BELTA /. The XVI International Festival of Song and Music of the Dnieper Region of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine "Dneprovskiye Golosa v Dubrovne" will be held in Dubrovno, Vitebsk region on June 27-28. As Mikhail Rybakov, press secretary of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative for Religious and National Affairs, told a BELTA correspondent, this year the festival is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders. Numerous guests and creative groups from Belarus (both from the country itself and representatives of the Belarusian diaspora), Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Slovakia, as well as the Republic of Tatarstan and the western regions of Russia will take part in the festival. "Belarus has become a home for many nationalities. The traditions of peaceful cooperation of ethnic groups in our country have been elevated to the rank of state policy. We have nothing to divide, but we have something to share, and by welcoming guests, the country extends a hand of friendship to all people of good will," noted Mikhail Rybakov. The program of the celebration also includes business meetings between the district leadership and representatives of foreign regional administrations on further partnership cooperation in the fields of culture, economy, recreation and tourism. During the festival events, commendation letters and valuable prizes from the Plenipotentiary Representative for Religious and National Affairs will be awarded to the leadership of the Dubrovno district for their successful participation in the implementation of the project "Administrative Region of Belarus - Organization of Compatriots Abroad" and to the editorial office of the district newspaper "Dneprovskaya Pravda" for actively covering issues of interethnic and interfaith relations, intercultural dialogue and cooperation with compatriots abroad. Representatives of Tatarstan, in memory of their compatriot, composer Farid Yarullin, who died during the liberation of the district and was buried at the Rilenki memorial complex, will lay flowers and soil from Tatarstan at the hero's grave. The international public association "Tatar-Bashkir Cultural Heritage 'Chishma'" will donate a selection of books for children and schoolchildren to the district library. -0-