The "Zvinyats Tsimbaly i Garnik" festival in Postavy will be immortalized in stone

May 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The "Zvinats' tsymbaly i harmunik" festival in Postavy will be immortalized in stone, as reported to BELTA correspondent by the culture department of the Postavy District Executive Committee. The sculptural group symbolizing the festival was created by students of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (Minsk) during a stone carvers' plein air event organized in Postavy during the forum. The composition features an extended accordion placed on a large boulder, with the silhouettes of musicians – a man and a woman – protruding from the sides of the musical instrument. Nearby, a musical staff is depicted with the notes of the festival's call sign. The grand opening of the monument will take place on June 9 near the Postavy Children's Art School. During the festive ceremony, the school will be solemnly named after Antoni Tyzenhauz. The international folk music festival "Zvinats' tsymbaly i harmunik" will be held this year from June 8 to 10. The celebration will bring together about 500 guests and participants from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Kazakhstan. The forum's program, which includes numerous events, will be held under the sign of a double anniversary: the festival will mark the 15th anniversary of its international status and the 130th anniversary of the birth of the classics of Belarusian literature, Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas. For the first time, the festival will host the "Knizhny fest" art competition among educational institutions of the district. A large book fair will offer a wide selection of publications by Belarusian authors, including contemporary ones. Professional and amateur folk music and song ensembles from various countries will perform on the creative stages of the city and district: the Zhynovich State Academic Folk Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, the Tsitovich State Academic Choir of the Republic of Belarus, the Zvonarei and "Talaka" ensembles, the "Lietuva" State Song, Music and Dance Ensemble (Vilnius), the youth group "Kolodiy" (Ukraine), and others. The large-scale theatrical performance "Postavy Ball," the exhibition in the City of Masters, play areas, and the competition of folk instrument ensembles and performers "Who Will Outdo Whom?" also remain consistently popular. -0-