The potato festival will be held on July 23 in the Polotsk district

July 22, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 300 potato fans will gather at a festival in the Polotsk district dedicated to the second bread of Belarusians, BELTA was informed at the Polotsk District Executive Committee.

The event will be held on July 23 in the agro-town of Kushliki on the basis of the agricultural enterprise of the same name. Local residents, as well as guests of the holiday, will take part in numerous fun contests and games related to potatoes or their direct use. The cultural and entertainment program, prepared by creative teams of the district, will also be dedicated to the main hero of the occasion: songs, chastushkas will be sung about him, proverbs and sayings will be told, and many interesting facts will be presented.

One of the main events of the day will be a competition among housewives for the most delicious and attractive potato dish according to grandmother's recipes. Anyone who wishes can take part in the tasting and express their opinion.

The solemn and official part also includes awarding workers of the "Kushliki" farm, heads of the best farmsteads, owners of personal rural and dacha plots.

As noted at the district executive committee, "the festival is designed not only to pay tribute to the second bread of Belarusians, but also to honor and praise the people who grow it."

The Potato Festival is becoming an organic continuation of a whole series of creative rural projects in the Polotsk district. For example, Mushroom and Blueberry championships are already successfully held here. The events are very popular with residents of various regions of Belarus. "Meanwhile, these projects are carried out not only with the aim of organizing active and healthy leisure for the population, but also to demonstrate that people in rural areas can live and work with dignity," specialists emphasized.

The organizer of the Potato Festival is the Polotsk District Executive Committee.-0-