Collectives from eight countries will gather at the festival of traditional culture in Braslav

May 20, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The international festival of traditional culture "Braslavskie Zarnitsy" will be held in Braslav on May 28-30, the head of the culture department of the Braslav District Executive Committee, Galina Korotkova, told a BELTA correspondent. Creative teams from Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland will take part in the event. About 500 people are expected in total. This year, the festival, beloved by the residents of Braslav, will be dedicated to three significant dates at once: the 945th anniversary of Braslav, the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Braslav district, and the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory, so its program will be very rich, noted Galina Korotkova. It will be opened on May 28 by the finals of the district competitions "Miss Braslava-2010" and "Young Voices," in which 10 local beauties and 18 young talents will compete for victory. In the evening, a disco awaits the youth. May 29 will be held under the sign of the city. On this day, an exhibition-fair of folk art masters, a tent city of six knightly clubs from Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk will be set up in Braslav, a photo exhibition "My Favorite City," game and sports grounds, attractions will be open, and a theatrical performance "The Sword of Brachislav," dedicated to the founding of the city, will take place. Its main characters will be the arrogant beauty Driva and Prince Bras, from whose name the city's name originated. At the festival, the brave and noble warrior will hand over the symbolic key to the city to its current ruler - the chairman of the Braslav District Executive Committee, Petr Gishkelyuk. The final day of "Braslavskie Zarnitsy" will be dedicated to the performances of the main participants of the festival - 20 teams from eight countries. They will demonstrate their skills at a grand gala concert, which will take place after the ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the monument to fallen soldiers and the theatrical performance "Braslav - a Garden City." In addition, on the same day, the jury will announce the winners of the open competition "Braslav Souvenir," which features about fifty works from folk craft masters and various enterprises of the Vitebsk region. The organizers of the event are the Braslav District Executive Committee, the culture department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.-0-