Ensembles from seven countries will perform at the "Zvenyat Tsimbaly i Garnik" festival in Postavy
The forum, celebrating its 30th anniversary, will bring together creative groups and individual performers from seven countries: Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Georgia. All festival events this year will be held under the banner of celebrating the 610th anniversary of Postavy and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders. On the first day, an exhibition dedicated to the festival's anniversary will open, and a literary and musical celebration "And the word of countrymen will sound over the native land" will take place.
Sports competitions are planned at the city stadium, and a two-day scientific and practical conference "Pastavshchyna in the Measurement of Time" will begin at the district executive committee. In the evening, guests of the celebration will enjoy a performance by the G.I. Tsitovich National Academic Folk Choir of Belarus. The subsequent festival days are even more packed. The competition of groups and individual performers on folk instruments "Who is Who?", a fair of folk crafts, a review competition of rural homesteads "Pastavshchyna is Hospitable", an exhibition at the local history museum "Famous Places of Pastavshchyna", and a theatrical performance "Music of Belarusian Palaces and Estates" are planned for June 8. Bright moments of this day will also include the grand opening of the festival "Happy Anniversary, Native City!", "Postavy Ball", a fire show, and fireworks.
The program will conclude on June 9 with a theatrical procession and a gala concert of the festival participants. Events will take place at ten concert and exhibition venues in the city, as well as in large agro-towns. "For the holiday, the main square of the district center and the summer amphitheater in the city park have been renovated, and numerous flower beds and new green spaces have adorned the city. A regional competition of creative works "Postavy 610. Ideas Transforming Postavy" was also held. Its winners will be honored at the festival," the district executive committee added.
Organizers: Ministry of Culture, Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Postavy District Executive Committee.