Souvenir competition for the "Alexandria Gathers Friends" ("Kupalye") festival

The Standing Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the Kupala Night festival ("Alexandria Gathers Friends") approved the Regulations on the competition for the best souvenir – the symbol of the Kupala Night festival ("Alexandria Gathers Friends") on February 26, 2013.

The purpose of the competition is to popularize the Kupala Night festival ("Alexandria Gathers Friends"), to identify and encourage organizations and craftspeople of the Republic of Belarus – manufacturers of souvenir products, and to saturate the events related to the Kupala Night festival with high-quality, affordable souvenir products.
The competition is open. Individuals and legal entities, associations of legal entities, and individual entrepreneurs can participate in it.

The competition is held in the following categories, depending on the material from which the souvenir is made: straw, wood, birch bark; glass, metal; clay, plaster, ceramics; fabric, leather, fur, papier-mâché; stone and other materials.

The competition regulations can be found on the website www.cci.by.
To participate in the competition, you must submit to the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry by April 15, 2013: a completed application form (attached); an information letter; a sample of the souvenir product. Each participant has the right to submit no more than three souvenirs in each category to the competition.
From April 15 to May 1, 2013, the competition commission will work, and as a result, the winner of the competition in each category will be determined.

The organizers of the Kupala Night festival ("Alexandria Gathers Friends") will ensure the sale (including mobile trade) of souvenir products that won the competition within the framework of the festival.