The international festival of traditional culture "Braslav Dawns" will be held on May 29-30 in Braslav
May 29 at 12:00 PM at the District Culture Center of the State Cultural Institution "Centralized Club System of Braslav District" (Braslav, Sovetskaya St., 10b), children's choral groups of the open regional competition "Braslav Choral Assembly" will begin their performances.
And from 2:00 PM in the "Lesnichovka" forest park, the competition performances will begin by about 20 adult choral groups from Vitebsk region, Mogilev, and Gomel. To participate in the competition, each vocal-choral group presents a program of two contrasting pieces. A mandatory condition is the preparation and performance of combined pieces for each of the two age categories, which will be performed during the grand opening of the International Festival of Traditional Culture "Braslav Zarnitsy":
– Music and lyrics by V. Koryzna "Braslav Land";
– Music by I. Luchenok, lyrics by I. Titovets "Holy Motherland".
– Music and lyrics by A. Averin "Bright Star".
May 29 at 7:00 PM at the "Zamkovaya Gora" settlement, the exhibition of elements of intangible cultural heritage of Vitebsk region "Living Heritage" will take place. Masters from Vitebsk region will present their skills at the exhibition.
The element Traditional Art of Painted Rugs of Vitebsk Poozerye is presented by: Skavyrka Svetlana Anatolyevna – Head of the branch "Glubokoye City House of Crafts" of the State Cultural Institution "Glubokoye Center of Traditional Culture and Folk Art"; Gukova Olga Nikolaevna – methodologist for ceramics and folk painting of branch No. 1 "House of Crafts 'Old Mill'" of the State Cultural Institution "Center of Culture and Folk Art of Postavy District"; Zaika Svetlana Valeryevna – Head of the club of folk masters and amateur artists "Talaka" of the branch "District Center of Crafts" of the State Cultural Institution "Sharkovshchyna District Center of Culture".
The element Traditional
The images and production technology of clay folk toys of Orsha Podneprovye and Vitebsk Poddvina are presented by Avchinnikova Alesya Ivanovna – Head of the branch "Beshenkovichi District House of Crafts" of the State Cultural Institution "Beshenkovichi District Center of Culture".
On May 30, at 12:00, for the first time at the International festival in the Lesnichovka forest park, the open folk dance competition "Poozerskiye Tapatki" will be held. This choreographic competition is held with the aim of popularizing, restoring and preserving the national folk dance of its country and region, developing dance movement, supporting and improving the activities of choreographic groups.
More than 20 honored, folk and exemplary dance groups from Vitebsk, Brest, Gomel, and Mogilev regions are participating in the open competition. The groups present Belarusian folk dance and folk dance.
The professional jury, headed by Shilkina Elena Mikhailovna – Associate Professor of the Department of Choreography of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, will evaluate the performances of the groups based on genre diversity, level of performance skill, preservation of national repertoire and artistic style, ability to improvise, and compliance of costumes with the national traditions of their country.