Harvest festival, young families competition, and song festival will be held in Verkhnedvinsk district
The district harvest festival "Dazhynki", the competition "Our House is Rich in Everything!" and the song festival "Gathering a Starry Round Dance" will be held on August 24-25 in the Verkhnedvinsk district of the Vitebsk region, the district executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
The center of the "Dazhynki" celebration on August 24 will be the agricultural enterprise "Verkhnedvinsky". The festival will be held here in accordance with folk tradition. Residents and guests of the region will see a folklore ritual performed by the folk ensemble "Senkavitsa". Then, the rite of consecration of the new harvest grain will be held, and a thanksgiving prayer service will be offered. The festival will be continued by a musical program of creative groups from the Verkhnedvinsk district.
On the same day, the district competition "Our House is Rich in Everything!" will be held in the agro-town of Leonisheno. Young families with children living in rural settlements of the Verkhnedvinsk district will take part in it. The festival program is diverse and rich: family exhibitions and exhibitions of folk art masters, competitions "Welcome in Belarusian!", "Festive Cart", "Potato Growers", game and concert programs.
And on Sunday, the district song festival "Gathering a Starry Round Dance" will be held in the agro-town of Volyntsy. Amateur groups and performers from the Verkhnedvinsk district and regions of the oblast, as well as guests from Lithuania, will take part in the festival. During the festival, the folk art masters' festival "Verkhnedvinsk Treasure Chest" will take place.