The homeland of "Slavianski Bazaar" presents the festival "Vitebsk - A Flax Spectacle"

July 2, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The birthplace of the international arts festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will present a new festival - "Vitebsk - Linen Fairytale", the project initiator, director of the information and consulting association "Vitebsk City and Company" Tatyana Lapina told a BELTA correspondent. The new festival will be dedicated to flax and everything connected with it: from the history of weaving to high fashion. Its premiere is scheduled for 2010. The main goal of the linen fairytale will be to promote products made from blue silk by domestic manufacturers to the market and to attract foreign tourists. The organization of linen shopping tours for European buyers is also one of the priorities of the new festival, Tatyana Lapina added. The organizers of the project will be the Orsha Linen Mill, light industry and trade enterprises of the Vitebsk region, and cultural institutions. The presentation of the linen festival is scheduled for July 11 of the current year, so that as many guests of the "Slavianski Bazaar" as possible learn about the new project and come to Vitebsk for the "Linen Fairytale" in a year. The Orsha Linen Mill, the "Vitebchanka" garment factory, and the Vitebsk State Technological University will take part in the project presentation. Everyone will be able to see and purchase linen products, both industrially produced and exclusive designer models. -0-