Vitebsk residents will fight with sacks and race on brooms for Christmas

January 6, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Vitebsk residents will fight with sacks and run on brooms for Christmas. As told to a BELTA correspondent by cultural institutions of the regional center, mass festivities will be held on January 7 at the "Dvina" Center for Folk Crafts and Arts. The "Vitebskiye Kolyady" program will begin at 11:00 with a theatrical performance with the participation of traditional characters for this holiday, Ded, Baba, and Kozya, as well as members of city historical reconstruction clubs. Spectators will also become participants in the show. Thus, brave lads will be able to test their heroic strength in playful fights with sacks filled with straw. The winner will be the one who first knocks his opponent off a low bench with this formidable weapon. Children will have a competition for the best winter figure. Moreover, there is more than enough material for their fantasies to come true, the center assured. Tired of outdoor fun, participants of the holiday will be able to warm up with hot tea and pancakes, visit the photo exhibition "Objective Winter," the exhibition of children's drawings "Christmas Fairy Tales," and a fair of folk craft masters. The Park of Culture and Recreation named after the Soviet Army also invites you to spend the winter holiday actively. Here, everyone will be offered to ski, ride horses and horse-drawn carriages, participate in winter amusements - running on brooms and one ski, in sacks, as well as show their dexterity and reaction in other fun contests. Hospitable representatives of the city's trading enterprises will help participants to gain strength and warm up. For those who prefer intellectual leisure to active entertainment on Christmas, they should go to the Yanka Kupala National Academic Drama Theater on this day, where a festival of spiritual music will be held. -0-