Bashkortostan is preparing for the VI World Folklore festival CIOFF®

Bashkortostan is preparing for the VI World Folklore festival CIOFF®

The Head of Republic of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov held a work meeting on preparing for the VI World Folklore festival CIOFF®. The festival will take place in Bashkortostan from the July 18 to August 1, 2020. 

"This is the first time Russia hosts the World Folkloriada. For some reasons sometimes it is called the Cultural Olympic Games. More than 3 thousand artists are coming to visit us.The Folklore Festival program will not be limited to the capital of the Republic but will be dispersed throughout all districts and cities".

The Head of the region instructed the government to examine all the places and venues for performances, prepare places of residence and meals for festival participants. 

Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic Fanur Yagafarov spoke about the course of preparation. He told how the work started in 2015. Vice Prime Minister also recalled that on June 1, 2017, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the VI CIOFF® World Folkloriada.

Reference:

The World Folklore Festival is part of the official events of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts (CIOFF® and takes place every four years. Traditionally, about 3 thousand artists from 60-80 countries take part in it.

The first Folklore Festival was held in 1996 in the Netherlands, in subsequent years it took place in Japan, Hungary, South Korea and Mexico.

The decision that Ufa will become the capital of the World Folklore Festival - 2020 was made in 2015 at the 45th World Congress and CIOFF® General Assembly in Peru.

Bashkortostan is preparing for the VI World Folklore festival CIOFF®
Bashkortostan is preparing for the VI World Folklore festival CIOFF®

 

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