Today, a gala concert of the VI Republican Festival of Folk Groups of amateur artistic creativity “Dulyu Güllәmke” (“Inflorescence of Friendship”) was held in Ufa. This year it is held in order to prepare for the World Folkloriad 2020.

The Minister of Culture of the Republic Amina Shafikova congratulated all speakers on the holiday and thanked the municipal districts of Bashkortostan for their participation.

    “I am sincerely glad to welcome you, to congratulate you on the inflorescence of friendship, a great and beautiful event, a celebration of skill and talent, joy and friendship! Today's event is held due to the fact that the residents of our beautiful republic have a great desire to engage in creative work and unite in groups. May this spring of inspiration never run dry. We create favorable conditions for the population to increase the number of participants in amateur art activities. It is gratifying that today there is an opportunity to build new clubs, to reconstruct existing ones, which helps to increase club formations”, - said Amina Ivnievna.

A creative marathon of choral and vocal, folklore groups, dance ensembles, sesen schools, orchestras, instrumental ensembles, circus groups, reflecting the vibrant national colors and life of various nations, started in January of this year. In the course of the year, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, reviews of teams with the honorary title of “people's” and “exemplary” were conducted. The specialists of the Republican Center of Folk Art reviewed more than 6,000 creative issues, which were attended by more than 20,000 people, more than 1,000 amateur art groups.