Head of Bashkortostan Khabirov: the children's forum will be a wonderful gift for the residents of the republic celebrate the 450th anniversary. The head of the region, Radiy Khabirov, announced this on his VKontakte account page.
He noted that the decision on the venue of the forum was made at the 50th General Assembly of the International Council for the Organization of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts (CIOFF) in Budapest. Khabirov added that this became possible in many respects due to the fact that this year Bashkiria coped with the organization of the international festival “Folkloriada” with dignity.
According to him, the holding of children's folklore games in Russia was discussed with the President of CIOFF Philippe Bossan. “This international children's forum of folk art will be a wonderful present for all residents of the republic, and first of all for children, for the 450th anniversary of Ufa. For our part, we will do our best to make guests and participants feel cozy and comfortable in our republic, “he wrote, thanking CIOFF for the opportunity to hold the event in Bashkortostan.
VI World Folkloriad CIOFF in this year was held in Bashkortostan from 3 to 10 July. Traditionally, the event is held every four years. Earlier, the singer Manizha (Manizha Sangin), who performed at the international festival, compared the event with the international music contest “Eurovision”. “I am shocked by the scale of the Folkloriad, by the number of countries. In fact, Eurovision, which is taking place here in Ufa, is cool! It is very beautiful, large-scale, your audience is very special – they listen to songs from beginning to end, not all cities treat music like that, “said Manizha.