From 17 to 20 March in Prague was held XIX International Folklore Festival. The musical event had representative character and involved 920 performers from 10 countries - Bulgaria, Belarus, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine. This information was announced by festival director, Mr. Dragan Petkovic.

The festival was organized and conducted for the first time in 2008. According to the director of the event, it has already became very popular and every year the level becomes higher. The festival is held under the auspices of the European Association of Folklore Festivals - EAFF.

"We have the destiny to be recognized as organizers of people and groups from all over Europe and the world. With your help over the years we managed to make our festival in Prague even bigger and exciting.", thanked to the teams of EAFF Mr. Petkovic and also added:

"We are very lucky to have privilege to host each year in March, July and November around 120 groups from more than 20 countries and nearly 3000 participants."

You can find more information about the festivals in Czech Republic in 2016 HERE.