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Festivalul International de Folclor 'Muzici si Traditii in Cismigiu'

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International Folklore Festival „Music and Traditions”
June 30th- 2nd July 2017, 11th Edition


Bucharest City Hall, through Creart – Centre for Creation, Art and Tradition, has been organizing since 2007 a renowned international folklore festival named „Music and Traditions”. The edition that marks 11 years since the emergence of the International Folklore Festival, will take place between June 30th – July 2nd, 2017, in Bucharest, Romania.
The International Folklore Festival is the most complex event of its kind in Romania, which brings tradition to the authentic urban environment through music, dance and folk art, promoting the beauty and uniqueness of every nation in the context of globalization and socio-cultural identity preservation.
The festival brings together a parade of costumes, folklore traditional fair of artisans, an area dedicated to concerts of reinterpreted folklore, a section of folklore played by children, workshops, theatre for children, a gastronomy area, as well pony and carriage rides. We do not aim only to restore the village identity to urban areas, but also to integrate authentic tradition into the great international circuit, creating a network of international diversity, where each country can present its national character.
The festival enjoys national and international recognition, due to the presence on stage at every edition of over 2.000 guests from all parts of Romania and abroad, appreciated each year by an audience of almost 25.000 spectators. Among the international guests who honoured us over the ten editions of the festival are: Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Mexico, Turkey, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Congo, Georgia, India, Moldova, Armenia, Scotland, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia and Morocco.
Also, the International Folklore Festival "Music and Traditions" is fully broadcasted by national television TVR - Romanian Public Television, which captures every year the most beautiful moments of music and dance presented at the event.