FESTIVALS
What is a CIOFF® Festival?
A CIOFF® Festival is one of the means of safeguarding, promoting, and disseminating traditional culture, mainly through genres of expression such as music, dance, games, rituals, customs, handicraft skills, and other arts. To make a significant contribution to the maintenance and enhancement of cultural identity and diversity, a folk art festival must be implemented in an appropriate cultural context.
National Festivals
This category includes also the national multiethnic festivals.
CIOFF® Festivals
This category includes both adult and children’s festivals.
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CIOFF® Festivals fulfill specific organizational and artistic requirements as defined in the CIOFF® Guidelines for International Festivals. This guarantees the quality and the high artistic level of the events.
CIOFF® International Festivals
CIOFF® Festivals (for adults and for children) can apply to be recognized by CIOFF® as “CIOFF® International Festival” if they fulfill additional conditions as listed in the CIOFF® Guidelines for International Festivals, conditions mainly related to a duration of at least 5 days, with at least 5 foreign groups and a cycle of one to five years.