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It’s almost time for the debut of the second edition of the “The Sicily International Folk Festival”, dedicated to folk groups. The inauguration at Taorminawhere starting from 6.30 pm long Corso Umbertotwelve folk groups from different countriesEurope, they will perform with music, dances and songs from their popular tradition. The folk group will open the evening ” Schmerlitz” coming from Germany, founded in 1964 with the particularity of having united the Sorbian and German cultures in popular dance. From the Croatia arrives instead” The Italian Community of Villanova Folk Group”, born in 2012 for the sole purpose of safeguarding Istrian/Italian songs. The folk group will represent Italy.” The country girl”, born in 2007 and which will delight the public with traditional and popular songs of the Brianza and of Lombardy in typical festive costumes of the Brianza farmers of the first decades of the 1700s.
From Messina to represent Sicily comes the group “The Charybdis” , which since 1972 has been bringing choral songs around the world to tell the story of popular customs that have partly vanished. The folk group Sazet and Permetit” fromAlbania tell 150 years of history with the popular costumes worn by the hand-sewn artists, who will perform typical opera songs accompanied by original musical instruments. Instead, the folk group “ Kud Dukat” coming from Serbiawhich will delight the audience with a repertoire of folk songs and traditional dances from Serbia.
From Timauon the border with Austria, the group arrives Is Guldana Pearl”, with an activity of 44 years behind him. The peculiarity of this group is that they speak three languages: Italian, Carnian and Tischlbongarisch. Closing the first evening will be three folk groups: from Poland “Masovia” born in 1977 at the Warsaw University of Technology, “ Soleke” folk group fromEstonia composed of 250 elements and finally the folk group ” Saime ” from the Latvia founded in 2001. Presenting the evening Giulio Vasta And Ella Rose. The groups will return to perform on Saturday Acireale from Corso Umberto until Piazza Duomowithin the event “ The Nivarata”. Guests of honor the choirVkraina” , made up of Ukrainian children who, with their mothers, were welcomed by families from Acirea due to the war conflict.
This is an exciting moment where all twelve groups will come together to launch a message of brotherhood and peace between peoples, in a delicate historical period on a global level. Finally, Sunday 26 May, closing of the second edition of the event with a new show by all the participating groups and the awards ceremony in the square Cagli to Letojanni starting at 7pm.” The Sicily International Folk Festival” is organized by the cultural association “MediterraneArtè” with the patronage of Sicily Region – Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identityof the Municipalities of Acireale, Taormina And Letojanni and with the collaboration of “EuroArt Production” And ” “Leon Promotion”
In the photo, MASOVIA FOLK GROUP POLAND
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