5th Mediterranean Folklore Dance Festival
Groups from eleven Mediterranean countries participate at this folklore dance festival that is organized in Larnaka for the 5th consecutive year. The fifteen troupes that participate this year are from: Greece, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Egypt, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Slovenia, Armenia and Cyprus.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 11/9/2010
7:00p.m Parade of the Folklore troupes, Police Station along Athinon avenue, to the sea front stage – Foinikoudes Larnaca.
8:00p.m Opening Ceremony – Sea Front Stage, Foinikoudes Larnaca:
- Address by President of the Cultural Heritage Association of Nicosia, Mrs Rea Madella Ioannidou
- Address by the Director of Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education Dr Pavlos Paraskeva
- Address by the Mayor of Larnaca, Mr Andreas Moiseos
- Sponsors Awards
- Honory Award – Bosnia - Herzegovina
- Address and initiation of the festival by the President of Parliament Mr Marios Karogian.
Opening Ceremony – Artistic Programme
Presenters: Elia Ioannidou – Paris Evangelou
- Choir of Larnaca Municipality – Traditional Island Songs. Maestro Andreas Gerolemou
- Fireworks
8:45 p.m
- Kud Zelengora (Bosnia – Herzegovina)
- Nea Genia Voroklinis (Cyprus)
- Ivan Goran Kovacic (Croatia)
- Jupilat (Poland)
- Research Academy (Greece)
- Uosinta (Lithuania)
- Die Ambraser (Austria)
- Ozara (Slovenia)
- Dancis (Latvia)
- Lipa (Slovakia)
Sunday 12/9/10
8:00 p.m.
- Research Academy (Greece)
- Lipa (Slovakia)
- Dancis (Latvia)
- Siban (Armenia)
- Die Ambraser (Austria)
- Uosinta (Lithuania)
- Jupilat (Poland)
- Ozara (Slovenia)
- Ivan Goran Kovacic (Croatia)
- Kud Zelengora (Bosnia – Herzegovina)
- Athanasia (Cyprus)
Monday 13/9/2010
8:00 p.m.
- Die Ambraser (Austria)
- Uosinta (Lithuania)
- Jupilat (Poland)
- Ivan Goran Kovacic (Croatia)
- Dancis (Latvia)
- Nostos Pissouriou (Cyprus)
- Ozara (Slovenia)
- Lipa (Slovakia)
- Kud Zelengora (Bosnia – Herzegovina)
- Research Academy (Greece)
Closing ceremony: Exchange of presents between the leaders of the groups, the mayor and the organizers.
When
Where
Cost
Free
Contact
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