6 June 2016
Variety of genres and contestable rivalry for the Grand Prix of V Balkan Championship of Folklore "Euro folk - Jiva voda" 2016.
More than 2000 singers, musicians and dancers participate at the jubilee edition, held in Hisarya. Since the beginning of the Championship till now the jury properly assess the performances of the participants and awarded 135 medals (58 golden, 45 silver and 32 bronze medals) in both contest programs - Balkan Championship and the World Cup of Folklore "Hisarya 2016". Jury nominated 3 groups for the Grand Prix Golden "Orpheus", the title Absolute Balkan Champion of Folklore and check for 1000 Euro - provided by the organizers.
Performance level of the groups is evaluated according the Championship system of European Association of Folklore Festivals (EAFF) by the professional jury: Maestro Georgi Yankov - musical expert, Mr. Valentin Halvadzhiev - choreographer and Mrs. Mariana Nutsova - director of Eurofolk TV.
Strong performances and remarkable presence on the stage of three groups brought them nominations for the Grand Prix: Dance group "Hisarski ritmi" from "Ivan Vazov - 1904" community centre, Hisarya; Folklore group "Karlak" from "Rodolyubie 1873 - Asenovgrad" community centre, Asenovgrad and quartet "Sbarbaryanka" from Peshtera.
Four art directors received the title "Maestro":
Yankо Pavlov - art director of Vocal Group "Plovdivski ritmi" from Plovdiv Municipality, Nikola Yanev - art director of Folklore Group "Gorski Zdravets" from Pensioners Club "Angel Govedarski", Rakitovo village, Municipality of Pazardzhik; Siyka Karanlakova - art director of Folklore group "Karlak" from "Rodolyubie 1873-Asenovgrad", Asenovgrad and Stoycho Karanlakov - art director of Folklore group "Detska pesen" and Folklore group "Nadezhda Hvoyneva" from Non-profit organization "Detska pesen - Nadezhda Hvoyneva", Asenovgrad.
All the participants were awarded with Diplomas for significant contribution for the preservation of traditional Balkan folklore arts. Some of them became "Discovery" of the Championship, other became "Laureates" and the best ones received Recommendations for participation in the European and World Championships of Folklore.
Diversified festival program continues on 10th and 11th of June. Detailed information about the performances you may find on the official website of the championship in EAFF (www.eaff.eu)
The concerts of the Balkan Championship of Folklore "Euro folk - Jiva voda" are transmitted online on the Global Internet TV "EuroFolkTV" on: tv.eurofolk.com.
More information and photos you can find on the official website of EAFF and the facebook page.
Organizers of the festival are the European Association of Folklore Festivals - EAFF, Euro Folk Academy and Municipality of Hisarya.
As an accompanying event goes the competition for homemade bread. The winning artists will be awarded at the end of Championship.