A Journey to France

The folklore ensamble at the community center has returned from a tour in the town of Bezie, in the South of France. Before traveling to the country of wine and wonderful landscapes, on August 9th the ensamble went to Sremska Mitrovitsa, Serbia where they participated in an International Folklore Festival.

After the presentation of the kookeri group and the dance ensamble in our neighboring country, the dancers continued on toward France, where they waited from August 11th to the 15th.

Amongst groups of participants from Italy, Belarus, and Nepal, the Bulgarian group once again one of the most attractive in the city, which draws around one million guests every year carring incomes of 65 000 euro to the local business.

For a series of 5 days with over 3 performances every night, the kookers from the community center in Rakovski chased evil spirits from the streets of Bezie, amongst lines overflowing with cheery spectators and participants in the fiesta, organized for the fifteenth time. At the end they were tired, but full of unforgettable memories and the best feelings from the week in Bezie. On August 16th, the younger members of the ansemble headed to the capital of France - Paris. Like an award for their performance at the Fiesta, beforehand sponsors from "INSA"Ltd (Rakovski), "Masiv-4"Ltd (Rakovski), Printing-house "Zombory" (City of Plovdiv), and the help of the provincial government administration of Plovdiv gave the possibility to the young people of the community center to visit the Arc of Triumph, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower; the last from a list of different culturally significant landmarks like Munich, Vienna, and Budapest.

Even the long way to the dancers home it was a tour full of emotions, positive reports and a lot of impressions from new and different cultures.