The municipality of Rakovskli and Community Center “St. st. Cyril and Methodius”, Rakovski, are organizing the Seventh Annual International Festival of Kukeri and Masquerade Games “Kukove Rakovski 2009”. The festival will be carried out under the patronage of the Temporary Mayor of the Town of Rakovski, Mr. Stoyo Fitnev and the Chairman
of the Rakovski Town Council, Mr. Ivan Antonov. According to the statute of the festival, it takes place every year the Friday and Saturday before Shrovetide, but this year the statute has not been followed due to the upcoming elections. The festival will take place on February 6th and 7th instead.
On February 6th at 5:30 PM, groups from the community centers and schools from the municipality of Rakovski will perform, and at 6:00 PM the real opening of the festival begins with the symbolic bonfire and the banishment of the evil spirits by the kukeri groups from the Plovdiv region and guest performers from Macedonia.
A majorette group with marching band will head up the second day of the festival, February 7th at 10:00 AM, when the groups from The Republic of Macedonia and The Republic of Bulgaria will perform.
A jury including Professor Irena Bokova from New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Mr. Angel Yankov from the Plovdiv Ethnographic Museum, Mr. Nikolai Nenov from the Russe Ethnographic Museum, Mrs. Svetla Dimitrova from the Stara Zagora Ethnographic Museum, and Mrs. Tania Mareva from the Smolyan Historical Museum will judge the performances of the groups of the seventh annual “Kukove Rakovski 2009”.
of the Rakovski Town Council, Mr. Ivan Antonov. According to the statute of the festival, it takes place every year the Friday and Saturday before Shrovetide, but this year the statute has not been followed due to the upcoming elections. The festival will take place on February 6th and 7th instead.On February 6th at 5:30 PM, groups from the community centers and schools from the municipality of Rakovski will perform, and at 6:00 PM the real opening of the festival begins with the symbolic bonfire and the banishment of the evil spirits by the kukeri groups from the Plovdiv region and guest performers from Macedonia.
A majorette group with marching band will head up the second day of the festival, February 7th at 10:00 AM, when the groups from The Republic of Macedonia and The Republic of Bulgaria will perform.
A jury including Professor Irena Bokova from New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Mr. Angel Yankov from the Plovdiv Ethnographic Museum, Mr. Nikolai Nenov from the Russe Ethnographic Museum, Mrs. Svetla Dimitrova from the Stara Zagora Ethnographic Museum, and Mrs. Tania Mareva from the Smolyan Historical Museum will judge the performances of the groups of the seventh annual “Kukove Rakovski 2009”.
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