The WORLD of Siberia festival in Shushenskoye was attended by a record number of guests
The WORLD of Siberia festival in Shushenskoye was attended by a record number of guests
Tourists from Vladivostok, Anadyr, Volgograd, Khabarovsk, Sochi, Riga, Belgrade, Helsinki, London and dozens of other cities of the world met in the center of Siberia. The organizers, together with the general partner of the festival, the Aeroflot Russian Airlines, found out who had come the longest way to the main stage of the WORLD of Siberia festival. Veronika Syromlya from Sevastopol turned out to be a participant in the “MIRA” World Music Award Competition from the most remote region. She overcame 4248 km to perform in Shushenskoye.
The best folklore musicians and craftsmen of Russia competed for the main prize - a cup cast made of bronze and brass.
I only gave two low marks. I look at those who participated two, three, four years ago and wonder why they are not headliners? - Inna Zhelannaya, member of the jury of the “MIRA” World Music Award Competition.
As a result, the jury chaired by Sergei Starostin unanimously awarded the “MIRA” World Music Award to the Folk Song and Dance Ensemble “Ulug-Khem”, the female vocal group from the Republic of Tyva.
The Grand Prix of the “MIRA” Craft Award Competition was won by Valentina Beldy from the village of Dzhari, Khabarovsk region. The craftswoman conquered the experts with traditional Nanai costumes made of fish skin.
The duet of Polina Dmitrieva and Nikita Razhev from Moscow received a special prize at the “MIRA” World Music Award Competition.
In addition to the competition program, more than 20 hectares of interactive activities awaited the guests of the festival. At the same time, mini-performances, concerts, lectures, master classes were held at ten venues - in total about 200 events that anyone could attend.
10 teams became headliners of the festival: Seven Eight Band (Algeria, Armenia, Russia), Sergey Starostin and Tim Dorofeev Art Quartet (Arkhangelsk Oblast, Moscow), Otava Yo (Saint-Petersburg), Khoomei Beat (Republic of Tyva), Namgar (Republic of Buryatia, Moscow, Algeria), Uzoritsa (Republic of Bashkortostan), Zventa Sventana (Moscow), Shiran (Israel, Yemen), Elida Almeida (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Portugal), Belarusian State Ensemble Pesnyary (Republic of Belarus).
The International Festival of World Music and Crafts “WORLD of Siberia” is one of outstanding creative works of the Culture National Project. In the Year of the Cultural Heritage, the WORLD of Siberia Festival is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.