Festivals Of National Culture And Cuisine

At different times of the year the regions of Belarus hold interesting and in many ways unique festivals of national culture, which become increasingly popular with numerous guests and participants every year: 

  • Festival of ethnic and cultural traditions "Polesye Calling" (Pripyatsky National Park)
  • Kamyanitsa Folk Festival (Minsk District)
  • Humor comedy festival in Avtyuki (Kalinkovichi District, Gomel Oblast)
  • Rural tourism festival "Zaborsky Fest" (Rassony District, Vitebsk Oblast)
  • Folk art festival "Melodies of My Land" (Minsk Oblast)
  • International folk art festival "Friendship Wreath" (Bobruisk)
  • Nationwide festival of ethnic cultures in Grodno
  • National folk festival "Beraginya" (Oktyabrsky, Gomel Oblast)
  • Kupalle festival ("Alexandria Gathers Friends") (Shklov District, Mogilev Oblast)

Kamyanitsa Folk Festival

The first festival of Belarusian rushnyks in the village of Neglyubka

In addition, the towns and villages in Belarus that are famous for the ancient culinary traditions, and are home to successful enterprises of food industry, hold "delicious" fests. These are festivals of milk, potatoes, kvass, beer, cheese, chocolate, apples, cucumbers, cranberries, honey. Most popular recently are:

  • Food festival "Motalskiya Prysmaki" ("Motal Treats") (Ivanovo District)
  • Festival "Tsukerkavy Fest" (Sweets Fest) (town of Ivenets, Volozhin District)
  • Environment festival "Cranes and Cranberries of Miory Land"
  • Day of Cucumbers in Shklov

Festival of ethnic and cultural traditions

Food festival

Environment festival

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