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20th International Festival "Children of the Balkans" will gather 2,000 participants

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Nearly 2,000 children and guests from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro will participate on May 31 and June 1 in the 20th anniversary International Children's Ethno-Festival "Children of the Balkans - with their spiritual wealth in Europe". 


50 groups and 80 individual performers from 26 towns in Bulgaria and 17 dance groups and individual performers from abroad will perform on the stage of the Summer Theater in the village of Mineralni Bani, Haskovo region.

The event is organized by the CITUB trade union and the Prof. Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov Charity Fund on the occasion of June 1 - International Children's Day.



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