International Folklore Festival Veliko Tarnovo

The costume of the group is inspired by the Sunday's clothes of the peasants from the 19th century.
The logo represent a D and N in the shape of a spiral, as a symbol of continuous movement.
The group performs a lot in Belgium, but has also visited Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Scotland, USA, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Every five years the group organizes the international folkdance festival DRIESKES KERREMES in Sint-Gillis-Waas, approved by C.I.O.F.F.


Foreign Ensembles have taken part in the Festival:
BELGIUM FOLKDANCE GROUP "DRIESKE NIJPERS" SINT-GILLIS-WAAS		ALBANIA, ARMENIAN FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, BURYATIYA, CANADA, CHINESE TAIPEI, CROATIA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, DENMARK, EGYPT, GEORGIA, GREECE, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONEZIA, IRAN, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, LATVIA, MACEDONIA, MEXICO, MORDOVIA, NIGERIA, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SCOTLAND, SERBIA and MONTENEGRO, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, USA
	Folkdance group "Drieske Nijpers" adopts its name from wonder doctor Andries De Clercq, who could heal people from all diseases by squeezing them. In the beginning of the 19th century he made Sint-Gillis-Waas, a village in the province of East Flanders, famous by his knowledge. "Drieske Nijpers" brings, since its foundation in July 1967, a variety of authentic and new Flemish folk dances. The hornblowers offer musical variety. The flang waves belong to the most representative formations in Flanders.
The costume of the group is inspired by the Sunday's clothes of the peasants from the 19th century. The logo represent a D and N in the shape of a spiral, as a symbol of continuous movement. The group performs a lot in Belgium, but has also visited Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Scotland, USA, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Every five years the group organizes the international folkdance festival DRIESKES KERREMES in Sint-Gillis-Waas, approved by C.I.O.F.F.