International Folklore Festival - Veliko Tarnovo

Foreign Ensembles
have taken part in the Festival:

SERBIA and MONTENEGRO

"VESSELIN MASLESHA" ENSEMBLE FOR FOLK SONGS AND DANCES
Banya Luka
CULTURAL - ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE "SEVOJNO"
KUD “RUDAR” - Skopie

"VESSELIN MASLESHA" ENSEMBLE FOR FOLK SONGS AND DANCES
Banya Luka

ALBANIA,
ARMENIAN FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE,
BELGIUM,
BULGARIA,
BURYATIYA,
CANADA,
CHINESE TAIPEI, CROATIA,
COLUMBIA,
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,
SERBIAand MONTENEGRO, SPAIN,
SWITZERLAND,
TAIWAN,
THAILAND,
TURKEY,
UKRAINE,
USA

The "Vesselin Maslesha" folklore ensemble was founded in 1948 and presents original national costumes. Its repertoire includes over 65 different choreographic performances from different ethnographic regions in former Yugoslavia - Wallahian dances, dances form the old Banya Luka, dances from Monte Negro, dances from Banat, dances from the Shopp region, Serbian folk songs. The ensemble has worked in cooperation with renowned choreographers, composers, ethnologists, ethnographers, and music professionals. The ensemble has performed at many festivals, and has won many international awards.

CULTURAL - ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE "SEVOJNO"

The cultural - artistic group "Sevojno" was founded in 1954. The group was divided into many sections consisting of a large number of members, but the folk dances section singled out and developed into ensemble of high creative potentials and they act as one of the most successful representatives of a song, dance and national tradition from the rich varieties of Yugoslav folklore. and significant for its contribution, development and affirmation of national culture.

The cultural - artistic ensemble "Sevojno" performs its programs in authentic folk costumes, which are shown at the special performances, such a fashion show. It has numerous collection of costumes of priceless value and beauty because some of them are more than 100 years old.
The ensemble participated at many festivals in Yugoslavia and abroad, at the stages all over the Europe and it always god good marks and praises from the audience and jury for their good performances. This ensemble is immeasurably spiritually beneficial for the development of the Serbian people. It helped to preserve the most valuable cultural tradition trough history, the tradition of dance, song and music.

KUD “RUDAR” - Skopie

The history of folklore ensemble Rudar begins in 1952 when a group of enthusiasts gathered to organize the youth and citizens into various aspects of culture and art. The first decade was marked by the individual contribution of members and friends. The ensemble counted ten-odd couples who danced in their own costumes or borrowed them from the locals.
More organized work begins in mid-sixties following the election of the first board with the president Velja Mladenovic.

This period is also marked by the staging of first choreographies such as "Dances from Serbia" and later "Dances from the vicinity of Vranje" by Raka Mitrovic, as well as by the acquisition of the first costumes. The names of the first accordion players - Toma Zivanovic and Slavisa Savic, as well as the name of the first wardrobe attendant, Rajna Milutinovic, are also to be remembered.After the social reforms of 1974, Trade Union of Kolubara surface mines and The Community of Rudovci became co-founders of the folklore ensemble Rudar. This enabled the then art manager Dragomir "Bata" Arsenijevic to raise the level of qualified work and significantly increase the number of the choreographies. This period gave choreographies of "Dances from Nishava", "Humorous dance from Banat", "Posavina dances" and "Dances from Slovenia" by "Bata" Arsenijevic as well as "Dances from Macedonia" by Desa Dordevic. Another choreography of "Dances from Macedonia" was later staged with the help of Spas Dimitrovski, the choreographer from the professional ensemble Tanec in Skopje.
As the ambitions grew, so did the need for acquisition of new costumes. With the financial assistance of the co-founders and the expertise of Grozdana Rankovic (applied artist and long-time member of Rudar), the ensemble either bought the original parts of the costumes or had them sewn according to the original models by the tailor Draga Nikolic. For "Dances from Nishava", costumes were bought in the village Vlase, near Nish; for "Posavina dances" in Zagreb; for "Dances of the Vlachs" in the village of Osanica, near Pozarevac; for "Dances from Serbia" in Kragujevac and for "Dances from Macedonia" in the village of Drachevo, near Skopje. At the same time, near Prizren the ensemble bought the original, woman's joube of museum value, one of the characteristic symbols of our ensemble. "Opanci" (type of peasant footware), were acquired in Natalinci, whereas dancing boots from Panonia were brought from Ruski Krstur.


Foreign Ensembles have taken part in the Festival:
SERBIA and MONTENEGRO "VESSELIN MASLESHA" ENSEMBLE FOR FOLK SONGS AND DANCES Banya Luka CULTURAL - ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE "SEVOJNO" KUD “RUDAR” - Skopie "VESSELIN MASLESHA" ENSEMBLE FOR FOLK SONGS AND DANCES Banya Luka		ALBANIA, ARMENIAN FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, BURYATIYA, CANADA, CHINESE TAIPEI, CROATIA, COLUMBIA, 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, SERBIAand MONTENEGRO, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, USA
	The "Vesselin Maslesha" folklore ensemble was founded in 1948 and presents original national costumes. Its repertoire includes over 65 different choreographic performances from different ethnographic regions in former Yugoslavia - Wallahian dances, dances form the old Banya Luka, dances from Monte Negro, dances from Banat, dances from the Shopp region, Serbian folk songs. The ensemble has worked in cooperation with renowned choreographers, composers, ethnologists, ethnographers, and music professionals. The ensemble has performed at many festivals, and has won many international awards.


CULTURAL - ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE "SEVOJNO"
	The cultural - artistic group "Sevojno" was founded in 1954. The group was divided into many sections consisting of a large number of members, but the folk dances section singled out and developed into ensemble of high creative potentials and they act as one of the most successful representatives of a song, dance and national tradition from the rich varieties of Yugoslav folklore. and significant for its contribution, development and affirmation of national culture.
The cultural - artistic ensemble "Sevojno" performs its programs in authentic folk costumes, which are shown at the special performances, such a fashion show. It has numerous collection of costumes of priceless value and beauty because some of them are more than 100 years old. The ensemble participated at many festivals in Yugoslavia and abroad, at the stages all over the Europe and it always god good marks and praises from the audience and jury for their good performances. This ensemble is immeasurably spiritually beneficial for the development of the Serbian people. It helped to preserve the most valuable cultural tradition trough history, the tradition of dance, song and music.

KUD “RUDAR” - Skopie
	The history of folklore ensemble Rudar begins in 1952 when a group of enthusiasts gathered to organize the youth and citizens into various aspects of culture and art. The first decade was marked by the individual contribution of members and friends. The ensemble counted ten-odd couples who danced in their own costumes or borrowed them from the locals. More organized work begins in mid-sixties following the election of the first board with the president Velja Mladenovic.
This period is also marked by the staging of first choreographies such as "Dances from Serbia" and later "Dances from the vicinity of Vranje" by Raka Mitrovic, as well as by the acquisition of the first costumes. The names of the first accordion players - Toma Zivanovic and Slavisa Savic, as well as the name of the first wardrobe attendant, Rajna Milutinovic, are also to be remembered.After the social reforms of 1974, Trade Union of Kolubara surface mines and The Community of Rudovci became co-founders of the folklore ensemble Rudar. This enabled the then art manager Dragomir "Bata" Arsenijevic to raise the level of qualified work and significantly increase the number of the choreographies. This period gave choreographies of "Dances from Nishava", "Humorous dance from Banat", "Posavina dances" and "Dances from Slovenia" by "Bata" Arsenijevic as well as "Dances from Macedonia" by Desa Dordevic. Another choreography of "Dances from Macedonia" was later staged with the help of Spas Dimitrovski, the choreographer from the professional ensemble Tanec in Skopje. As the ambitions grew, so did the need for acquisition of new costumes. With the financial assistance of the co-founders and the expertise of Grozdana Rankovic (applied artist and long-time member of Rudar), the ensemble either bought the original parts of the costumes or had them sewn according to the original models by the tailor Draga Nikolic. For "Dances from Nishava", costumes were bought in the village Vlase, near Nish; for "Posavina dances" in Zagreb; for "Dances of the Vlachs" in the village of Osanica, near Pozarevac; for "Dances from Serbia" in Kragujevac and for "Dances from Macedonia" in the village of Drachevo, near Skopje. At the same time, near Prizren the ensemble bought the original, woman's joube of museum value, one of the characteristic symbols of our ensemble. "Opanci" (type of peasant footware), were acquired in Natalinci, whereas dancing boots from Panonia were brought from Ruski Krstur.