International Folklore Festival - Veliko Tarnovo

"KATHOD" with its members consisting modern people who are educated, cultured and knowing to live a social life and known with its successes in the world folk dances platform. Is a member of International Folk Dance Confederation which few association can join.It was established with the purpose of researching, introducing, expanding, exhibiting and keeping alive the Turkish folklore works, in 1972 at Karsiyaka - Izmir.
" KATHOD", which had won a lot of prizes in the country and abroad, is one of the important organizations that won a silver medal /a world second/ at DIJON - WORLD FOLK DANCES OLYMPIAD, in 1976.


Foreign Ensembles have taken part in the Festival:
*TURKEY* - "GEHEM" - "KATHOD"		ALBANIA, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, BURYATIYA, CANADA, CHINESE TAIPEI, CROATIA, COLUMBIA, DENMARK, EGYPT, GEORGIA, GREECE, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONEZIA, IRAN, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, LATVIA, MACEDONIA, MEXICO, NIGERIA, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SCOTLAND, SERBIA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, USA
"GEHEM"
	The group has 6 musicians and 18 female and 20 male dancers which participated in countless International Folk Dance Festivals: The Foundation date from 1965. Dancers are between 16-25 years old. The director of group is Enver Keskin. GEHEM generally comes from university students who making a program about one hour. The troupe performs folk dances from Turkey's different regions: GAZANTEP :Dance from south part of Turkey. The dancers are full of excitement and movements.
SILIFKE :The most representative dancers of this town in the Mediteranean region of Southern Anatolia, are the 'Spoon' dancers.AKCAABAT :Black Sea Dances. Dances from north part of Turkey. BURSA :Swords and shield dance. INSTRUMENTS :The troupe has 6 musicians. Traditional instruments are Zurna,Davul, Kemence, Darbuka, Saz, Kanun.
"KATHOD"
	"KATHOD" is one of the rare organizations in Turkey with its costume wardrobe and it can present dances from its establishment till today. The dancing team, consisting 80 persons who are university and high school students and employees.
"KATHOD" with its members consisting modern people who are educated, cultured and knowing to live a social life and known with its successes in the world folk dances platform. Is a member of International Folk Dance Confederation which few association can join.It was established with the purpose of researching, introducing, expanding, exhibiting and keeping alive the Turkish folklore works, in 1972 at Karsiyaka - Izmir. " KATHOD", which had won a lot of prizes in the country and abroad, is one of the important organizations that won a silver medal /a world second/ at DIJON - WORLD FOLK DANCES OLYMPIAD, in 1976.