The festival “Na Megdana na Drugata Balgaria” starts in Munich

The eleventh edition of the traveling festival "Na Megdana na Drugata Balgaria" (“At the Square of the Other Bulgaria”) was officially opened today at BMW Park in Munich, Germany.

The three-day folklore festival, which will continue until May 17, is held under the motto “Libe le, libe hubavo,” and is hosted by the “Lazarka” ensemble in Munich, led by Plamen Petkov. It was precisely the “Lazarka” ensemble that had the honor of launching the large-scale event with its performances. A congratulatory address from President Iliana Iotova was also read.

The program includes 120 groups and individual performers, with participants coming from 21 countries - Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Malta, the United States, South Africa, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Bulgaria, BTA reported. The end of the first festival day is scheduled for 10:30 p.m.

The festival program will continue over the next two days, and on Sunday (May 17), the initiative “The Great Horo Dance” will take place at Max-Joseph-Platz square in the Bavarian capital.

Created in 2015 by the dance group “Ot Izvora” in Lyon, France, the festival was inspired by the desire for Bulgarian dance groups living and creating outside Bulgaria’s borders to meet, exchange experience, and connect through the magic of dance.

From Bulgaria to Germany – Varna and Lazarka ensembles on one stage in Munich

Edited by Miglena Ivanova