"A Musical Fairy Tale of Words" gives stage to Bulgarian children in Berlin

Nearly 25 children have already registered to participate in the event "Berlin: A Musical Fairy Tale of Words – a fun show and creative workshop for young and old", which will be held on June 11 at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in the German capital. The young participants will present their favourite Bulgarian poems, fairy tales and songs, as a special guest is writer Lili Spasova.

"We realize that children who live abroad - in Berlin and other countries around the world, also need to be represented, because every child has the desire to stand in front of an audience and recite their poem or sing a song in Bulgarian. Language is what sustains us as Bulgarians, as a society abroad, and most of all we focus on that children do not forget their native language," Veneta Terzieva has told Radio Bulgaria.

The event is organized by the creators of the Bulgarian Berlin website - Veneta Terzieva and Viktor Grigorov. The idea is for the children to be given a stage and a microphone, on which they can boldly show what they have learned in Bulgarian to their parents, relatives and compatriots.

"It is important to have the courage to stand in front of an audience and tell stories, to recite. They grow up in a different environment and the Bulgarian language is not the language they speak every day," Terzieva adds.

According to her, among the works that the children will present will be works dedicated to favourite Bulgarian heroes - Vasil Levski and Hristo Botev, as well as classic poems about childhood that "should be heard by every child."

A special guest at the fairy tale meeting will be writer Lili Spasova. A poet and author of children's books, she has been working for years to encourage children's reading and creative imagination. In Berlin, Lili Spasova will meet with young readers and participate in a creative workshop dedicated to the power of words and fairy tales.

The event is part of a larger initiative by the Bulgarian Berlin website, aimed at creating a new collection of fairy tales for children. The organizers have already received dozens of texts from authors of different ages.

"We are not looking for perfect writers, we are looking for imagination and heart, people with an original feeling and view of the world. Fairy tales that make us smile, think and believe that good is possible. We are currently in the selection stage, but it is very difficult for us because we received very beautiful fairy tales that could be beneficial for our children," Veneta Terzieva says.

According to her, the interest is so great that the organizers are already considering the possibility of publishing two volumes instead of one. They are currently looking for a suitable publisher to support the implementation of the project and help the good stories reach Bulgarian children around the world.