The most famous South Ural festivals

The most famous South Ural festivals

Самые известные фестивали Южного Урала

1. This is one of the most famous South Ural festivals, which has been held in the region for 27 years. It’s an annual two-day festival, a celebration of folk culture, art and creativity, held on the weekend at the end of June in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia.

The festival is named after the famous Urals folklorist writer Pavel Bazhov, collector of folklore tales of the Urals and author of many fairy tales. At the festival four huge stages are usually set at once, on each of which folk groups to perform. The culmination of the concert program is the appearance on stage of the musical group "Ariel”. At other sites, guests can find a battle of potters, ethno-settlement, various handmade master classes, and tastings of national cuisine. In addition, as if inside the "Bazhov Festival", guest can also visit "Malachite box" - literary contest of works of authorship or "Russian Song, Native!" - competitive program of choirs, vocal ensembles and soloists.

1. The folklore and ethnographic festival of Eurasian peoples "Arkaim" opened on Friday evening on the territory of the historical and cultural reserve "Arkaim" in the Chelyabinsk Region. For three days, groups from different Russian cities will show the audience performances of all genres of street theater. This year the XV Folklore and Ethnographic Festival will be held under the sign of the anniversary - the 35th anniversary of the discovery of the settlement of Arkaim. The event is dedicated to the theme of the folk theater. Traditional culture understood folk theater as a set of performances: Petrushka theater, masquerade, nattering and folk drama. The festival also includes competitions of folklorists and craftsmen, the participants present playing folk instruments, songs, storytelling skills, crafts (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kostroma, Tyumen, Bashkortostan, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, a total of more than 350 people).

At the festival will also be presented a souvenir gingerbread "Arkaim", made in the form of the settlement of Arkaim.

1. At this festival, fire and metal rule the ball. The Festival is held in honor of Ivan Bushuyev - an engraver, the founder of the Zlatoust school of author cold steel arms, one of the founders of production of Zlatoust engraving on steel. Organizers of the festival arrange a large exhibition-fair, where guests will get acquainted with engravings, works of artisans and unusual blades. Also in the program: free excursions to gunsmith shops of the city and master classes in blacksmithing.

2. Ilmensky Festival, held annually since 1973 in early summer, usually on the second weekend of June, sometimes - in the third near the town of Miass. Since 1973, the festival was held on the shore of Lake Ilmensky. The festival aims at preserving the traditions of author's song as a phenomenon in Russian culture; popularization of the Russian language through poetry; support of young talents; involvement in active tourism. Free admission, accommodation in a tent camp, participation in all events of the program (art song contest, master classes, sports games). The Ilmensky festival is a landscape event. The tent camp is provided with drinking water, firewood and everything necessary to receive a large number of guests in nature. At the festival space there is an information center, press center, creative center (preliminary audition of participants of competitions), trade fair, medical service, police. Those who are crazy about bardic songs and acoustic guitar should go to the festival. The event will traditionally attended by such stars as Oleg Mityaev, Galina Khomchik, and others.

3. GNEZDA is Ural ethnic theater and music festival. It’s the he most forest festival in the Urals: the most "wild atmosphere", ethnic music, ethnic workshops, picturesque nature and interesting people and also ethnic theater. The festival takes place in the vicinity of Sokoliniy Kamen rocks (Sverdlovsk region). The organizers promise to make these places truly fabulous and magical for these three days. In order not to be out of the general atmosphere, you can come to the festival in funny and beautiful costumes, in flying sundresses and bright balaclavas, with flutes, guitars, drums, with brushes and paints, with fairy tales and ideas. People hang out in nature for three days. A couple of dozen bands alternate on stage, playing ethnic, jazz, avant-garde. Besides, people can meet magicians, acrobats, and storytellers. There is a fair of hand-made stuff and eco-products on a separate site. And also a bunch of master classes of varying degrees of curiosity, such as throat singing and walking on stilts.

4. Once a year, Rezh becomes a place of real pilgrimage for those who love freedom and motorcycles, who respect the smell of gasoline and love to travel. The biker-rock festival "Bobcat Trail" has been held for 8 years, but invariably the organizers - motorcycle club "Bobcat 66" and group of companies "Malina" try to bring to this event something new, incendiary, attracting attention not only to bikers, but also to ordinary people. A traditional opening event is the bike ride, when participants ride motorcycles in great columns through the city. On their return to the glade, everyone will enjoy delicious food, rest in the tent camp, sightseeing, and a lot of socializing, for which some bikers travel more than a thousand kilometers. Bike-rock festival is an event that leaves no one indifferent. It is very interesting to plunge into this life, even from the outside. And once in Rezh on "Bobcat trail" its participants invariably return here a year later, again and again...

5. On August 21, the "Day of the Peoples of the Urals" festival was held at the "Fan-Mall" shopping center in Yekaterinburg. The concert program featured 43 numbers and more than 100 performers. The event ended with a mass quadrille with the participation of dozens of people. "More than 160 peoples inhabit the Middle Urals, preserving their cultural traditions, - told the organizers of the festival. - Dozens of creative teams and folk craftsmen demonstrated at the festival what the peoples of the Urals are proud of. More than 100 performers in 43 concert numbers were able to perform on stage that day". On the concert stage, artistic groups performed with songs and national dances. Guests of the festival could see Armenian, Udmurt, Bashkir, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Mari, Kazakh, Russian songs and dances. Almost all national associations of Yekaterinburg showed their folk cultural traditions. On the second floor of Veer Mall there was a photo exhibition "Multinational Urals".

Task 1. Use the information from texts to answer the questions.

1. What festival has been held in the region for 27 years?

2. Is there a literary contest of works?

3. How long does the folklore and ethnographic festival of Eurasian peoples "Arkaim" last?

4. Where is Arkaim located?

5. Is the event dedicated to the theme the folk theater?

6. Who is Ivan Bushuyev?

7. What’s in the programme of Bushuyevsky festival of engraving and bladed weapons ?

8. Where does Ilmensky Festival held?

9. What are the festival aims?

10. What famous bards attend this festival?

11. Is the tent camp provided with all necessary living conditions?

12. What kind of festival is GNEZDA?

13. What kind of music is performed at the festival?

14. Is there a bunch of master classes of varying degrees of curiosity?

15. Is there a festival for those who love freedom and motorcycles?

16. Where does it held?

17. What are the main features of this Bike-rock festival that attract so many people?

18. What cultural event was held in Yekaterinburg on August, 21?

19. There was a photo exhibition "Multinational Urals" on August, 21, was there?

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