2019

Creative teams participating in the international holiday of traditional culture "Braslav's Lightning 2019"

Latvia! "Kūmys", the Bumburneicys chapel, the city of Vilany.

The senior dance group Kūmys (Kumas) began its creative path in 2015. Actively collaborating with the Bumburneicys chapel, the group participates in various festivals and competitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Belarus. The repertoire includes folk dances and dances. Lithuania!

The dance group "Rodnichok" of the Culture Center of the city of Visaginas.

The dance group "Rodnichok" was created in March 1988.
The group is a regular participant and diploma winner of national and international festivals, television shows, and competitions. The repertoire includes folk dances and dances.

Poland! The folk dance ensemble "Promyki", Legionowski County.

The folk dance ensemble was founded in 1998 and currently includes about 170 participants. The group's repertoire includes dances and games from Old Warsaw, Krakowiak, Kashubian, Łowicz, Opoczno, Lublin, Rzeszów, Podlaskie Voivodeship, dances from Upper Silesia, Silesian Beskids, Żywiec region, Spiš and Kurpie-Białe, and others. Russia!

Russia! The dance group "Verinitsa" and the vocal group "Zhuravushki" of the Pichkovichi Cultural and Leisure Center, Pskov District.

The dance group "Verinitsa" and the vocal group "Zhuravushki" are diploma winners and laureates of regional and district reviews-competitions, festivals of amateur creativity. The repertoire of the groups includes Russian folk and stylized dances, pop and modern compositions. In 2016, the groups were awarded the title of People's Amateur Collective.

Russia! The folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Peresek", the city of Tomsk.

The ensemble's repertoire includes ritual, lyrical, recruit songs, songs of Siberian old-timers, urban romances, round dances, games, rituals, fragments of rituals that were practiced in the Tomsk region. Recently, "Peresek" celebrated its 30th anniversary. The ensemble involves youth from various specialties.

Estonia! Estonian Folk Dance Friends, Märjamaa.

The repertoire is very broad, including folk and modern stage dances. The most characteristic are fast folk dances. The group performs at various festivals in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, and Belgium.

Ecuador! Grupo Reminiscencias

The group began its creative path in 2004. Currently, six musicians who make up the chamber group are known worldwide. Ecuadorian music is appreciated by many critics as one of the most complex in the world. It is a mixture of contrasts of human feelings and the cultural diversity of Ecuador.

The folklore group "Vargan"

The Polotsk folklore group "Vargan" united people interested in traditional Belarusian culture. The group studies and reproduces traditional music: song, dance, instrumental. The participants' principled position is the desire to adopt the original, authentic manner of performance. The group "Vargan" performs music from different historical and cultural regions of Belarus.

Special guests of the International holiday of traditional culture "Braslav's Lightning"

The group "Drozd"

"Drozd" is a Belarusian group formed in 2006 by the unchanging frontman of the group Vitaly Karpanov and rightfully is one of the best domestic live bands in Belarus. The well-known hits of "Drozd" held leading positions in various charts for a long time, and the clips for them set a high standard in the video industry that few have managed to surpass to this day.

The ensemble of the Border Service of the Republic of Belarus

The ensemble of the State Educational Institution "Institute of the Border Service of the Republic of Belarus" is known not only in Belarus but also far beyond its borders. The geography of its concert activity is as extensive as its repertoire. The artists of the ensemble have captivated the civilian audience, so they perform enthusiastically at various meetings and celebrations, anniversaries, business and romantic meetings, and thematic holidays.