Lithuanians are ready to meet Hungarian folklore

Folk ensemble CSUTORA from Hungary will be visiting Šiauliai city (Lithuania) on 6–11 July, where will participate in VI International folklore contest-festival “The Flower of the Sun”. Also in the contest-festival will participate other ensembles from 11 other countries (Australia, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka and Turkey).

“We can’t wait to see the Hungarian performances because representatives from this country have participated in our contest-festival many times, and they always manage to fascinate the audience by their lively performances. As the experience from the previous years shows, the competitive program is really strong, so there is a huge competition among collectives. We want to wish the participants the best of luck and hope to see the best performances of the collective which will leave our audience highly impressed. Exactly ten years ago, a collective from Hungary won Grand Prix in the first contest-festival “The Flower of the Sun”, so who knows – maybe this year the grand prize will go to Hungary again” – says Zenonas Ripinskis, the president of the organizing committee of “The flower of the sun”.

Many collectives wished to participate in the contest-festival “The Flower of the Sun”, but only a quarter of the best ones were invited. The participants were carefully selected by the organizers of the festival, taking into account the achievements and professionalism of the ensembles.