Expect the 17th edition of the Open Heart Festival on October 1-2, 2021.

CMEDT “Amalipe” and the Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo are pleased to invite you to be our guests at the seventeenth edition of the International Children’s Roma Festival “Open Heart”, which will be held from 1 to 2 October 2021. We expect to take part in it over 2000 children from different ethnic groups from all over Bulgaria, studying “Folklore of ethnic groups – Roma folklore”, as well as over 260 schools, with which we work on a program for prevention of early school leaving “Every student will be an excellent student.” The program is being implemented nationwide for the seventh year, and since November 2013 it has been supported by the Trust for Social Alternative.

The Open Heart Festival has established itself as a good practice for motivating Roma students and children from different ethnic groups to present to the general public their traditions and the diversity of native folklore, while at the same time it is an incentive for children to achieve better results. and success in school. The program of the Festival combines traditions, crafts, elements of fairy tale and musical folklore, history, life and culture of the Bulgarian, Roma, Turkish and other ethnic groups, presented in a unique way by the children of Bulgaria and other countries participating in the Festival. As an accompanying initiative of the Festival, participation of citizens and guests of Veliko Tarnovo in the evaluation of the best workshop for traditional crafts is envisaged.

In 2020, due to the extraordinary situation and the changed circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Open Heart Festival was postponed for the first year since the Amalipe Center organized it. But now that the measures are smaller, we will be happy to follow our long tradition and delight you with its colorful program and the energy of the students who will take part in the two-day program.

You can find the application form HERE

We will be happy to be a part of a world full of smiles, fun and the incredible energy of the participating students!