Expect the 18th edition of the Children’s Roma Festival “Open Heart”

Amalipe Center is organizing the 18th edition of the Children’s Roma Festival “Open Heart”, which will be held on June 3 and 4, 2022. We expect to take part in it over 2,000 children of different ethnicities from all over Bulgaria studying Folklore of ethnic groups – Roma folklore “, as well as over 280 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 in a row, and since November 2013 it has been supported by the Trust for Social Achievement.

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, the participation of citizens and guests of Veliko Tarnovo in the evaluation of the best studio for traditional crafts is envisaged.

In 2020, the state of emergency and the COVID-19 pandemic were the reason why the Open Heart Festival was postponed for the first year since the Amalipe Center organized it. The same reasons prevented the festival from being held in 2021.

In 2022, 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.

If you want to take part in the festival, you can fill in the form HERE

Amalipe Center does not undertake any commitment for accommodation and travel expenses of the participants.

Watch a short video about the Open Heart Festival: