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TUFAG (TURKEY YALOVA TURISM FOLKLORE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT YOUTH AND SPORT CLUB ASSOCIATION)
Yalova Tourism Folklore Research and Development Association (TUFAG) has founded 8th of August in 1984. TUFAG’s aim is to organize seminar, to prepare magazines, brochures, books, to research folklore, to study at Turkish folk music and folk dance, to expose and develop unknown Turkish folkloric value by cultural aim. Three times TUFAG took the first place at the Turkish Ministry of Culture Folk Dance Competition in 1990, 2002 and 2005.
TUFAG has honored numerous foreign quests for 28 years within international Folk Dances Festival and International Golden Carnation Folk Dance Competition as well as it has represent Turkey and Yalova ideally. It has crucial role for publicity of Yalova and it aims to continue this honored mission.
1st Folk Dance Competition in Turkey /1990-2002-2005, 2st Folk Dance Competition in Turkey/ 2003, 3st Folk Dance Competition in Turkey / 2000-2006-2012

FOLK DANCE AND SONG’S GROUP „LJUBOTA”
Tula, Russia
„Ljubota” is a name of the folk song and dance group, organized in Tula in 1981. „Ljubota” means youth, beauty, boldness and grace. Permanent leader of the group is the honored functionary of Russian Federation Vladimir Khudiakov.
The group is young as well as its members, who treat the very toy and their group with special love and tender. „Ljubota” is one of the most popular groups in Tula and Tula region. It conquered the hearts of millions in our country and abroad by its high performing skills.
The participants of the group were warmly received in different countries of the world: in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Argentina, etc. The folk group is a laureate of international, All-Russian and regional festivals.
During its whole 33-year history „Ljubota” carefully keeps the richest legacy of its native region.
Every composition, performed by the group, is made on the basis of the Tula region folklore material.
An integral part of the folk song and dance group is an ansemble of folk instruments, which includes such instruments as zhalejka, accordion, balalajka, treschotka, lozhki, domra, contrabass-balalajka, etc.

FOLK ENSEMBLE O T E K S
Begun in 1983, as a cultural association of the textile factory „Oteks” in Ohrid, Macedonia, ensemble „Oteks” was originally formed by the interested and talented dancers from the employee’s families. In those days the state sponsored the training and touring of this dancers enabling them to grow and increase their repertoire offering original instruments, costumes, suites of specific regional dances and revival of their customs and traditions. In the last couple of years ensemble „Oteks” is self-sponsored due to changes that have occurred.
Ensemble has a professional folklore school where over 150 young members are learning our traditional folklore with professional choreographers and musicians. Their energy, intricate footwork, colorful costumes and warm generous spirits have taken them around the world as ambassadors of Macedonian song and dance.
This ensemble has taken part on many festivals in: Austria, Belarus, USA , Turkey, France, Romania, Portugal, Germany, Netherland and many others.

FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE CAJAVEC
Folklore Ensemble Cajavec was establish on May 15, 1952 and during that time is elaborated and performed in public more than 40 choreographies. More than 6000 concerts wich were performed in our country and abroad were watched by more than one million people. Today the folklore section is divided into 6 groups of aging between 7 till 27, children and big national orchestras and all together this sections have more than 300 active members.
Our public concerts perform from 25 – 50 dancers and the ensemble has between 40 till 70 concerts every year in our country and abroad. KUD „Cajavec” have very rich holding of national costumes and some of them are originaly patterns more than 80 years old.
The fortune of todays holdings can be presented by the fact nowadays can be costumed more than 700 dancers at the same time.The group took part in festivals all over the world – Japan, China, Israel, Swiss Italy, Sweden, Turey, Serbia, France, Spain and many others.

FCCA ( Folk Culture Care Association )

FCCA is a group who present and represent ancient and ethnic outstanding noble creativity of Indian folk culture. Our organization represents itself as a royal museum of ethnic colorful Indian Folklore, Classical & Theatrical heritage with incredible dances, songs with traditional music and also the dazzling colorful costumes which represents unity in diversity of Indian culture.
About our dance form: Bhangra is a style of Indian dance and music from the Punjab region.
It is performed to celebrate important occasions such as harvest, weddings etc.. Typically accompanied by songs, it also has the characteristic beat the dhol drum. Bhangra has always been popular among people of Punjabi origin, around the world, but the style has been revived and renewed interest in the past decade. Traditional arrangements often incorporate contemporary musical styles. In this period, bhangra was influenced by reggae, rai, techno, house music, rap, ragga and jungle. In fact, these syntheses are often so successful that modern bhangra, mostly from the United Kingdom is now exported back to India and also to Pakistan. Our group and our artists are perform at festivals in last five years several time in different festivals and events in Hungary, Netherland and France.

FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE „LECHKHUMI”
Lechxumi , Georgia
Ensemble „Lechxumi” established in 1996 year on the base of Culture house of city Lechxumi. Group leader is choreographer Zurab Chankseliani. The ensemble perform traditional folk dances and modern folk . The repertoire is very interesting and consists from dances of all corners of Georgia, such as „Mtiuluri”-mountain people dance, „Adjaruli” ajarian traditional dance, „Svanuri” very interesting dance from Svaneti, „Farikaoba “- dance with swards. The costumes are authentic and very nice.
Ensemble is a winner of many republic and International Folk Festivals. Last year it got the name of the „Best ensemble of the year”. Since 2011 it has got a name of „peoples “ensemble and patronized by the Municipality.
The ensemble participated in the International folk festivals in such countries as Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Russia , Ukraine and etc. Now the ensemble prepares its new show- program.

„Ankara Cansu Youth and Sport Club” was established in 2003 in order to study our folk dance , folk music , cultural values and encouraging youth to make sport thereby creating an anthology and transferring these assets to the next generation and to introduce our country to the world thereby contributing to the development of the country culture. Аs amateur club , it has continuously carried on its activities in light of this objectives for the last 10 years. Our club has intensively and successfully been involved in several festivals , folk dance competitions and television shows in Turkey and foreign countries. We have had the honor to receive several success plaques and diplomas from numerous public and private organizations.

The Batumi State Ensemble “Khorumi” was founded in 2004 under the patronage of the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and the chairman of the Adjarian government Levan Varshalomidze.

Diverse choreographic compositions created in different parts of Georgian

The company often participates in international festivals and, as a rule, is always awarded grand-prize or other prizes.

The company enjoys great popularity in Georgia as well as outside the country. The great artistic abilities of the company is proved by the fact that they can successfully perform concert program which includes 15 choreographic pieces, on the stage of any space and size

Highly professional, stylized and authentic Lithuanian folk art – songs, dancing, instrumental music, unique national instruments, colourful costumes and true spirit of Lithuania!

State Song and Dance Ensemble „LIETUVA” – it is a joint artistic team which includes professional dancers, orchestra with national instruments and a choir. Truly unique in entire Baltic countries company had been established in November 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Through its long creative path, the Ensemble won numerous international awards and with great success performed in almost all Eastern and Western European countries, also in USA, Canada, India, Japan, Philipines, Malaysia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Cuba and many other countries.

We are honored that we can contact you. KUD “JANA” Zemun was established in 2011 year.

KUD “JANA” Zemun was established to bring together young people and all interested citizens of the Republic of Serbia, organized in order to deal with the preservation and fostering ethnic and cultural traditions, according to their wishes and preferences.
Also KUD “JANA” Zemun cooperates with cultural institutions in the country and abroad in the fields of culture, art and education.

We are a young company but we have plenty of the festival is behind us.

Smiling we are trying to present the best national tradition of our country.