Sorochinskaya Fair

Ukraine holds the National Sorochinskaya Fair

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In the Ukrainian village of Great Sorochintsy in Poltava region is held a unique cultural event - the National Sorochinskaya Fair - widely known for the famous Russian classic Nikolai Gogol.

This year is a landmark in the history of Sorochinskaya fair. At this time fair movement's motto is the celebration of 200th anniversary of the famous writer, dramatist, poet and writer Nikolai Gogol, who had a huge impact on the broad popularity of Sorochinskaya fair. It is here in town Sorochintsy on March 20, 1809 was born the classic of Russian and Ukrainian literature, changed by his story «Sorochinskaya Fair» the course of life of a small village in the Ukraine.

With what rapture describes Gogol the native places and Sorochynskaya Fair: «Who has not seen or ever been in a whirlwind of bustling fair, when all the people with their product fused into one huge monster and moves his the whole body on the square and narrow streets, make noise, laugh, thunders. Noise, crack, abuse, bleating, bellowing, roaring, - everything merging into one dissonant murmur, as if it falls somewhere in the distant waterfall and alarmed neighborhood is full of the roar ».

Sorochinskaya Fair will be held until August 23 and will offer visitors a lot of different entertainment for every taste.

AUGUST 23

Main Stage

10.00 - 11.00 - Performance of the collectives of Reshetilovskiy district (Poltava region).
11.00 - 12.00 - Performance of the collectives of Poltavskiy district (Poltava region).
12.00 - 13.00 - The closing ceremony of the National Sorochinskaya fair with the participation of the heroes of Gogol's works - Khivrya, Cherevik, Athanasius Ivanovich ... - artists of Poltava Academic Theater of N.V. Gogol, a male vocal ensemble Podolsk Cossacks "(Vinnitsa region.), folk group of the national amateur choir "Zhayvir" (Kiev region). A generous gift from Poltava sunflower oil TM "Shchedryi DAR" - a concert of the group "TIK". "Shchedryi DAR " - the gift of health.

Ethnographic farmstead of Khivrya

10.00 - 11.00 - National amateur ensemble of bandura players (Kharkiv region).
11.00 - 12.00 - Folk collective "Cheerful hive", folk dance group" Rainbow "(Poltava region).
12.00 - 12.30 - National amateur folk group "Vechernitsy" (Zaporozhye region).
12.30 - 13.00 - Children's folk group "Play, Musician" (Chernigov region).

Small stage

10.00 - 11.00 - Performance of the collectives of Semenovski district (Poltava region).
11.00 - 12.00 - Performance of the collectives of Chernukhinskiy district (Poltava region).

Presentation-entertainment stage "Mill"

10.00 - 10.40 - Performance of the collectives of Poltavskiy district (Poltava region).
10.40 - 11.30 - Entertainment program "Merry fair". Games, contests, prizes.

Stages site "Arch"

10.30 - 11.00 - Song ensemble "Ladozvon" (Vinnitsa region).
11.00 - 11.30 - National amateur folk group "Vechernitsy" (Zaporozhye region).

Photo: yarmarok.poltava.ua

Date: 21/08/2009