The 18th International Children\u2019s Folklore Festival Licider Heart has been officially opened in U\u017eice, where around 1,200 children from 14 countries will participate until 19 August including participants from the Republic of Srpska.<\/p>\n
The festival is being held under the slogan Coming of Age of the Heart, in U\u017eice, Zlatibor and Vi\u0161egrad. The first day\u2019s program began at 10:00 with a ceremonial reception of ensemble representatives at the City Hall. At 19:30, a ceremonial parade of participants was held, and at 20:30, the festival was officially opened at Trg Partizana with a concert featuring performances by cultural and artistic societies.<\/p>\n
At the reception, the Deputy Mayor of U\u017eice, Radojko Radosavljevi\u0107, welcomed the young folklorists and said that the festival had been connecting young people from Serbia and the world for 18 years. \u2018May the Licider Heart once again be a place where new friendships are created and the most beautiful message sent \u2013 that differences do not separate us, but connect us,\u2019 said Radosavljevi\u0107. The President of the Organizing Committee, Ivana Cvetkovi\u0107, stated at the reception that the hosts were looking forward to getting to know the cultures of other peoples and presenting their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n
The Republic of Srpska is represented by the cultural and artistic societies Soko HED from Vi\u0161egrad, Most from Bratunac and Alat from Trebinje. Artistic director of the Soko HED CAS Danijela \u0160u\u0107ur thanked the organizers for making Vi\u0161egrad one of the festival locations, noting that the diversity of groups, costumes and dances made the program attractive to the audience.<\/p>\n
The organizer is the Era Citizens\u2019 Association from U\u017eice, and the co-organizers are U\u017eice City Administration, Republic of Srpska Representation in Serbia and \u010cajetina Municipal Administration. The program in Vi\u0161egrad will be held on 17 August: reception for ensemble representatives at 17:30, parade at 18:30 and festival concert at the stadium near Andri\u0107grad at 19:00.<\/p>\n
Source and photo: Republic of Srpska Representative Office in Serbia<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 18th International Children\u2019s Folklore Festival Licider Heart has been officially opened in U\u017eice, where around 1,200 children from 14 countries will participate until 19 August including participants from the Republic of Srpska.\nThe festival is being held under the slogan Coming of Age of the Heart, in U\u017eice, Zlatibor and Vi\u0161egrad. The first day\u2019s program began at 10:00 with a ceremonial<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,76,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti","category-vijesti-dijaspora","category-vijesti-republika-srpska"],"yoast_head":"\n