22 August - 1 September 2013
Nessebar, resort “Sunny Beach”, Burgas, Pomorie, St. Vlas     Bulgaria

Adults Childrens's Competitive nature Dances Choirs / Songs Orchestras Habits Authentic Processed Styled

Director:  Kaloyan Nikolov


Location: Nessebar and the resort complex “Sunny Beach” (Wikipedia)

The marks of the participants appeared in the competition program of the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013" are valid for ranking in the World ranking list of folklore.
LIVE TV broadcast on the Internet of all concerts

Basic Information

The World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013" is held for the third time.
Organizers are The World Association of Folklore Festivals - WAFF,
The European Association of Folklore Festivals - EAFF,
World Folklore Academy and other organizations.
With support of: UNESCO
Municipality of Nessebar, Burgas, Pomorie,
 

A special feature of the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk" is that all performances are recorded with professional audio and television equipment and the best of them are repeatedly broadcasted by 50 cable televisions in Bulgaria, by satellite televisions "New Bulgarian Television, "Travel TV", "BG TV" and "Heros TV" with coverage across Europe, as well as by the World Internet Television "TV Eurofolk" at tv.eurofolk.com  With these activities the main goal of the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013“ is being realized and that is to popularize the traditional folk arts through the enormous possibilities of mass media.

The concerts of the World Championship of Folklore “World Folk 2013” are broadcasted live on the World Internet Television “TV Eurofolk”.

Champions

Ensemble "Domog", Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

winner of the Grand Prix "Golden Orpheus", a gold medal and the title "Absolute World Champion" for 2013 from the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013"

Folklore Ensemble at Jakarta City Government Tourism and Culture Office, Jakarta (Indonesia)

winner of the silver medal – Second place at the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013", a gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore Ensembles", nomination for Grand Prix

Children's dance ensemble "Mkhedruli-2" at Choreographic School Studio, Ltd. "Sea Harmony", Kobuleti (Georgia)

winner of the bronze medal - Third place at the World Championship of Folklore "World Folk 2013" and winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore dances - children" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Warisan Anak Kenyalang at Malaysia School of Arts Kuching, Kuching (Malaysia)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore ensembles - children" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Dance Team "Bulgarche" at "Trud i postoyanstvo 1901" Community center , Chelopech, Sofia region (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal, the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore dances - children" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Orchestra of folklore instruments, Lida (Belarus)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore orchestras" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Ensemble for authentic folklore at "Docho Mihaylov -1906" Community Center, village of Babuk, Silistra region (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore ensembles" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Children's Folklore Ensemble “KÖKLER”, Izmir (Turkey)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore dances - children" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

“Zvartnoc Renaissance” Foundation, Yerevan (Armenia)

winner of the gold medal, the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore songs" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Ensemble of Folk Instruments "Gunda", Sukhum, Republic of Abkhazia (Russia)

winner of the gold medal, the title of "World Champion" for 2013 and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Armenian folk song and dance ethnographical ensemble "Maratuk", Yerevan (Armenia)

winner of the gold medal, the title of "World Champion" for 2013 and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Folklore Group "Dospat" to "Ivan Vazov 1926" Community Center, Dospat (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Authentic folklore songf" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Dance Club "Iskritsa" at "Iskra - 1921" Community center, village of Kaloyanovo, Plovdiv region (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Processed folklore dances" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

KUD "Ohrigjanka", Ohrid (North Macedonia)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Processed folklore dances" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Mihaela Ivanova and Atanas Monev, Dobrich (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Folklore dances - children" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Ensemble "Duegeler" , Namtsy, Republic of Sakha, (Yakutia) (Russia)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Authentic folklore custоms" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Trio "Manista", Burgas (Bulgaria)

winner of the gold medal, the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Processed folklore songs" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Folklore Group , Privlaka - Radovin, North Dalmatia - Zadar region (Croatia)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Authentic folklore songs" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

Folklore Group "Dalmatika" , Rtina - Vlašići - North Dalmatia - Region of Zadar (Croatia)

winner of the gold medal and the title of "World Champion" for 2013 in the category "Authentic folklore songs" and Nomination for the Grand Prix.

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