Director: Dragan Petkovich XX. International Folklore Festival in Italy-Rimini 24.08 - 28.08.2025 Participants are ensembles from Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Indonesia, India, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Czech, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Hungary… Program: 24.08.2025 – Arrival of ensemble at hotel, accomodation...Info- appointment...Tour and introduction to the most popular summer resort in Italy, walking, swimming, tour of Rimini, his beautiful sun beaches, the city... Return to hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay. Possibility of departure to some of many discoteques in Rimini. 25.08.2025 – Breakfast. Day on the beautiful sunny beach in Rimini, or facultative half day tour to Ravena, the fifth largest city in the Emilia-Romagna region in the northern part of the country and the capital of the Province of Ravenna of the same name. The city is home to several magnificent churches from the Byzantine period, the best examples of early Byzantine art during the time of Emperor Justinian. Therefore, these monuments are now part of the UNESCO heritage. Free time in Ravena for seeing this fantastic city. Back to the Rimini. Dinner. Overnight stay. 26.08.2025 – Breakfast. Festival day ! Preparing for Defile. Defile through the City of Rimini. Perform of cultural-art societies. Receiving of certificates and Plaquas. Dinner. Facultative: Discoteque. Overnight stay. 27.08.2025 – Breakfast. Facultative half day tour to San Marino, on arrival follows a tour of this oldest republic in the world: monument of Garibaldi, Porta San Francesco, Square of freedom… Return to Rimini. Dinner. Facultative: mutually–friendly night at Discoteque… Overnight stay. 28.08.2025 – Breakfast. After breakfast departure of ensemble on facultative tour to Venice, Verona, Padova or Treiste…Return to the point of departure… With another meeting next year!!!!!!! Participation fee: 215 Euro per person for 4 HB in 3* Hotel (paying goes in several month payments till departure time) Additional seat on every 25 member. Participation fee includes: Hotel accomodation in three stars Hotels like: Sombrero***, Diamond***, Tamanco***, Lily***, Morfeo***, Marabello***, Picador***, La Torretta Bramante***, ABC Hotel***, Stacolli***, Apis***, Madrid*** ... in Rimini based on 4 half board service: breakfast and dinner in 1/3 and 1/4 rooms. Supplement for 1/2 rooms is 5 Euro per person per night. Organization expenses Degrees Program leading Professional assistance Inviting letter Participation fee does not include: Tourist tax for hotels in Rimini is from 2.5 € per person per day and it depends on the Hotel category (only for persons older than 16 years old) Facultative tours - the price of tour depends exclusively on number of interested to some of the tours: Tour of San Marino - 20 € (10 € with own bus) Venice - 25 € (15 € with own bus) Bologna - 15 € (10 € with own bus) Ravena - 25 € Diskoteque 10 - 15 € Additional day (half board) is from 45-55 € depends on the Hotel Visa and insurance (for cultural-art societies visas are free with inviting letter which gets every ensemble from Italian cultural-art society which also takes part in this manifestation) Note: All ensembles must provide their own music, leading orchestra or music CDs. Each ensemble is obligated to set a performance in duartion of 10-15 minutes. Any group willing to participate must submit an Application form. Approved groups pay in advance a 10% guarantee fee, which is to be deducted at the final payment.