14 folklore groups with more than 480 partcipants from Latvia, Estonia, Litva, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Armenia, Ukraine, took part in IX International folklore – dance festival  „Macedonian sun of Alexander“. It was held from 16 to 20 July in the Macedonian tourist  resort Ohrid.

The folklore fiesta had two festival evenings. The first one was held on the central square in Ohrid, and the second one - in the famous Antique theater in the town.

The purpose of the festival was to present the cultural traditions of different countries and regions and to give the groups the opportunity to get together and make new friends, presenting their cultures through dances and music.

The festival program included interesting events, which were prepared by the organizers to diversify the free time of the participants. They had the opportunity to swim to the Ohrid lake, to visit the oldest tree - called Chinar, Biljana's Springs, and also have some tours, including sights of Ohrid: Ohrid pearl, old paper mill and the cultural monuments (Church of St.. Sofia, Samuil's Fortress, Ancient Theater Plaoshnik, church Sv. Kaneo, Bridge of the wishes...)