Regional Administration Smolyan

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Regional Administration Smolyan

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This initiative aims to promote the interest of children in the area to traditional Bulgarian values, life and culture. Everyone child from Smolyan region could take part of this competition with its own photos wearing traditional Rhodope costume. Only the children of the organizers of the initiative could not take part.

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CONTEST „I GROW UP PATRIOT”- Regional Administration Smolyan together with Mihalkovo company for bottling naturally carbonated mineral water have conducted competition “I grow up a patriot”. This initiative aims to promote the interest of children in the area to traditional Bulgarian values, life and culture.Everyone child from Smolyan region could take part of this competition with its own photos wearing traditional Rhodope costume. Only the children of the organizers of the initiative could not take part. Тhe journalist Petia Gaidarova have given the idea of this competition in 2016 year which was supported by Regional Administration Smolyan. It was conducted the 6^th edition of the competition last year and took part over 180 children.The idea of this photo competition aims to show the beauty of the traditional Bulgarian costumes and how proud the children are wearing the folklore clothes and embroidery on more and more events. This initiative encourages young Bulgarians to respect folklore, to preserve the Bulgarian identity, to wear the Bulgarian costume with pride and to make folklore motifs a part of our everyday life. The photo contest “I grow up a patriot” was completed with new contest for story "I saw the kindness", which aims to attract young authors to write about the kindness of the people around us and encourage young people to be noble, polite and to do good deeds. That is why the initiative is gaining more and more popularity and every year more and more children participate. All participants receive prizes - patriotic T-shirts and a calendar with photos of children participating in the competition. The jury awards the best photographs, divided into four age groups, which receive additional awards. State institutions and branch organizations also support the initiative by providing prizes for participants in the photo contest.The organizers want this competition to become national and more children and young people to participate in the near future.

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This initiative aims to promote the interest of children in the area to traditional Bulgarian values, life and culture.

Тhe journalist Petia Gaidarova have given the idea of this competition in 2016 year which is conducted every year. The 6^th edition of the contest was conducted in 2021 year and took part over 180 children. The organizers want this competition to become national and more children and young people to participate in the near future.

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The idea of this photo competition aims to show the beauty of the traditional Bulgarian costumes and how proud the children are wearing the folklore clothes and embroidery on more and more events. This initiative encourages young Bulgarians to respect folklore, to preserve the Bulgarian identity, to wear the Bulgarian costume with pride and to make folklore motifs a part of our everyday life.

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Everyone child from Smolyan region could take part of this competition with its own photos wearing traditional Rhodope costume. Only the children of the organizers of the initiative could not take part.Patriotism is a devotion to home land, language and traditions which are brought up from an early age. That is why the initiative is gaining more and more popularity and every year more and more children participate. All participants receive prizes - patriotic T-shirts and a calendar with photos of children participating in the competition.

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The project aims at the exchange between the generations, folk creativity and continuation of traditions. Promotion of culture, traditions and way of life at local and regional level

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Patriotism is a devotion to home land, language and traditions which are brought up from an early age. That is why the initiative is gaining more and more popularity and every year more and more children participate.

The idea of this photo competition aims to show the beauty of the traditional Bulgarian costumes and how proud the children are wearing the folklore clothes and embroidery on more and more events. This initiative encourages young Bulgarians to respect folklore, to preserve the Bulgarian identity, to wear the Bulgarian costume with pride and to make folklore motifs a part of our everyday life.The initiative focuses mainly on the category regaining a sense of belonging. 

 

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All participants receive prizes - patriotic T-shirts and a calendar with photos of children participating in the competition. The jury awards the best photographs, divided into four age groups, which receive additional awards. State institutions and branch organizations also support the initiative by providing prizes for participants in the photo contest. There is an official award ceremony but because of Covid 19 crisis the awards are being sent to children. Promoting the initiative at regional level, intergenerational exchange, preservation of traditions, culture and folklore creavity.  

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This initiative is included in the prepared cultural calendar at regional level which includes all events, activities and initiatives typical of the Rhodopes. This cultural calendar is a part of the national cultural calendar.The organizers want this contest to become national and international contest where to take part children and young people from all the world in the near future.

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This initiative is related to the traditional customs and the local historical heritage, traditions, way of life. The initiative is in partnership with regional, local authorities, citizens, children, schools, families. The initiative covers all target groups from Smolyan district. This inicitive show how traditions are passed down from generation to generation.

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The competition "I grow up a patriot" can be multiplied in areas that have preserved cultural heritage, traditions, practical experience and skills. This will show the diversity of folklore areas and encourage the participation of young people to continue and preserve traditions.

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