Date de création: 2002
Domaine(s):

- oral traditions and expressions
- performing arts
- social practices, rituals and festive events
- other
- Folklore dancing, music and singing

Mesure de sauvegarde:

- promotion, enhancement
- transmission, (non-)formal education
- revitalization
- Cultural exchange

Pays principaux d'activité:

Bulgarie

Objectifs:
National section of CIOFF Bulgaria works for the safeguarding and dissemination of traditional culture. Through its activities the organization aims for the following main objectives:
- Development of the cultural exchange between the nations and popularization of the Bulgarian folklore in our country and abroad
- Co-operation in organizing international folklore festivals in our country and abroad
- support the activities of its members and those of non-governmental organizations, working in the areas of folklore and cultural heritage
- promote the intangible heritage from all over the world, through forms of expression such as dance, music, games, rituals, customs and other arts
- enrich the knowledge of the nations for the folklore wealth
- support and create conditions for active cultural exchange
- serve the cause of peace and non-violence through the implementation of the above objectives
- serve the objectives of UNESCO
Activités:
The enumerated in point 5 objectives of the organization are realized by:
- Placing invitations for participating in International Folklore Festivals to different Bulgarian folklore ensembles. The invitations are on CIOFF’s side or from other organizations;
- Investigation of possibilities for Bulgarian ensembles to visit countries preferred by them;
- Insurance of possibilities for mutual visiting of Bulgarian collectives and foreign groups;
- Regular organization of national reviews where the presentation and the artistic qualities of the ensembles from the country are evaluated. In the reviews participate more than 200 ensembles, the best of which are specified as “Representative ensembles of the National section of CIOFF”;
- Popularization of the Bulgarian folklore art by all legally permitted forms and resources;
- Providing of information about organized festivals of CIOFF, symposiums, conferences, seminars and other activities related with folklore and traditional arts;
- Formation of own informational data base concerning the professional and unprofessional folklore formations in Bulgaria;
- Realization of partnership, organizational and methodical co-operation to the Folklore festivals in Bulgaria. NS CIOFF Bulgaria organizes the International Folklore Festivals in Veliko Tarnovo and Sofia, co-operates in the organizing of the CIOFF festivals in Varna, Plovdiv, Dorkovo
- Maintenance of a web page on Internet
- Organization of annual meetings of the choreographers in Bulgaria. At those meetings the award “Golden yoke” is bestowed for entire contribution to the development of Bulgarian folklore and its popularization;
- Participating in the celebrations of national feast with different projects.
Coopération:
All our work is related with different folklore ensembles, choreographers, musicologists and people who make efforts to revive Bulgarian traditions and folklore which nowadays are put aside.
At the National reviews our jury of specialists meets more than 200 collectives, evaluates their qualities and their art. The Section communicates with those groups as to organize participation for them in different Festivals and Folklore events all over the world. We assist concerts and presentations of those ensembles.
For better communication with all those collectives from different parts in Bulgaria the section collaborates with 24 choreographers who are responsible for particular regions of the country. Meetings with those coordinators are organized frequently and any needed and important information is given to them.
More than 150 choreographers from the country take part in the annually organized seminars of the choreographers in Bulgaria. At those events are discussed different problems related with the folklore and its popularization.
In many of our activities we co-operate with the Ministry of Culture, with the Union of the cultural clubs in Bulgaria, and with different organizations working in the cultural domain. During the organization of the Festivals in Sofia and Veliko Tarnovo we co-operate with a lot of people who have experience in the folklore sphere in order to choose groups of a great quality fot the Festivals and to present them our traditions in best way.

Date de création: 2007
Domaine(s):

- oral traditions and expressions
- performing arts
- social practices, rituals and festive events
- knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe
- traditional craftsmanship
- other
- All forms of authentic folklore arts.

Mesure de sauvegarde:

- preservation, protection
- promotion, enhancement
- revitalization
- other
- Popularization of the traditional folk arts through the modern channels of information - television and internet.

Pays principaux d'activité:

Allemagne, Arménie, Autriche, Bulgarie, Chine, Croatie, Espagne, ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine, Fédération de Russie, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Italie, Jordanie, Pologne, Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, Slovaquie, Tchéquie, Turquie

Objectifs:
The aim of the EAFF is the safeguarding and spreading of the traditional folk arts of the European nations through festivals and modern Information Technologies.
This aim is achieved by organization of festivals, seminars, forums and other public events; publishing of printed materials; production and distribution of television products. All these - presenting the traditional folklore arts.
Also by creating and maintaining contacts and collaborating with organizations and groups with similar goals in the country and abroad; broadcasting on air and online of audio and television products of the traditional folklore arts.
All of the above is done inline with the values, aims and objectives of UNESCO and with the hope that the we will find the right way to preserve and build on the wisdom of our ancestors, brought to us by the folklore arts.

Activités:
The European Association of Folklore Festivals (EAFF) has been established in year 2007 in the ancient capital of Bulgaria – Veliko Tarnovo.
Its main purpose is to preserve, develop and make popular the folklore of the European nations by organizing festivals and using the modern television, computer and other information technologies.
The European Association of Folklore Festivals achieves its activities mainly through the festivals of the Musical Feasts “Euro Folk” and through the worldwide Internet Television “Euro FolkTV”.
The basic feature of the festivals from the Musical Feasts “Euro Folk” is the complete filming with professional TV equipment of all the performances together with making different audio and TV products.
At the Musical Feasts “Euro Folk” festivals that have been held so far 6,000 groups with more than 120 000 participants from 17 European countries have taken part.
The European Association of Folklore Festivals operates in cooperation with televisions from Bulgaria and Europe, with folklore ensembles, groups, municipalities, community centres, schools and other organizations of cultural activities.
As a result of these activities the EAFF has generated significand video and audio libraries, containing priceless records of traditional arts. The Association also supports an online television, trasmitting costantly authentic folklore performances.
Additionally the EAFF serves as a contact point for its members - different folklore event organizators and arts performers and provides them a single point of contact through its website.

Coopération:
Since its establishment, the EAFF activities for preserving and spreading the folklore arts have constantly increased. Thousands of folklore groups from different municipalities, community centers, cultural clubs, amateur art groups from all around Europe have been given the opportunity to present their performances and to be seen by the live audience at the festivals and to be recorded and broadcasted via television and Internet.
Significant part of the presented performances are unique authentic songs, dances and rituals, that have been kept unchanged for centuries and are exposing the values and the believes of our ancestors.
The EAFF have organized and participated as an official patron in a number of events – festivals with participants from different municipalities, supported by the Chairman of the Parliament, by Mayors and municipal councils, by NGO’s and the relevant groups from the community.