Balgarianovinite.com “To participate in a project developed around the concept of the village square is to share in something that you carry in your heart,” said Anita Ekenova from Lyon, France during the opening of the 11th travelling Bulgarian folklore festival Expats Join Hands in Worldwide Dance, in Munich, Germany, on Friday.
Ekenova is the initiator of the festival and organizer of its first and tenth editions. She heads the Bulgarian dance group Ot Izvora in Lyon and an eponymous cultural association in the French city.
In her greetings address in Munich, she said that the tradition of the village square inspires strength. “Once you step onto that square, you always return, stronger, with more friends and with even more creative energy.”
She recalled that the gathering was created in 2015: “Back then we had many ideas, but one was the most important, and I want to remind you of it today: to meet as if at home, to dance hand in hand, to be friends, and to applaud together what our friends have prepared for our village square.”
Ekenova added that this is not a competitive arena but a stage on which participants express their love and respect for one another. Expats Festival Founder Holds “Village Square” Tradition in Her Heart 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-15 19:41:09 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law