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The Belarus Today ¹ 15 (337) 18-24.04.06 An international scientific conference “World Folklore Legacy: Past, Present, Future” under the auspices of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization will take place in
Minsk in July 2009.
The information was released by Alexander Morozov, Slavonic studies department head of the National Scientific Academy’s art history, ethnography, and folklore institute at press conference dedicated to the International day for Monuments and Sites. The decision was taken by the UNESCO’s folk song commission. A according to the source, applications to host the conference were filed by Belarus, Holland and England. Belarus proposal turned out to be the most interesting one.
In July 2009 representatives of Romania, Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, the USA, Australia, Japan and several other countries are expected to come to Belarus.
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