‘Youth and intangible cultural heritage’ in Plovdiv

The second Youth exchange on the topic ‘Youth and intangible cultural heritage’ will take place in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in the period 24 June – 1st July 2024. The Regional Centre Sofia invites 25 people between the age of 18 – 30 from the countries Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Turkey to take part in it.

The programme of the seminar will be filled with interesting activities based on non-formal and informal educational methods aimed at learning and exchanging knowledge about intangible cultural heritage in the region of South-East Europe. Interactive workshops, discussions and debates, ice-breakers and team building games, fieldwork, presentations of intangible cultural heritage and intercultural evenings are part of the programme.

The seminar will take place in the city of Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture in 2019, where the Traditional Crafts Week, organised by the Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv, will be held and young participants will have the opportunity to learn and experience traditional crafts as cutlery, jewellery making, candle making, pastoral carving, musical instrument making, basketry, pottery, weaving and more. Artisans from all over Bulgaria will show their secrets and techniques to the public.

Application form for Youth exchange in Plovdiv / Deadline – June 10

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