WORLD FOLKLORIADA

WORLD FOLKLORIADA, festival. The organizer is the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF®). The idea of holding it was proposed in 1991 by the representative of Israel, Sh. Bi­alik and was adopted by the General Assembly in 1993 in Dublin (Ireland). It is held every 4 years. The first WF was held in the Netherlands (1996). It was also held in Japan (2000; over 50 participating countries), Hungary (2004; 72), South Korea (2012; 43), Mexico (2016; 48 countries). The W. F. planned in China in 2008 did not take place. In 2021, the 6­th WF will be held in the Rus­sian Federation; the venue will be the RB.

A.A. Belyayev