hi all. my name is edgar father, belarus i came from russia and now i live and work in grodno

i came from russia from the far east from the kamchatka territory, the city of petropavlovsk-kamchatsky at the time of 2015, my wife and i decided that we would move from kamchatka because the conditions, uh -e , the climatic conditions there are quite difficult, and this question has already been mentioned by us for a long time, that it was necessary to choose some new location for life in 2015 as well. we decided the spouse to fly on vacation flew. we to moscow considered the central part of russia we traveled there and right in the process of our vacation, my wife offered to go to belarus, where i had never been before, by the way, we took a ticket and arrived in minsk for a couple of days. we lived in minsk

and saw how it was there and we liked it. belarus the country that falls in love with itself is really like this, because before that, unlike my wife, who at least somehow happened here in childhood, it was all for me for the first time, but nevertheless, oh, the sensations , uh, it was present of some kind of affinity and closeness, because, well, despite the fact that i grew up in russia in the far east of belarusians, we also communicated quite a lot and we also have belarusian goods, and it should be noted that there is a very respectful attitude towards belarus with belarusian goods in russia. and in the place where i lived, it was always such a standard of quality, so it was nice to come here and see. this is already directly with your own eyes having been, here, uh, 2 weeks. my wife and i decided to try and try to come here to live. we

took a segment for ourselves during the year. we will live here and already after that. let's make some further decisions. we returned to kamchatka from vacation and literally within 3 months. we completed our business, packed our things and moved to belarus. for me , it literally was to start from scratch, because i didn’t take anything from things either. indeed , i left kamchatka with one bag with a small suitcase. in other words, they just started a new life. there was a complete reset, including career work, which you also need to always understand when moving to the new region what it is always life from the beginning? dear friends welcome to our cultural center festivalniy

. here you can see immediately at the entrance belarus and belarusian women are greeted by costumes made in the traditional grodno system and they greet our guests. here you can watch our permanent exhibition dedicated to the festival. and let me remind you that our center is a cultural center festivalny not without reason. it is called a festival center and is dedicated to the history of the festival, which takes place every 2 years in the city of grodno, this is such a branded event for our city. it's always marked on the walls. you can see the stands that are dedicated to the history of the festival, from the first to the current eighteenth year. this is the 12th festival. and here we are now for our friends. i will reveal the secret. we have already allocated a place here for the thirteenth republican festival, which took place here. in grodno this year, in our center, we keep the cups of the festival, which are given every

year at the time of this festival. here you can see the cups lined up by year, then, what it was in chronological order. this is a glass factory in neman e, grodno region, right under the cups you can see gifts from diasporas. uh, because we have a multinational center here. uh, all the diasporas that we had this year are presented at once, and this year there were more than 30 of them, and here you can see some of the gifts that the diasporas give us in this hall. we have presented national costumes, which are also mostly gifts from the diasport, i would like to proudly note that in the period of this year's festival from the armenian diaspora. we received such a gift , our special pride is the dolls, which will be given to

us absolutely free of charge by our local craftsman zhemchuzhnikova. you can see that dolls of various costumes are presented here. e different peoples. you can also see the court girdles here. what is a special pride of our center, since this thing is not only expensive in terms of material performance, but also carries a great cultural heritage, in our center. there is also a small cinema hall where we broadcast films about the festival for our guests. there are also cartoons in national costumes for our little viewers when guests of the city come to us. grodno, they often may not know what the republican festival of national cultures is, especially people came from somewhere from abroad. that's the way. we have the technical ability to broadcast this. film in order to acquaint people with this significant event for us, i invite you

to go to the small hall of our center, we have a slightly unusual exposition format, since in general this hall is an exhibition hall and often. we're just hanging pictures on the walls here, but right now we're in agreement with ours. e artist made such an interactive. there are such walls here and anyone can write on the wall about what a house is for him, just as our exhibition is called home sapiens, that is, smart home, then anyone can reflect what it is for him and as you can see here already a lot of posts. we were left on this topic.

do you dream of traveling, but don't know where to start? pictures from the past did not appear by chance. after all, we are heading to one of the oldest cities in belarus, where we will tell about the most beautiful and interesting cities of belarus on a tour. the inhabitants of this city are happy people on the central square. has its own big ben. height 13 m. we will show. the main attractions of the monument to cyril of turov were installed on castle hill on may 13 , 1993, on the day of the remembrance of the saint and we will share historical facts. it is known that 23 june 1944 from here began the legendary operation from bagration. look at the program of the

city of belarus on our tv channel. we saw how active our society is our people. i survived. eh, it didn't break what i believed . anyway, sometimes it's better to be silent than to speak, but it's just as important to speak on time and be heard by the project. speak in silence about people who have something to say about themselves and about everything that excites the guests of the studio, government officials, artists, athletes, book authors, and businessmen, successful a person who has reached heights and continues to move towards the beautiful and wise, so you need to think even more and make a balanced decision to give your desire to be useful to someone give your desires, and do something conditionally for someone, they are ready to share with you a source of motivation and life experience, do not miss it on

belarus 24 tv channel. it appeared in september 2021, when we celebrated city day, grodno and we, as part of a delegation of diasporas, were invited to a common holiday. e, dedicated to the day cities there gathered several diasporas at once. it was the polish diaspora. lithuanian ukrainian. uh, there was a chinese jewish one. and here we were from the russian side, and then for the first time i discovered for myself that there is such an institution. at that time, i didn’t know about him yet, since i was in grodno by and large, having been here. i liked this place, and then, of course, i found out that the

leader was leaving here, then, of course, i wanted to cooperate and i established contact with the cultural center, and the cultural center is the main organizing a branch of the cultural center festivalnaya and we agreed that they would look at me. and i will look at this work for myself, as far as it is mine, because, of course, this sphere was new and from the side of the center of culture, i was here too. let's say such a big credit of trust i understood this from the very beginning and i understand it now, because i actually came from the financial sector, culturally. i wasn't connected, but apart from this social activity, of course, it was new for me, nevertheless, it turned out to be so close to me that somehow quickly enough i began to get involved in it. in addition, i have very good personal contacts with diasporas. we worked together at the home of his parish at festivalnaya, so it was not difficult for us to continue this interaction, in many ways it’s even easier somewhere, when i

became the head of the festival for national cultures here, it will be 20 years old, and it is significant for all of us for the inhabitants of our country not only for the inhabitants of our country, but also for our neighbors those who takes part in the republican festival, that is, such a holiday uniting peoples. and here we are in grodno and decided to have one like this. let it be a miniature, but there was a house where our diasporas could unite under one roof, and this is how the idea of ​​​​creating such a cultural center was born, which is called the festival in honor of, in fact, our one of the main holidays of our city, because as i always note that this is a brand event for our city, but not otherwise, but everyone knows the festival of national cultures, including those from outside, grodno and even outside the republic one of the key activities of the cultural center of the festival is the

organization of the event, that is, it was a mass block cult. and just recently our summer ended. in the summer, we have, uh, a very cool project that i can really call it that, because it's in huge demand, it's on the street near the festivalnaya cultural center, which again is a little unusual for us, because as event rule. we spend inside the center itself. and here we have already chosen ourselves. here piglet near our center and spend. there are so-called art environments. this is a festival project. we call it that, the project is unique in that every time we come up with something new. that is, it can be a musical project. it could be a musically poistic evening. it could also be master classes. it could be some stories. it might be interactive. these are contests. here it is, whatever. that is, we try to this project to take into account the wishes of the different target

audiences that come to us. that is, we understand that here the organization of such a project lies in the fact that you cannot be completely sure. what kind of audience will you gather on a given day. yes, we give announcements and on the one hand we pronounce what we will have, that is, people come according to their interests, but this street is an open event. and, of course, people. passing by, including tourists, they become interested. they transplant begin to take part in this event. and here it is very difficult to guess the age of the group. therefore, we have to focus on different target audiences, so we are for children, as a rule, our code is also mass workers who deal with children. uh, they draw on the pavement with crayons to entertain our children, dressing up and in costumes. this includes master classes. here i want to especially note,

of course, the work of our diasports, because, uh, they come and spend. master classes here's how one of the last we, for example, had an event when the jewish diaspora came and arranged a master class on writing yurit. and plus. there they also gave small gifts to the public. it was, of course, both pleasant and unusual at the same time, because, well, not everyone is familiar with hebrew . we try. uh, so that our audience is not left without some. pleasant surprise. we try to hold competitions, and at this competition, any participant can win some kind of souvenir or a gift from the festival. which is also the highlight of our event, because ah, it leaves a memory, for me. this is a new round in the development in general and in my personal recovery, because the cultural center of the festival is due to the fact that it is multifaceted here you have the opportunity to try yourself in

completely different directions, we have the opportunity to work with diasporas and work with artists, creative people and organize cultural events in this way. you yourself participate in the development and preparation of the concept of some event, in addition, and sometimes often you yourself participate directly in this event, and this is both responsible and interesting, so you discover it for yourself. and you develop yourself in this area earlier, working in the insurance business. i really liked the fact that this business is also multifaceted, because when insuring some enterprises, some people, you have to delve into the field of activity with which you are dealing, and working in the far east, of course. this is aviation this is shipping

insurance. that is, you must understand terminology. you have to understand these processes that take place in certain enterprises in order to offer an adequate insurance product. that's exactly the same thing i found for myself in this one. here is sho. living moments are what i need to delve into now. and what i like about the local processes. i need to understand painting in photography, that is, it develops me. i have to communicate with a lot of people. and this is a positive moment for me, because i am a sociable person, i take a lot for myself here from communicating with people. in addition, when communicating with diasporas, one must understand that each nationality is unique in its own way, working, working on the festival. been here for almost a year now. i come to the conclusion that you know in my life. it's not random, it's not accidental. and this segment of my life this new

round. he, too, i think so, but i'm almost sure of it. it is also not accidental, and it gives impetus to my further development. i just see it, i feel it, i feel it. and now i would like to introduce you to one of my favorite places in grodno it is a concert hall institution which is located in a beautiful historical building with rich culture from here. my creative journey has begun. i would like to introduce you to my colleague olesya - this is the head of the concert hall. now we are working together. uh, and we have joint events, and i would like to ask olesya to tell us about the history of this building. because it's really it's unique. this building was built at the beginning of the 20th century