Sofia - IOM Bulgaria organized a multicultural information event in Harmanli in the Community Center “Druzhba 1870”. The event started with a screening of the film “The Climate Limbo” and two short video clips about IOM’s work in the hall of the building and continued with a full musical programme by several music and dance groups from Harmanli, instructed by Paulina Hristova. Among the invitees were asylum seekers accommodated in RRC Harmanli and external addresses, as well as people from the host society, who came to share a few beautiful moments together.

Various local children’s dance groups, folklore formations, choirs and solo performers, presented parts of their repertoires in Bulgarian folklore dance, music and song during the event. The audience had the opportunity to hear some of Bulgaria’s most beloved folk songs and to enjoy some of the best in Bulgarian folk dances.

At the end of the event, different Bulgarian and oriental dishes were offered to the attendees.

The event was organized as part of the project “Raising the awareness of the Bulgarian society and migrant communities in Bulgaria,” funded by the National Program of Bulgaria under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2014–2020.

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