From 24 December 2007 to 4 January 2008 twenty soloist of the ‘Kukeri’ folklore group from the town of Rousse will represent Bulgaria at the big international folklore venue MALTA – 2008. The competition is organized by Malta’s Ministry of Culture and a few other international organizations. A total of 18 ensembles from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America will take part.
Kukeri’s members will perform a 120-minutes programme of music, dances and songs of all ethnographical regions of Bulgaria. The group was founded 26 years ago and it has already performed in 26 different countries to present the unique Bulgarian musical and dance folklore.

Translation in English – Vera Genova