Today, the district local history museum hosted the international scientific and practical video conference "Folk Traditions - The Foundation of Modern Culture". Specialists from Lepel, Polotsk, and the Leninsk-Kuznetsky municipal district of the Russian Federation met online.
The conference began with welcoming remarks from Vyacheslav Masharo, Deputy Chairman of the District Executive Committee, and Tatyana Zhukova, Head of the Culture Department of the Kuzbass Administration.
In attendance were regional leadership, specialists from cultural institutions, candidates of historical sciences, university lecturers, local historians, and historians.
What was on the agenda?
The Belarusian village during the post-war recovery period.
Preservation and popularisation of folk crafts in the Lepel district.
Traditional crafts in the exhibition of the Museum of the History of Peasant Life in the village of Krasnoye, and other issues.
It should be noted that close cooperation between Lepel and Kuzbass began in 2024. Primarily, it is aimed at strengthening intercultural and foreign economic ties.