The Vitebsk regional stage of the family agricultural project "Master of the Village" will be held on September 7 in Sharkovshchina, the Sharkovshchina District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
The Vitebsk regional stage of the family agricultural project "Master of the Village" will be held on September 7 in Sharkovshchina, the Sharkovshchina District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
10 young families, winners of the district stages of the competition, will compete for the title of the best.
"Master of the Village" will traditionally open with the participants' presentations "Вітаем па-беларуску!" ("Welcome in Belarusian!"). They will have to talk about their families, traditions, hobbies, and leisure in the national costumes of their region. The jury will also evaluate an exhibition of the contestants' achievements in household management, work, and studies. An exciting part of the project will be a wood-splitting contest, "Village Relay Race," which includes running with pot-hooks, sorting fruits, and carrying water on a yoke. As homework, the contestants have prepared video clips about their farmsteads, the best of which will be determined by online voting. In addition, each family will have to bake draniki (potato pancakes) on a traditional griddle and present them beautifully.
"The winning family will receive a calf as a prize," the district executive committee reported.
The event is organised by the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Sharkovshchina District Executive Committee, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM), the regional committee of the Trade Union of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers, the Republican Public Association "Belaya Rus," the Belarusian Peace Foundation, and the Belarusian Red Cross Society.
"Master of the Village" was launched in 2007 in the Glubokoe district and immediately attracted public attention. In 2008, the project reached the national level. Since then, it has annually brought together hundreds of young families (spouses aged no older than 31, and their children) living in rural areas for at least 3 years and working in the countryside. The competition consists of district, regional, and national stages, which allows for maximum attention to participation in the project and its popularisation among the rural population.