The Chairman of the Slovak National Council attends a festival in Medzilaborce

On June 27th – 28th, 2009, the 47th year of the Culture and Sports Festival was held in Medzilaborce. It was attended by such honoured guests as Pavol Paška, the Chairman of the Slovak National Council, Peter Chudik, the Head of the Prešov Self-governing Region, and others. The main festival organisers – the town of Medzilaborce and the Rusyn Revival in Slovakia prepared a magnificent cultural programme. Performances were given by winners of the national competition entitled Songs of my family: M. Železná, M. Karaš, I. Sivuľková, the Magurová trio, the Kačmarová sisters and others, as well as Rusyn folk groups: Krasnobridčanka, Haburčanka, Voľanka, Porubjanka, the local act Kamjana, the Humenské trio and others. The headline act of the programme was PULS (the Poddukelsky Ukrainian Folk Group) from Prešov which presented highlights of their new performance Charmed by a Glance.