Traditionally, the festival is held in the paprika capital of Ukraine, in the village of Mala Dobron in Uzhhorod region. This Festival is held to promote Hungarian and Ukrainian hand-made art, the revival and popularization of national customs and traditions, to broaden the artistic vision of the participants, to enrich their spirituality, to find and support skilled and talented...
The “Uzhhorod Regatta” is a fun sport competition, rafting down the Uzh river with unusual decorated crafts of various designs. According to tradition the launching takes place at the transport bridge near “Pidzamkoviy” park and heads down river to Tomas Masaryk transport bridge. In order to win, each team must purchase or build their own craft and all the...
The "Transcarpathian Edelweiss" national festival of the arts is an artistic and social event designed to promote contemporary art among the population of Ukraine, revealing new talented artists and authors.
Any ensemble or individual artist - amateur or professional - can participate in the Festival, in genres such as singing, choreography, instrumental music, oratory art and circus.
The program of this festival features various performances of individuals and teams from Workout, demonstrations, entertaining contests, competitions and more.
Events like these give flavour to the everyday life of our home town and enable local youth to feel the taste of a healthy life with well-known stars of weightlifting.
The material and spiritual culture of the city was formed under the influence of members of different ethnic groups living in the Carpathian region, including Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Romanians, Germans and Jews. This vividly affected the development of arts, architecture, music and customs. As for painting, the Transcarpathian artists were influenced by Western schools.
Each year Transcarpathia holds more...
On December 19th, on St. Nicholas Day, Uzhgorod traditionally holds a Saint Nicholas Parade, a competition to decorate the city’s Christmas tree and a ceremony of illuminating the biggest Transcarpathian Christmas tree. This beautiful tradition has become one of the most original highlights of Uzhhorod. Dressed Nicholases sing New Year’s and Christmas songs, jingle small bells, hand out candies...
The International Festival "Interpuppet" is held early in October every other year. It brings together creative teams of puppet theaters from different countries. During the festival children of different nationalities living in the area acquire a deeper understanding of their native theatrical art and the art of other neighboring countries, and by this expand their worldview.
In 2016 Uzhhorod revived its wine festival and presented the best samples of young Transcarpathian wine from that year’s harvest from renowned winemakers of the region. The new wine, due to its short period of fermentation, gives connoisseurs a unique taste and lightness.
In addition to a wide range of wines at the festival, it will also feature Carpathian cuisine,...
The festival has become a tradition in our region. It demonstrates the best examples of children's art. The goal is to revive cultural and moral values of the family unit; identify and support talented children; and to develop creative skills and abilities in different genres of art.
All Transcarpathians and their guests have chance to hear carols in Ukrainian, Slovakian, Hungarian, Romanian and even German. Caroling groups come from all over the region, bringing their Vertep (a portable puppet nativity theatre). The groups entertain guests not only with beautiful singing, but also by acting out funny performances, full of various colourful characters. Visitors can also enjoy...