News photo: Republican Festival of National Cultures in full swing in Grodno

The Republican Festival of National Cultures has launched in Grodno today. This is a unique holiday, since it demonstrates to the whole world how representatives of 156 nationalities live together with Belarusians in the country in friendship and harmony. Twenty-five of them are united in 205 public organisations, and their representatives carefully preserve their language, crafts, musical traditions and culture, passing them on to new generations. This year, almost 800 representatives of 31 nationalities are participating in the three-day festival, and Mongols are among those who are taking part for the first time.