Today in Lutsk, the 9th International Festival "Polissian Summer with Folklore" begins. A special feature of this year's folk art fiesta, which marks its 10th anniversary since its founding, is that some of its participants have already taken part in festival events in Poland, where the 14th international "Polissian Summer with Folklore" took place, performed at the 4th International Festival "Kalynove Summer on the Dnipro" in Poltava region, and this past weekend marched in a festive procession along Khreshchatyk and performed concerts in the capital of Ukraine. It was in Kyiv that the festival director, who is also the head of the Ukrainian National Section of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts, Yurii Voynarovskyi, solemnly announced the opening of the 9th International "Polissian Summer with Folklore". Already arrived in Lutsk are the "Sable de Or" ballet from Algeria, the ensemble of the regional song and dance society "Dolina Dunajca" from Poland, the "Rocky Mountain Dancers" (USA), the traditional music and dance group "Xacarandaina" from Spain, the folklore group of Punjab state (India), the groups "Chameleonic Morris Men" (England), "Hi-Fem" (Turkey), and "Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat" (Thailand). Ukraine at this folk art celebration will be represented by the folklore groups "Hutsuly" from Ivano-Frankivsk region and "Volynianochka" from Lutsk. At 17:00, a march-parade of festival participants will begin along Lesia Ukrainka and Danylo Halytskyi streets, and an hour later its solemn opening will take place in Lutsk Castle.