Guests of “Zubr-Fest” told how they remembered the first eco-festival in Bialowieza Forest

In the Belovezhskaya Forest on September 25-26, the Zubr-Fest environmental festival is held for the first time. For two days, the national park became a large platform for sports, music, family holidays and meetings with friends. Some come for the race, others for the evening concert, and many spend all day here and come back again.

The festival venues have been crowded since the morning. Families with children are studying the program, groups of friends are walking around the furthest, spectators are gradually gathering near the stage. During the day, sports events are replaced by entertainment, and in the evening guests are waiting for performances of artists. This format allows everyone to create their own program of rest.

At the “Zubr-fest” we meet Elizaveta Pokalo and Zakhar Vasilenko from Brest. This is the second festival day for them. The day before, the weather was rainy, but the young people did not return home early:

- We were here yesterday, we really liked it, so we decided to come today. Even the rain didn't hurt. The atmosphere was great, there were a lot of people around and there was always something going on. It’s great to spend time in a place like this with friends. The impressions are really vivid.

While some guests slowly walk between the venues, others spend the day much more actively. The sports part of the program gathered both experienced runners and families, for whom the main thing was not time at the finish line, but the opportunity to go to the distance together. After the race, the participants were in no hurry to leave the wilderness - music and dances awaited them in front of them.

This is the plan chosen by Andrei, Olga and Varvara Kozhanovsky from Brest. The festival began with a family start, and continued at the concert stage:

- It is cool that there are various events and you can spend the whole day at the festival. At first we participated in the family race together, and now we stayed to listen to music and dance. It is especially pleasant that such a holiday is suitable for both adults and children. It was a busy family day for us.

Towards the end of the day, it becomes even more lively. The participants of the day program are joined by spectators who specially come to the performances of artists. At the stage there are families with children, young people and groups of friends from different cities of the Brest region.

From Ivanovo, Galina Goncharik came to Zubr-fest with her friends. The main point of their program was the performance of Eva Polna, but the concert was not the only reason to linger in the Belovezhskaya Forest:

- We came from Ivanovo to listen to Eva Polna. It’s great to have a festival where you can go with your friends. It is pleasant to be here, a good program and a wonderful mood. We liked it all.

Different plans of guests easily add up to the overall picture of the holiday. While some overcome the distance, others get acquainted with the festival venues, walk through the territory of the national park or wait for the start of the concert. Here friends meet, spend family time and find an occupation to the liking of visitors of different ages.

It was diversity that became one of the main features of the first “Zubr Fest”. Its two-day program combines scientific, sports, cultural and gastronomic activities. The festival showed that rest in the Belovezhskaya Forest can be different. Guests come here for their impressions, and combine their atmosphere of a big holiday and the desire to share emotions with loved ones.

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