Conducting the interregional competition of experts in the Vepsian language among boys and girls “Vepsoiden lapsed”

The interregional competition of experts in the Vepsian language among children and adolescents was held on October 22, 2023.

The competition was held at the Veps Folklore Center, in the village of Vinnytsia, Podporozhsky district. Eight children’s creative teams from Vologda and Leningrad regions presented their knowledge and creativity on the stage. This year, the theme of the competition was the calendar year.

The interregional competition of Vepsian language experts “Vepsläižed lapsed” “Vepsian children” with the support of our committee is held by the Vepsian Folklore Center once every two years.

The prizes were taken by schoolchildren of the folklore collective “Purdaine” from the Timoshinsky school, the folklore ensemble “Kastkuine” from the Borisov school, and the third was shared by the collective “Manzikäine” of the Babaevsky Ethnocultural Center and an exemplary amateur collective – the Vepsian Puppet Theater “Peiveine” of our regional Vepsian folklore center.