The single events were held in several countries. EuroFolk has been integrated into the Europe For You ! programme from 1996, involving the last event, held in 1997.
The principles of its organization were simple: in preparation for the event, participating groups prepared their selected items: dances, music, songs, pantomimes, games, costumes or cultural shows. Once at the camp, they shared the folklore and traditions of their respective countries or regions with others, and at the same time they learned new aspects of other cultures in workshops. A wide variety of workshops was offered, including painting, drawing, weaving, spinning, singing, dancing, selfexpression through movement, glass-blowing, dressmaking and cookery. Usually, local artists and craftsmen led the workshops. The number of participants ranged from 1,000 to 3,000.[5]
The Festival has laid the groundwork of European awareness among young people, mainly the 1993 and 1997 events, that came after the demolition of Berlin Wall (09.11.1989) and the Maastricht Treaty (07.02.1992), getting benefit from the new social atmosphere of communion and friendship beyond frontiers, although the last event in Belgium, in terms of attendance, suffered the competition with the world youth day in Paris.
With the increase in intolerance, xenophobia and racism in Europe, in the new millennium there was still a clear need to provide young people with opportunities to experience and appreciate cultural diversity, as well as to learn about current issues and acquire useful skills for their personal and professional lives. However, the name and form of "Eurofolk" needed to be reviewed and the concept developed further to ensure that it meets the needs of today's young people.[6] For this reason, participants (more than 40 representatives of Scout and Guide associations in 25 countries) at the seminar in Olympos, Turkey, from 20-26 May 2000 were asked to develop a new concept of a European event for young people aged 16-22. They proposed the name "RoverWay" and provided input and guidelines for the new event, that took place for the first time in 2003, in Portugal.
eurofolk, european, scout, event, rover, scouts, cultural, festival, organized, every, four, years, between, 1977, 1997, european, scout, committee, world, organization, scout, movement, european, guide, committee, world, association, girl, guides, girl, scout. Eurofolk a European Scout event for Rover Scouts was a cultural festival organized every four years between 1977 and 1997 by the European Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the European Guide Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Eurofolk 93 Poster The single events were held in several countries EuroFolk has been integrated into the Europe For You programme from 1996 involving the last event held in 1997 Lista editN Year Place Date Participants 1 1977 Efeso Turkey 2 10 August 2 1981 Westernohe Germany 10 20 August 3 1985 1 Torrebonica Terrassa Spain 27 July 4 August 1500 4 1989 2 Romano d Ezzelino Italy 30 July 9 August 2800 5 1993 3 Sankt Georgen im Attergau Austria 26 July 5 August 2500 6 1997 4 Lovanio Belgium 21 July 2 August 1000 The principles of its organization were simple in preparation for the event participating groups prepared their selected items dances music songs pantomimes games costumes or cultural shows Once at the camp they shared the folklore and traditions of their respective countries or regions with others and at the same time they learned new aspects of other cultures in workshops A wide variety of workshops was offered including painting drawing weaving spinning singing dancing selfexpression through movement glass blowing dressmaking and cookery Usually local artists and craftsmen led the workshops The number of participants ranged from 1 000 to 3 000 5 The Festival has laid the groundwork of European awareness among young people mainly the 1993 and 1997 events that came after the demolition of Berlin Wall 09 11 1989 and the Maastricht Treaty 07 02 1992 getting benefit from the new social atmosphere of communion and friendship beyond frontiers although the last event in Belgium in terms of attendance suffered the competition with the world youth day in Paris With the increase in intolerance xenophobia and racism in Europe in the new millennium there was still a clear need to provide young people with opportunities to experience and appreciate cultural diversity as well as to learn about current issues and acquire useful skills for their personal and professional lives However the name and form of Eurofolk needed to be reviewed and the concept developed further to ensure that it meets the needs of today s young people 6 For this reason participants more than 40 representatives of Scout and Guide associations in 25 countries at the seminar in Olympos Turkey from 20 26 May 2000 were asked to develop a new concept of a European event for young people aged 16 22 They proposed the name RoverWay and provided input and guidelines for the new event that took place for the first time in 2003 in Portugal nbsp Scouting portalReferences edit Ulrich Bauer Another Eurofolk in 1985 in Europe Information No 7 issue March April May 1982 p 10 and 11 Ulrich Bauer Italy Hosts Eurofolk 89 in World Scouting News Vol 21 No 8 September October 1989 p 2 Maria Caterina Cogorno Eurofolk 93 in Scout Proposta educativa 1993 Vol Nr year XIX n 36 p 39 Eurofax approved language versions Scouting and Peace Peace Education Library Information amp Events Home World Organization of the Scout Movement Archived from the original on 2012 05 26 Retrieved 2011 10 12 Eurofax approved language versions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eurofolk amp oldid 1106118623, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
