Belarusian Written Language Day in Ivatsevichi

Belarusian Written Language Day has been held 30 times in 26 towns across the country. Some of the towns hosted this festival two or three times, like Polotsk, Belarus’ oldest town and the cradle of Belarusian statehood. This year, the event will be held in Ivatsevichi, Brest Oblast. The program provides for more than 70 events.

Ivatsevichi was first mentioned in chronicles in 1519 as the Yundils estate, and the name of the settlement itself came from the name of its founder – Ivach.

Belarusian Written Language Day began with the scientific and educational expedition "Road to the Shrines" along the route Minsk - Svyatoye Pole (Baranovichi District) – Lyakhovichi – Pinsk – Ivanovo – Drogichin – Beloozersk – Ivatsevichi. There were numerous interactive sites in the town; the country's leading museums presented their expositions. The Book and Press Festival featured four thematic pavilions: Modern Belarus, Belarus Remembers, Words of a Writer and Made in Belarus. Here visitors saw Belarus’ best publications that had won national and international awards. Presentations, autograph sessions and meetings with authors were held at the “Words of a Writer” site.