The International Novohrad Folklore Festival presents folklore traditions of Slovakia and Hungary.
The festival is held in Novohrad region, in Banskobystrický Kraj County, and in the cities - Lučenec and Fiľakovo which located of the border between south Slovakia and north Hungary.
IMPORTANT: Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
The Novohrad Edifying Centre in Lučenec Phone: +421 (0) 47/433 15 34 Fax: +421 (0) 47/451 27 03 J. Kármána 2 984 01 Lučenec Slovakia
Slovakia -
background and overview:
The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
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