Regional children's folklore festival «Khokhlovo Festive Gatherings»

The regional children's folklore festival «Khokhlovo Festive Gatherings» has traditionally been held in the settlement of Khokhlovo of the Kaduysky District since 1993. It is a form of revival of local folk culture celebratory traditions through children and youth. The objectives of the event are support of creative activity of children and youth, popularization and representation of folk song and choreographic traditions, assistance in the creation of new children's and youth creative groups.

Among the «Khokhlovo Festive gatherings» participants are children's and youth folklore groups of the Vologda Oblast engaged in studying, development and restoration of song, choreographic and ceremonial traditions of the region, following performing traditions with ethnographic accuracy and reliability of the material, teachers and experts in work with children and youth, ethnographers, regional specialists, masters of arts and crafts.

The peculiarity of the festival is a playground with a number of traditional games and entertainments, a swing, "giant strides". The festival is characterized by various playgrounds, side-shows and participants. Visitor from near and far parts of the Vologda Oblast and also from other regions of Russia come to the «Khokhlovo Festive Gatherings».

The program of the festival includes creative workshops on traditional folk crafts, gala concert of the best folklore groups of the oblast, a round table for heads of folklore groups on problems of folklore performing mastery, traditional celebratory gatherings with the well-known Khokhlovo swing and fair. The festival closes with songs, round dances, folk plays at the bonfire.