Today Irkutsk and Listvyanka celebrate Baikal Day. The program includes theatrical performances, quizzes, exhibitions of childrens drawings and crafts, and souvenir making workshops. In Listvyanka guests can enjoy performances by creative groups, contests, photo exhibitions and the dance party Dances on the shore of Baikal
Today, September 6, Irkutsk residents will celebrate Baikal Day. Festive events will take place in Irkutsk and the village of Listvyanka.In the regional center, the celebration will begin at 12:00 at 11 Karl Marx Street. It will be hosted by staff from the nature department of the local history museum.
City residents will be shown the theatrical performance “Journey in a Omul Barrel.” This will be followed by a quiz on knowledge of the inhabitants of Lake Baikal.
According to the museum’s press service, there will be an exhibition of drawings and crafts “Baikal Through Children’s Eyes,” as well as a master class on making souvenirs.
At 13:00, the celebration will begin in the village of Listvyanka, on the school grounds. An interesting program has also been prepared there. The dance ensemble “Surprise,” and the vocal ensembles “Baikalochka” and “Rossiyanochka” will perform before the audience.
As part of the event, there will be a mini-quiz “Baikal Studies,” the contest “Sea Baptism,” and the competition “Sea Fun.”
Guests can look forward to the exhibition-sale “Harvest-2015,” the photo exhibition “Me Against the Backdrop of Baikal,” and the photo attraction “Pirates of the Baikal Sea.”
According to the district administration’s press service, the celebration will conclude at 16:00 with the disco “Dancing on the Shore of Baikal.”