Bottom Line of Year 2013 for Dnipropetrovsk

During the next week Ukrainians will celebrate the Julian calendar NEW Year. We used this opportunity to draw the bottom line to the year 2013.
Today’s session of the GABFEST Club (Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) was dedicated to the topic “Results of the Year 2013”. We started with the results of the year for Dnipropetrovsk city and region. The list of achievements was very impressive and included the following outstanding events:
-    inclusion of Petrykivka tole painting into the UNESCO list of intangible  cultural Heritage
-    hosting of the Eurobasket Championship games in 2015
-    initiation of the international tourist project “Scythian Way”
-    new tourist attractions of the Dnipropetrovsk city (the Rocket Park and the “Roaring Rapid” waterfall ).
We had vivid discussion about each event. The most substantial discussion was about the unique Petrykivka painting. The Club members shared their knowledge about the facts and figures about Petrykivka, we learned the English names of objects traditionally used in the Petrykivka ornament - names of local flowers and creatures.The new Club member - 6 y.o Kate - demonstrated her Petrykivka style handcraft: bookmark presents for friends and family. The Club member Eugenia boasted the original Petrykivka painted walls in her own kitchen. The rest of the events in the list triggered the conversation about touristic potential of Dnipropetrovsk region. After the sessions at the Gabfest the club members will have enough facts and information to promote their home region globally.
 
The second part of the session was dedicated to the personal stories. The club members shared their results of the year with the group. It was good to hear that everyone was satisfied with the results of the last year.
The session was very educational as it summarized the public events of our home region.
Participants number – 23 persons.

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