A solemn concert dedicated to the opening of the Forum was held within the framework of the 2nd International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium”.

Sergey Anufrienko, Director of the Moscow House of Nationalities, made a welcoming speech.

The winners of the 4th international photo contest “Mother and Children in National Costumes”
were awarded at the concert. More than 30 Winners came from different parts of our country for the award ceremony.

Recall that the international photo contest “Mother and children in national costumes” entered the year of Cultural Heritage in 2022, was presented in digital format at the SPIEF 2023.The international photo contest “Mother and Children in national costumes” is designed to demonstrate the national flavor of the peoples of Russia, CIS countries and foreign countries by expressing the diversity of their nation’s culture through national costume, with the help of talented works of photo artists.
International photo contest “Mother and children in national costumes” for the history of its existence, more than 19,000 applications were received, more than 5,500 photographs were admitted to the competition, more than 100 nationalities were represented, 4 Photo Contests were held, more than 2,000,000 views on the website, the international jury selected: 830 finalists, 225 winners. Catalogs were created in 2019-2021, 2022. The photo exhibition was presented at the WTC (Moscow) in 2020, at the site of VDNH (Moscow) in 2021, at the stage of preparation of the catalog in 2023.
In 2024, the 5th ANNIVERSARY will be held! International photo contest “Mother and children in national costumes”.
Also the winners of the international award “Woman of the third millennium”.

The gala concert was decorated with designer shows and the performance of the Winners of the “Lullaby Song in their native Language” contest.
