IFF Čermná Festivities

21^st International Folklore Festival Čermná Festivities

18 to 21 June 2009, Dolní Čermná

The international folklore festival named Čermná Festivities is held annually at the end of June in one of the largest townships of the Podorlicko area of the Pardubice region. All the main programs are staged in Dolní Čermná, while other concerts take place in Lanškroun, Svitavy, Vamberk, and Dolní Dobrouč. Part of the festival are concerts for schoolchildren, performances at retirement homes, handicraft exhibitions, and funny contests.

More information at www.jitrenka.eu.

The township of Dolní Čermná lies in the deep vale of the Čermenka brook in the foothills of Orlické hory (the Eagle Mountains). In the upper part of the village there is a large pond from the 15^th century. The dominant sight of the place is St George´s church, towering on a rock above the square. The church was been first mentioned as a wooden structure at the beginning of the 13^th century. In the 16^th - 17^th centuries it was rebuilt into its present shape.

More information at www.dolni-cermna.cz.