Folklore groups from Turkey, Ukraine, Greece, Georgia, India and 7 groups from Sofia and Godech will participate in the 5th Sofia International Folklore Festival. The Festival opened on Saturday evening in front of the National Theater. Before that there was an interesting folklore costumes defile that started from the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The festival takes place in cultural center Vitosha in the Pavlovo quarter in Sofia. Each evening will finishes with a folk discotheque where the participants should teach each other their national folk dances. The festival will close on August 29.