Colourful Wine Festival in Gagauzia

Gagauzians love their wine, Gagauzians are hospitable, Gagauzians know how to celebrate. Not only did they join Moldova’s official wine holiday in October, but they also celebrated their own festival “Gagauz şarabin yortusu” in the capital Comrat on a warm and sunny autumn day. It was the second edition of the Gagauzian wine festival and it was a special one. Next to reams and reams of young wine, the authorities of the autonomous territorial unit “served” also a surprisingly colourful cultural programme. Thanks to the folkloristic groups from Turkey, Romania, Transnistria, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Gagauzia, the atmosphere was exuberant. The wine and the music inspired some of the visitors and let them dance along with the professionals on stage…