General Instructions
Follow these steps to participate in our youth photo contest, which aims to promote tolerance, understanding, and overcoming prejudices among young people aged 18 to 30.
Eligibility
Participants must be between 18 and 30 years old.
Registration
Register on the official website to upload photos and leave comments.
Theme adherence
All submitted photos must correspond with the spirit of the project, encouraging tolerance, understanding, and overcoming prejudices.
Submission rules
- No limit on the number of photos you can submit.
- Photos must fit into one of the organizer’s proposed categories:
- Unity in Diversity: Photos showcasing the diversity of cultures, languages, and traditions in the Balkans, while also highlighting how these differences can bring people together.
- Building Bridges: Photos representing efforts to promote understanding and cooperation among different communities in the region.
- Democracy in Action: Photos documenting democratic processes and institutions in your community, such as voting, public meetings, or protests.
- My European Future: Photos expressing hopes and aspirations for the future of the Balkans within the larger European community.
- Tolerance and Understanding: Photos promoting tolerance, respect, and understanding of different people and cultures.
- Good Neighbourliness: Photos showcasing examples of good neighborliness, such as acts of kindness, volunteer work, or community events that bring people together.
- Funny Balkans: Photos showing humorous or unusual traditions or customs unique to the Balkans.
Description
When uploading a photo, it is recommended that participants provide a brief description detailing their vision for why the photo is suitable for the contest.
Awards
Each project partner will review the submitted photos from their representatives and recommend the most active participants and valuable photos to be awarded with participation in upcoming summer schools in Greece and Turkey.
Content policy
- Uncensored content and hate speech are strictly prohibited.
- Photos containing such content will be automatically removed and disqualified from the contest.
Best of luck to all participants!
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Description
The Vevcani Carnivalis an annual event claimed to be over 1,400 years old. It is held to celebrate the New Year according to the Julian calendar. During the carnival attendees wear masks, usually dressing in traditional and modern costumes. They also employ social and political satire.
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Vevcani Carnival
Description
Folk Dance Festival "Ilinden Days" Bitola is the oldest folk festival in North Macedonia. This festival was established in 1971 year supported by Assembly of the Municipality of Bitola and is held in the city of culture Bitola. For 53 years, Bitola has been the world center of folklore, of ethnographic cinematography, of experts in the field of immovable cultural heritage, of artists who create new masterpieces inspired by traditions. It wonderful place of meeting different culture and traditions, where the country represent the dances and songs from all over the world.
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Folk Dance Festival "Ilinden Days" Bitola
Description
Wearing masks on Procka, a religious holiday of Forgiveness, has existed for a long time. This traditional custom reflects the ethno-cultural identity of North Macedonia and presents a unique expression in the Balkans, as well as in Europe and the world. The bear-men from Prilep stand as a rare example in North Macedonia, where tradition is not only preserved but enthusiastically upheld by the younger generation, carrying forward with immense respect and joy.
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Bear Kid
Description
Wearing masks on Procka – religious holiday of Forgiveness exist long time ago. This traditional custom reflects the ethno-cultural identity of North Macedonia and presents a unique expression on the Balkan, as well as in Europe and the world. The Celebration of” Procka” through the centuries has grown into the organized cultural manifestation “Prilep Carnival” with an international character in 2001.
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Carnival Prochka - Forgiveness 2022
Description
Photo from the annually event of a paragliding in Krusevo - highest town of the Balkans
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Ozone Krusevo Open
Description
A photo of a annually held marathon in the city of Bitola, called "Trcaj Be".
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Running marathon "Trcaj Be"
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