Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:26:30 +0200Young Belarusians flock to Poland's Basowiszcza festival to hear music groups banned at homehttps://english.radio.cz/young-belarusians-flock-polands-basowiszcza-festival-hear-music-groups-banned-8617109© 2026 Radio Prague International The name Basowiszcza was coined in 1989 from the abbreviation containing the first letters of the organiser, the Belarusian Association of Students (BAS) which gathers young Belarusians born in Poland. Over its 17-year history the festival has been invariably held near the little village of Haradok in the Podlaskie province along the eastern borders of Poland, the home of the most numerous Belarusian minority groups living in Poland. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/basowiszcza2.jpg?timestamp=1591434862 Young Belarusians flock to Poland's Basowiszcza festival to hear music groups banned at home https://english.radio.cz/young-belarusians-flock-polands-basowiszcza-festival-hear-music-groups-banned-8617109 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9