Soroca town in northern Moldova hosts one of the sweet festivals of the year today, September 26 - the Apple Festival 2015. Within the fifth festival of the kind, the guests will be able to purchase agricultural products, to take part in different contests and to admire thematic exhibitions, IPN reports.
The event started at 8am. Those attending it can compete in a contest of costumes dedicated to the holiday and in a contest for the best exhibition of apples, agricultural machinery and saplings. A part of the festival will take place in the Soroca Fortress, which will host the festive opening and a series of interactive activities.
The fetsival will end with an workshop whose participants will go afterward to the apple orchard.
The event involves apple growers and producers of saplings, exporters, representatives of the mass media and alll those who support the consumption of apples of a high quality in Moldova.
The organizers of the festival aim to promote the national producers and to contribute to the development of the fruit growing sector.
