{"id":588579,"date":"2026-10-12T21:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=588579"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:18:51","slug":"belarusian-culture-festival-minsk-x-minga-held-in-munich-photo-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-culture-festival-minsk-x-minga-held-in-munich-photo-report","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Culture Festival Minsk x Minga Held in Munich \u2013 Photo Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minsk x Minga 2026 festival took place in Munich, Bavaria, from October 9 to 11.<\/p>\n

Minsk x Minga is an annual cultural festival in Munich that brings together music, art, film, theatre and social dialogue.<\/p>\n

The festival is dedicated to the voices of the pro-democracy movement, both in Belarus and in exile. It creates space for protest art, the culture of remembrance and artistic resistance, bringing together local and international perspectives.<\/p>\n

Over three days, 16 events were held at three venues, including exhibitions, concerts, readings, workshops and discussions.<\/p>\n

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Minsk x Minga Belarusian Culture Festival. Photo: social media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first day featured a discussion, \u201cThe Long Arms of Dictatorship\u201d, in German and Belarusian with Ales Bialiatski<\/strong> and Katsiaryna Andreyeva<\/strong>, as well as an electronic music project by WTBSK, featuring Sveta Ben<\/strong> and Siarhei Navitski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The festival also featured a presentation of the \u201c33 Books for a Different Belarus\u201d project with Iryna Herasimovich<\/strong> and Zmitser Vishniou<\/strong>. Vishniou presented projects published by the Haliyafy publishing house as part of the initiative, as well as his book \u201cUnsubdued\u201d, which is due to be published by Elif this year.<\/p>\n

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Iryna Herasimovich and Zmitser Vishniou. Photo: social media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A musical and philosophical programme on Belarusian Stoicism was also presented by Kolia Sulima<\/strong>, author of \u201cVelosipednaya ulitsa, 51\u201d (\u201cBicycle Street, 51\u201d).<\/p>\n

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Iryna Herasimovich and Kolia Sulima. Photo: social media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The festival also hosted the exhibition \u201cRoses and Sun\u201d by Katsiaryna Siankevich<\/strong> and Aliaksandr Danilkin<\/strong>, a screening of \u201cChernobyl\u2019s Grandmothers\u201d, vocal and live music workshops, and concerts by Anastasiya Rydleuskaya<\/strong>, the band Kasary and other performers.<\/p>\n

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Anastasiya Rydleuskaya performs. Photo: social media.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The band Kasary performs. Photo: social media.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIn my view, this was one of the best events I have attended in the past few years. The three days flew by in an instant. I was impressed by the interest in the literary events: readers came not only from Munich but also from Warsaw, Gda\u0144sk, Frankfurt, Berlin, Austria and elsewhere. Every event was packed,\u201d<\/em> Zmiter Vishniou said, sharing his impressions.<\/p>\n

The festival was organised for the fourth time by Razam e.V., an association of Belarusians in Germany, with support from German institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minsk x Minga 2026 festival took place in Munich, Bavaria, from October 9 to 11. Minsk x Minga is an annual cultural festival in Munich that brings together music, art, film, theatre and social dialogue. The festival is dedicated to the voices of the pro-democracy movement, both in Belarus and in exile. It creates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":588585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6acde96fb65b2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Culture Festival Minsk x Minga Held in Munich \u2013 Photo Report"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588587,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588579\/revisions\/588587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}