Federation Internationale des Organisations de Festivals (FIDOF, "International Federation of Festival Organizations") was an organization to hold and organize

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s worldwide. It was established in 1966, and headquartered in

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with Secretary General professor Armando Moreno.FIDOF profile
at the U.S.

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website Later, it was headquartered in

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, where it was registered as a Section

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. The organization ceased to exist in 2005 after the death of its founder. The main role of FIDOF was to provide coordination of festivals and other cultural events through arranging their dates and publicizing them through the International English Monthly Bulletins, which were distributed among the members. FIDOF had 220 individual members and more than 1,000 affiliated organizations. It was also associated with 320 festivals held in 72 countries.

FIDOF members

Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk The International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” ( be, Міжнародны фестываль мастацтваў «Славянскі базар у Віцебску», uk, Міжнародний фестиваль мист ...

(since 1998) *

MakFest MakFest ( mk, МакФест) founded in 1986, is the largest festival of Macedonian popular music. It is held every year in November, in Štip, Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before Febr ...

* Splitski festival (Split song festival) (since 1966.)

References

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