Recently, Ningbo Folk Arts Performance Group overwhelmed the Izmir International Cultural Festival in Turkey.

　　Since the opening of the festival, the organization committee has made arrangement for the square show of the performance groups from different countries and the performance by Ningbo Folk Arts Group is greatly welcome by the local people.

　　These days, major local newspapers including Izmir Daily made lots of reports of the performances of Ningbo Performance Group and published many pictures of the performances.

　　The local interpreter of the Ningbo Arts Group said that this is quite rare in the place. Besides the newspapers, the TV stations in the city are also interested in the Ningbo performances. Aegean Sea TV station, the largest one in west Turkey, has the intent to invite the group to the station and make a live telecast of its performances.

　　Ningbo Group's performances also attract some foreign folk artists. After watching the cloth dragon dance by Ningbo Folk Arts Group, the leader of the Romanian Group invited Ningbo Performance to the Romania Folk Arts Festival next year.