The II festival coincided with the celebration of the 870th anniversary of Grodno and events dedicated to the 600th anniversary of the settlement of the Tatars in the lands of Belarus. Under the sign of the II Republican Festival, such significant events as the III Festival of Songs of Ukrainians in Belarus, the Republican Competition of Polish-speaking Christmas groups, the Azerbaijani holiday Navruz-Bayram, the Moldavian Martinor, the Russian Maslenitsa ...
The best creative teams, there were 26 of them, were already represented by 15 national-cultural public organizations at the closing events in Grodno in May 1998. The main event of this holiday, the best find of its creators is the round dance of national farmsteads.