Majorca hosted the Festival of Ancestral Culture "Gifts from the Ancestors"

The first International Festival of Ancestral Culture "Gifts from the Ancestors" was held on June 5 - 7 2026 on the island of Mallorca (Spain). The event brought together more than 50 genealogists, educators, cultural scientists, psychologists, genealogists, gambling practitioners and representatives of public associations from Spain, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan to draw the attention of the international community to the topic of preserving and developing the ancestral culture of the peoples of the world. The organizers are the Council on Ancestral Culture of the World Peoples Assembly and the International Council of the Academy of Rodology.

The festival has become a platform for dialogue about the importance of ancestral memory, family traditions and intergenerational continuity in the modern world. The participants' attention was drawn not only to the topic of ancestral memory, but also to the modern understanding of the family as a space of responsibility, continuity and cultural heritage.

Svetlana Smirnova, Chairperson of the General Council of the World Peoples Assembly, addressed the participants with a video greeting. She thanked the members of the Council on Ancestral Culture for the international initiative and invited all interested parties to participate in the Second World Public Assembly, which will take place in September in Moscow.

The Dokuchaevs' rodology, an interdisciplinary field of knowledge that studies the genus as a multigenerational biosocial system became one of the substantial basis of the festival.

The speakers were:

• Larisa Dokuchaeva, Chairperson of the Council on Ancestral Culture of the World Peoples Assembly;

• Alexey Biletsky — genealogist (Belarus);

• Evgeny Koinov - author of the reconstruction of "Us 127";

• Elena Mironova - Head of the School of Harmonious Development;

• Irina Milyakova - teacher at the Dokuchaev Academy of Rodology.;

• Kamila Isabekova - entrepreneur, Montessori educator,

• and many others.

Many scientific, educational, practical and cultural events took place within the framework of the festival:

• “Wounded Tree” Art Therapy Workshop,

• master class on painting "The Family Tree",

• exhibitions of local artists and art masters,

• "Together We are One Family" – the performance of songs and poems in Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish and Bulgarian languages;

• “Cuisines of the Peoples of the World” Fair,

• dances of the peoples of the world and a round dance.

By the Second World Public Assembly, the Council on Ancestral Culture of the World Peoples Assembly proposed to hold an international tree planting campaign thematically related to the image of the ancestral tree.

“The festival is important as an international initiative aimed at bringing together experts from different countries dealing with issues of the clan and family, the preservation and development of ancestral culture, and caring for future generations,” - the organizers note.

Those who could not attend the event in Spain can take part in a similar large-scale festival in the Urals, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Rodology planned on June 17 - 22.

More information is available on the official website of the World Peoples Assembly and at media@world-assembly.org.