Stork day festival

Primary school „ Strasho Pindjur “ Chesinovo and the municipality of Cheshinovo-Obleshevo are orginizing the Stork day festival 2017 for the fifth time, since the municipality received the European Stork village award in 2013. Cheshinovo-Obleshevo has one of the largest populations of White Storks, with over 70 nests built on roofs and electrical pylons. The friendly attitude of the locals to the storks was also one of the main reasons why this municipality received the award. Schoolchildren, local residents, representatives of the municipality, members of the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES - BirdLife in Macedonia) and the media will all take part in the event , which will be held in the local park in the village of Cheshinovo. Schoolchildren will contribute with poems, songs , plays, drawings and handcrafts inspired by the stork they see every dat and by the green flag award the primaryschool Strasho Pindjur recently received for an eco-friendly school.