Center of Kazakh Language and Culture hosted a cultural event

Another event was held at the Center of Kazakh Language and Culture. It was dedicated to Kazakh people’s culture, customs and traditions.

ASU Branch in Slavgorod was loud and festive that day. Kazakh children were walking around the corridors and looking at students busy with their exams and walls with timetables and photos on them. The students watched the groups of women and children dressed in national clothes with great interest as well. Head of ASU Center of Kazakh Language and Culture O.V. Belyanin welcomed the guests led by head of Kazakh Autonomy of Slavgorod Ryspek A. Tulebaev.

Cheerful and friendly Kazakhs of Altai, particularly from Slavgorod, Bursol Village and Burlinsky District, gathered to talk to each other, recall and share the traditions and ceremonies of their ancestors with the youth, get into the culture of Kazakh people, national identity that is hard to preserve when assimilating to multinational Russian society.

The script of the festival was prepared by Nazira Tulebaeva. She also acted as a host of the event, in the course of which children learned about outstanding Kazakhs K.A. Tugambaev, Zh.A. Eleusov, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly.

After the participants got filled with pride for their nation and act of bravery, they participated in presentation of staged Kazakh ceremonies and rituals with great pleasure. It was clear that children were interested in such unusual traditions as cutting manacles and putting a child to bed. They were unspeakably excited to learn about the traditions of making gifts, which resulted in presenting a lot of little goodies and sweets. The organizers received the letters of appreciations from Ryspek A. Tulebaev.

Further, inspired and happy participants proceeded to the second part of the event. They visited the mosque of Slavgorod, learned about the rules of behavior in sacred places and had tea.