Tashkent hosted concert dedicated to 135th anniversary of Ğabdulla Tuqay

26 April 2021, Monday

A concert dedicated to the 135th anniversary of great Tatar poet Ğabdulla Tuqay was held on 26 April, 2021 in the auditorium of the Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendly Ties with Foreign Countries under the Uzbekistani Cabinet of Ministers. The event was timed to coincide with the Year of Native Languages and National Unity in Tatarstan.

Welcoming speeches and congratulations were given by Head of Spirituality and Education Department at the Committee for Interethnic Relations and Friendly Ties with Foreign Countries Abdurakhim Nurmurodov, employee of the Rossotrudnichestvo Office in Uzbekistan Andrey Krasilnikov, Adviser to the Representative Office of Tatarstan in Uzbekistan Nariman Karimov, Chairman of the Tatar Public Cultural and Educational Centre (TPCEC) in Tashkent Rishat Nabiullin, Chairman of the TPCEC Council of Elders Rim Giniatullin. Nariman Karimov read out an address of Tatarstan President Minnikhanov on the occasion of the Day of Native Languages and the 135th anniversary of Ğabdulla Tuqay.

The event featured video flash mobs with representatives of Tatar communities from around the world, children and adults, including those from the city of Tashkent. A video of students of the Academy of Public Administration under the Uzbekistan President reciting poems by Tuqay in Russian and Uzbek was also shown.

At the end of the event all the participants performed “Tugan Tel”, a song by Tuqay.

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