Cultural Week of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Turkmenistan was opened in the Mukams’ Palace of State Cultural Center of the Turkmen capital. The event was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and its agencies, the public, mass media, representatives of the diplomatic missions accredited to Ashgabat, workers of culture and art, teachers and students of the higher educational institutions of the capital.
A representative delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including heads and specialists of the establishments of culture, creative groups and masters of crafts arrived in Turkmenistan. The official delegation of the IRI was headed by the director of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organizations (ICRO), Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman.
The first cultural event was a big concert program which included performances by folk ensemble “Araz” from Tabriz, “Navaie Ilya” from Shiraz. Iranian artists presented folk tunes and songs, improvisations on themes of classical destans, lyrical melodies on poems of the Eastern poets as well as modern music-song works.
In the framework of the Cultural Week of Islamic Republic of Iran, an Exhibition Hall of the State Academy of Arts will host an exhibition of Applied and Decorative Arts of the friendly country. In the “Ashgabat” Cinema Center, there will be shown the works of Iranian moviemakers, feature films, shot in recent years in different genres. A performance by Iranian folk and song-music collectives will take place in the “Watan” Cinema Center, and a joint concert of children’s creative collectives of the two countries – in the Turkmen State Puppet Theater.
The Cultural Week will end in the “Watan” Cinema-Concert Center by a joint concert of friendship. Guests will also get acquainted with historic-cultural monuments, museums’ expositions and attractions of the Turkmen capital.
