The Festival of Ethnic Cultures of Eastern Countries was held for the first time at the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
The event has become a stage of the “F.-ART.by”, the National festival of creativity of foreign students of institutions of higher education, which recently started in Minsk.
A rich creative program for guests, students and teachers of the faculty, was presented by students from six eastern countries. The guys offered to make a journey around Asia.
Foreign students from Azerbaijan, covered with mountains of extraordinary beauty, were the first to host in.The guys surprised the audience with lively dances. The journey was continued in sunny Turkmenistan, where guests were treated to national dishes and were presented a dance show. Colorful Turkey was the next stop after which the guests got to Armenia. A gentle eastern dance was performed by a senior teacher of sociology and special sociological disciplines Narine Avetyan, an organizer of the holiday. Soon the participants of the holiday got in the country, which gave rise to many civilizations, China. Here the guys got acquainted with Chinese characters and national dances. The journey completed in Bangladesh. Hasan Begari, a student of the Faculty of Education, read his favorite poem "Everything begins with love", which symbolized the love of peoples to each other and peace between them.
Narine Sumbatovna said: "Organizing the holiday, we wanted to acquaint students and teachers with the rich color of the countries, native to our foreign friends". Folk dances, symbols of the countries of the East, the aroma of spices in the air ⎯ all this created a special atmosphere. And the costumes were really marvelous! Each of guests was able to note the features of cut, ornament and the combinations of colors. The national cuisine provoked particular interest. It was extraordinarily diverse: pita, Azerbaijani pizza, shashlik, flour products with raisins. All these dishes could be tasted by guests, in order to experience the spirit of the East”.
As participants of the event said, such evenings brought students of different faculties and nationalities together, widen their horizons, give a sense of pride for their national traditions. This is an excellent opportunity not only to make new friends and communicate with representatives of different peoples, but also to learn something new and interesting and understand that the university is not only lectures and credits.
The faculty notes that holding such festivals will become a good annual tradition
