In the UN building in Geneva (Switzerland) listened to the Bashkir epic "Ural batyr". The event was organized in honor of the International Mother Language Day, which was celebrated around the world on 21 February.

In the lobby of the building were installed interactive screens with languages ​​selected by UN staff. On the screen representatives of different ethnic groups told fragments from epics, fairy tales in their native languages. Among the 15 languages ​​was Bashkir. Visitors could also get acquainted with the Bashkir orally-poetic creativity performed by Aysilu Yanturina-Darles.

The photo with the image of Aysilu in national costume was also posted on the page of the UN Geneva Geneva, which has more than 65 thousand subscribers.

"At the event, six official languages ​​of the UN were presented - English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian and Chinese, and Afrikaans, Bemba, Bengali, Catalan, Georgian, Italian, Swiss German, Tagalog and Bashkir. The program of the native language day also included a movie about the Inca language, a conference on multilingualism and cultural diversity, "Aisilu told.

Recall, our compatriot from 2011 lives in Geneva and works in the UN agency. Our countrywoman actively propagates in Europe the Bashkir culture, traditions, language, is the organizer of the Bashkir-Tatar annual sabantui and other major events.