Today, September 7, the opening ceremony of the 6th International Festival of Turkic-speaking theaters "Tuganlyk" was held. Participants of the theatrical forum laid flowers at the monument to Salavat Yulayev.
A bright event began with a solemn procession of all participants of the Festival along Teatralnaya Street to the square of the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gafuri. In the native languages ​​of all the participants welcomed 7 batyrs from 7 Bashkir clans. The hosts of the big forum were Rushana Babich and Alexander Kuzmenko.
 
A salutatory speech was delivered by Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan Salavat Sagitov.
 
"Today our republic again takes this magnificent holiday. The name of our festival does not need to be translated - which can be closer to the feeling of kinship, friendship. On behalf of the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan and on behalf of the Government of the region, we thank all our friends, all the theatrical collectives who came to Bashkortostan for the next Tuganlyk festival, Salavat Talgatovich said. - I am confident that the new theater season in the republic will be successful, because we open it with such a wonderful festival. Grateful Ufa viewer will gladly accept and accept your creations. And the theatrical sabantui, which will be held for the first time within the framework of the festival, will bring joy of communication. VI International Festival "Tuganlyk" 2017 "I declare open!".
 
The Secretary of the Union of Russian Theater Workers, the Chairman of the Council of the Republics of the STD of Russia, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kalmykia, art director of the B.Basangov National Drama Theater of the Republic of Kalmykia, Honorary Worker of Culture of Azerbaijan Boris Mandzhiev attended the opening. He noted that one of their oldest festivals "Tuganlyk" brings peoples together - and nothing more powerful than this can not be.
 
"Thank you very much Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov, a low bow to your audience, and the acting brothers can be envied and wish good creative successes. I want to say that we, together with the Secretariat of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, will try to organize the All-Russian Festival of National Theaters. And "Tuganlyk" in this chain is a very important link, "Boris Naminovich emphasized.
 
Recall that the performances on the nominations will be judged by the jury of the festival "Tuganlyk-2017" under the chairmanship of the artistic director of the Orenburg Regional Drama Theater. M. Gorky, People's Artist and Honored Artist of the RSFSR Rifkat Israfilov.
 
"On behalf of the chairman of the Union of Russian Theater Workers, Alexander Kalyagin, accept the best wishes. Many years ago, in Ulyanov's office, we began to take the first steps in order to raise and support the national theaters. And this festival was created exactly on the proposal of Mikhail Ulyanov. And since then the theatrical movement has found a new beginning. We can proudly say that the Tuganlyk festival is the ancestor of all national festivals, "Rifkat Vakilovich said.
 
By tradition, competitive performances will be reviewed and discussed by the board of theater critics. Among them, theatrical critic, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Honored Worker of the Higher School of Russia, Head of the Department of History, Philosophy, Literature GITIS, (Moscow) Andrey Yastrebov. Welcoming participants and guests of the festival, he stressed that "Tuganlyk" is one of the most prestigious festivals.
 
"Ufa has become a favorite city for me. Several years ago I was already at the festival "Tuganlyk" and got acquainted with wonderful people. "Tuganlyk" is a holiday, this is what organizes us from the point of view of the soul, heart and expectations. It is gratifying that there is such a festival - one of the most interesting and prestigious, "said Andrei Leonidovich.
 
To congratulate the important for the Turkic-speaking theaters holiday of guests and participants of the Festival arrived ainuyyur from Abzelilov district. They conducted a rite for luck. All present tried the national Bashkir treats - koumiss and chak-chak.
 
Then the concert program began, which included performances by the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after F. Gaskarov, vocalist Alfia Nigmatullina, instrumental group "Yatagan", multi-instrumentalist "Zainetdin".
   
After the solemn opening of the Festival on the stage of the Bashkir Academic Theater, competitive screenings began. The first baton was played by BADT im.M.Gafuri - "Antigone" (J.Anui). The director of the performance is the chief director of the Tatar Academic Theater named after A.Sh. G. Kamala Farid Bikchantaev. The premiere of "Antigone" on the stage of Bashdrama took place in October 2016. On the Bashkir stage it was staged for the first time. Read more about the play: here.