Foreign guests were introduced to Turkmen national dance art
and ancient folklore in Avaza. The Turkmen city on the Caspian Sea coast hosted
creative ensembles for three days, welcoming participants not only from across
the country but also from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and India. Performers
presented traditional choreographic compositions and sang folk songs.
One of the highlights for the audience and festival guests
was the joint performance of the Kushtdepdi dance. Notably, this dance was
inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Humanity in 2017. The international festival aims to explore the cultural
heritage of the world’s peoples and to foster and strengthen cultural ties
among nations.
«We have prepared our ‘Lazgi’ dances, Bukhara dances, and
various other styles, including Andijan and Tashkent dances. Today, we will
showcase our culture,» shared festival participant from Uzbekistan Zilola
Bagirova.
«I’m very glad to be in this country and I want to thank you
for your invitation and I’m shocked by your hospitality and your country is
very beautiful and I hope it will be my best experience in my life,» said festival
participant from Tajikistan Mushtari Nasrulloeva.
«We are very glad and we are very happy to perform here
amongst so many talented artists who have come from different countries like
Iran, Uzbekistan and indeed Turkmenistan also. So we are very hopeful to look
forward and perform our best and I would like to thank for calling us out here and giving us this
wonderful opportunity to share our culture, music and dance together,» said festival
participant from India Vineet Raghuvanshi.
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