Folk Dances of Khakassia in Tashkent
Tomorrow, on October 3, the Khakas dance ensemble "Kÿn Suzy" (Sunbeams) of the Khakas Republican Philharmonic will perform on the stage of the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theater in the capital of Uzbekistan, the ACDP press service reports.
The Ensemble of Khakas Dance "Kün Suzy" of the V. G. Chaptykov Khakas
Republican Philharmonic will perform on the stage of the Alisher Navoi State Academic
Bolshoi Theatre. In the program "Rays of Sunny
Khakassia," the company will present its best numbers, introducing audiences to the distinctive
culture and traditions of Khakassia. The ensemble's participation in the festival highlights
Russia's multiethnic cultural space and offers
the Uzbek audience a chance to discover the artistic heritage of one of its regions.
Recall that the Khakas are a Turkic-speaking people living in the Sayan region and the steppes of the middle Yenisei. The peoples of Uzbekistan and Khakassia share a common Turkic language, terms, and identical place names. For example, Shirinsky District exists both in Uzbekistan and in Khakassia, and the name of the Yenisei River, on whose banks the Khakas live, is called Enasoy or Yenesay in Uzbek sources, meaning Mother River.
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