More than a thousand children from Kazakhstan, South Ossetia, the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine became spectators of the concert of the participants of the festival of variety art of the Republic of Tatarstan “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” at the International Children’s Center “Artek”.
The concert took place the day before (July 19) as part of the summer creative shift of the festival in Crimea, which takes place under the patronage of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The children of “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” performed their best numbers for their peers, including songs in different languages of the peoples of Tatarstan, popular vocal compositions, choreographic numbers with national flavor.
“Children from Tatarstan sing about friendship, peace and mutual understanding, and their songs teach goodness and creation. Now this is especially necessary. For the past 18 years, the Constellation-Yoldyzlyk movement has been giving the light of beauty and talent to all Artek residents,” said Dmitry Chip, head of the Lazurny camp at the Artek ICC, opening the concert.
More than two hundred laureates of the festival from 24 municipal districts of Tatarstan presented their creativity. Among them are the dance theater “The Road from the City”, the pop dance studio “Emerald City” and the vocal quartet “Kudreny” from the city of Kazan, the theater of the song “Mizgel” and the choreographic studio “Adagio” from the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, the pop dance ensemble “Esperanza” from the city of Nurlat, the vocal ensemble “Tamchylar” from the city of Bugulma, the vocal ensemble “Sketch” from the city of Mamadysh, the choreographic ensemble “Sheshminka” from the Novosheshminsky municipal district, the choreographic ensemble “Khyyal” from the Agryz municipal district (Izh-Bobya village), the vocal trio ” Incanto” from the Zelenodolsky municipal district (Osinovo village), etc.
On behalf of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, the participants and organizers of the concert, as well as all Artek residents, were welcomed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Ordzhonikidze. According to him, for more than twenty years of history, the festival “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk” has established itself as a unique creative platform for children and youth. New talents are born here, and most importantly, traditions are preserved, respect and respect for the multifaceted cultural and spiritual heritage of the peoples of our country are brought up.
“It is gratifying that today the friendly multinational family of Artek residents will see this truly unifying holiday of creativity, where friendship, mutual understanding and boundless love for art reign,” emphasized Grigory Ordzhonikidze.
In turn, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, in his greeting noted the great importance of the events of the festival “Constellation-Yoldyzlyk”, held on the Crimean land, and thanked the organizers of the project.
“The festival contributes to the development of the creative potential of young people, the exchange of experience and the improvement of the professional skills of young talents, the strengthening of cooperation between the regions of Russia in the patriotic education of the younger generation, the preservation of the cultural and moral traditions of the peoples of our country,” Sergey Aksenov emphasized.
The festive evening ended with the presentation of gold medals “Artek” – “For achievements in creativity” to the organizers and teachers of the Tatarstan festival.
