In Tskhinval on Thursday, a solemn closing ceremony of the Days of Culture of Abkhazia in South Ossetia took place. The delegation from the fraternal republic held a two-day tour in the capital, showing all the beauty of the culture of the Abkhaz people.
The event was attended by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, Ambassador of Russia Marat Kulakhmetov, Ambassador of Abkhazia Alan Elbakiev, Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva, a delegation from Abkhazia headed by Minister of Culture of the Republic Daur Kove and others.
The concert program opened with performances by Abkhaz pop artists - Khibla Mukba, Anzor Adleib, Jimmy Shumenia, Avto Kondzharia, Artur Lakrba.
Compositions dedicated to love, Motherland, patriotism were performed...
The highlight of the evening was the concert of the State Honored Song and Dance Group of the Republic of Abkhazia. The artistic director of the group is Valery Tania, People's Artist of the Republic of Abkhazia, People's Artist of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic.
During the event, the Ossetian dance "Honga kaft" was performed - a gift from Abkhazia to South Ossetia.
The South Ossetian State Song and Dance Group "Simd" performed a composition in the Abkhazian and Ossetian languages as a compliment, and also performed a dance number "Abkhazian".
During the event, it was noted that today President of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhaniya, was celebrating his 60th birthday.
The Head of State Alan Gagloev has noted that Abkhazia and South Ossetia are linked by historical ties.
“At the same time, we defended the territorial integrity of our republics. All these trials that fell to our lot, we survived, substituting a brotherly shoulder to each other. Together with you, we feeling the support of our strategic partner, the Russian Federation, and we feel it to this day. Together, in one day and a year, we received a fair recognition of state independence from Russia. History obliges us to be together tomorrow and always,” Gagloev has stressed.
The head of state honored the Minister of Culture of Abkhazia with the highest state award - the Order of Honor.
The head of Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia, Rada Dzagoeva, in turn, expressed her gratitude to everyone who made today's cultural holiday possible.
“You have given us two wonderful, beautiful, light-filled days,” she said.
Dzagoeva said that on May 31 South Ossetia would pay a return visit to Abkhazia.
“The Kosta Khetagurov State Drama Theater and the Boris Galayev Song and Dance Group "Simd" will present their creative work in Sukhum,” the Minister said.
Dzagoeva presented to the Abkhazian Minister of Culture Daur Kove coins with the images of Ossetian symbols issued by the National Bank of the Republic.
Abkhazian Ambassador to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev stressed that "culture has magical power; it is a powerful unifying factor."
Kove expressed his gratitude to the leadership of the Republic and the audience for the warm welcome.
It should be noted that within the framework of the Days of Culture of Abkhazia, the South Ossetian audience on Wednesday was presented with the performance of the State Youth Theater of Abkhazia "The Third Day of the War" based on the stories of the people's writer of Abkhazia Shalodia Ajinjal.
The play "The Third Day of the War" is a story of events on the eve of the Georgian-Abkhaz war. About how two neighbors, Megrel and abhaz, became enemies in an instant.
Tears, despair, irretrievable losses – all the pain was contained in one production. The play narrates the bitterness of events. The big tragedy of a small family is a small story of a big trouble.
The Patriotic war of the people of Abkhazia ended a quarter of a century ago, but the memory is alive, so the feelings are also alive.
