President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev and Chairman of the Hulk Maslahata (People’s Council) of Turkmenistan took part in the opening ceremony of the monument to Abai Kunanbayuly in Ashgabat. This was reported in the press service of the Kazakh leader on Thursday, October 10.
“Abay is an outstanding personality of a global scale. His works have become an invaluable heritage of all mankind. In many cities of the planet in honor of Abay, monuments are erected. The great writer devoted his whole life to the enlightenment of the people.” Seek to know as much, “wrote Abay, Encouraging people on the path of education and education. Strengthening fraternal relations between our countries, ”Tokaev said.
The President of Kazakhstan recalled that this year a monument was erected in Astana to the great Turkmen thinker Makhtumkuli Frag, which is treated with special warmth in the country, and his work is common to all Turkic peoples.
In turn, the chairman of the Hulk Maslahata noted the importance of preserving the heritage of outstanding personalities, thinkers and poets who left a vivid mark in the history and culture of fraternal peoples, for future generations.
The event was attended by representatives of the creative intelligentsia of Turkmenistan and members of the official delegation of Kazakhstan.
The ceremony was accompanied by the performance of the Kalkynysh dance group, which presented the composition “Turkmen-Kazakh Friendship”.
Abay Kunanbayuly – Kazakh poet, composer, enlightener, thinker, public figure, founder of Kazakh written literature and its first classic, reformer of culture in the spirit of rapprochement with European culture based on enlightened Islam.
Abay created about 170 poems and 56 translations, wrote poems, “Words of Nazing” (“Kara sөzder”).