2024-05-07 04:11:33
The Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater named after Abdullah Shaig hosted the closing of the third International Puppet Theater Festival “Hadi Poyrazoğlu və Qaragöz”, which was held in April in the cities of Turkey – Istanbul and Ankara, Day.Az reports.
The purpose of the festival, organized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, the National Commission of Turkey for UNESCO and TIKA (Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency), is to unite representatives of puppet theaters, popularize their national puppet theater traditions, as well as create the basis for the implementation of new joint projects. Our team presented two interesting performances – a puppet theater based on the work of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh “Monsieur Jordan and Dervish Mastali Shah” and the Azerbaijani folk tale “Melikmemed”. Puppet theaters and groups of artists from Italy and Germany also took part in the festival.
The organizers of the festival and famous theater and cultural figures from the fraternal country visited Azerbaijan and performed for two days in front of young Baku spectators.
At the closing ceremony of the festival, spectators saw colorful scenes presented by guests, a performance about the adventures of Hacivat and Karaköz, as well as a concert program by students of the Oyuq Theater. Representative of UNIMA (International Union of Puppet and Shadow Theatres), director of the theater Rashad Ahmedzadeh presented diplomas of gratitude and memorable gifts to representatives of Turkish art for the high level of organization of the festival and contribution to strengthening ties between the two fraternal countries in the field of puppet theater.
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