Presentation of the book "Hazine"

November 23, 2016, at 15.00 pm at  the concert  hall "Ekiyat"  a large-scale festival dedicated to the publication of the first book "Hazine" about the traditions and customs of peoples living in Tatarstan. It will engage  pupils and teachers of the Children's Art School №1, children's dance groups, music schools, students, the ensemble "Nezami" under direction of  Dmitry Bikchentaev, artists of Tatar Youth Theater named G. Kariev  and the  invited guests.

In 2014,  in Kazan with participation of Cultural Development Support Fund under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Culture, Department of Culture of Kazan, the Republican Center of Traditional Culture and the Children's art school №1  started the project "Hazine", whose main aim  was a reflection of the beauty of folk festivals, traditions, customs, tales and legends of the peoples living in Tatarstan, in the light of the child's perception. The result of the first phase of the project was the publication of the album of the best works by  young artists (aged 10 to 15 years).

Publishing's uniqueness is not only that it has no analogues in the republic  or in the country, but also in the fact that it is the children  have  managed  finely and  correctly in  original stories and images to reflect originality and uniqueness of Tatar culture. During the project, the scholars  of the Republican center of traditional culture  organized lectures to familiarize children and teachers of art school №1 with the manners and customs of the Tatars, ethnic clothes, rural life, housing, and especially the national ornament. As a result of many years of cooperation – competent opening of the theme  in children's works,  a well-thought -out   composition with skillful use of color and light, serious work on reproduction  of the character of  images. Interestingly that in  publication presented works  different techniques have been used  - gouache, clay, dough, felt, application techniques, papier-mache, stained glass technics.

In the book, devoted to the rituals of Tatar culture, four major sections are distingwished, each of  them begin with a detailed description of the customs and traditions:

I. Family and household ritualism: wedding ritual, a rite of birth.

II. Everyday  culture of Tatars.

III. Calendar rites of Tatar national holidays.

IY. Tatar folk tales and legends.

The book will provide invaluable service to teachers and students not only at the lessons of  the Tatar language and literature, history in secondary schools, easel and decorative composition, painting in the Children's Art School, but is useful for the study in the family.

The book "Hazine" may serve as a wonderful gift to visitors of capital as published in three languages: Russian, Tatar and English.