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TCHIR TCHAYAN (Spirit of the Earth), International Ethno-Ecological Puppet Festival, Abakan
01.01.2006
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Frequency ? Annual
First edition ? June 2003
Last edition ? July 2006
The festival?s theme, environment and the theatre is in demand worldwide, even though it is quite novel for Russia. Right from the start its organizer, the Khakass National Puppet Theatre Skazka ? took its bearings from different types of the traditional puppet theatre, later significantly expanding the festival agenda.
The festival aims at presenting the art of the puppetry in the context of cultural traditions, history and ecology of different regions and countries, so the Festival program includes both theatre performances and concerts of ethnic music, seminars and conferences on ethnography and environment protection.
An important part of the festival programme for the participants and guests who know but little about this Siberian region is visiting local museums and natural reserves, as well as two-to-three-day trips (down the Yenisei or staying at the mountain skiing resort). Khakassia?s majestic landscapes and rich cultural traditions, as well as the well thought-out organization of the festival are an attraction for many a participant of Tchir Tchayn, representing the troupes from Russia and abroad, including companies from France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, the Czech republic, Hungary, Estonia, Egypt and Turkey. In the three years since the festival started it became one of the most attractive and probably the most exotic festivals in western Siberia.
Skazka Khakass National Puppet Theatre
5, K.Marks Street, 5, Abakan, Khakassia, 655017 ? Russia
Phone/fax: +7(39022)26165
E-mail: skazka@khakasnet.ru
Info source:
www.skazka.khakassia.ru |
