MAKHACHKALA, August 25 – RIA Dagestan. An extensive cultural program for the upcoming Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of Southern Russia has been approved in Dagestan, with Mukhtar Kurbanov, First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Dagestan, outlining the key events.
According to Kurbanov, "Multinational Russia" Forum of National Creative Collectives will become one of the key events. Meetings and expert sessions will be held at M. Gorky Russian Drama Theater and R. Gamzatov National Library of the Republic of Dagestan.
The forum will bring together heads of relevant regional ministries, directors of national ensembles and philharmonics, artists and creative managers. Speakers will include experts from the Russian Ministry of Culture and leading specialists in production, fundraising and content management.
Concurrently, ethnographic homesteads representing 19 regions of the North Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts will be set up on the Central Square of Makhachkala. The grand concert program will feature renowned Dagestani ensembles "Lezginka", "Dagestan" and "Youth of Dagestan" along with philharmonic soloists and guest artists from participating regions.