At the expanded meeting of the board, important issues in the field of culture of the city of Shymkent were discussed

An expanded meeting of the Board of the Department of Culture, Language Development and Archives of the city was held in Shymkent today. At the meeting, the head of the department, Bauyrzhan Orintayev, summed up the results of the work for 10 months of 2024. During the meeting, the most important issues and projects in the field of culture were considered.

Special attention was paid to the construction of new buildings for the Theater of Humor and Satire and the Opera and Ballet Theater, the relocation of the Center of Traditions to the Turkestan Palace, the support of craftsmen, as well as the creation of a brass orchestra. In addition, the issues of nominating candidates for state awards, increasing the salaries of cultural workers and other issues related to the activities of cultural institutions were discussed.

The director of the Central City Scientific and Universal Library named after Al-Farabi, Anar Zhapparkulova, presented a report on the topic "The Spirit of culture and Art", in which she highlighted topical issues related to libraries and the cultural sphere in general.

Summing up the meeting, Deputy Akim of Shymkent Sarsen Abayuly expressed his comments on the work of the head of the department and set a number of tasks aimed at developing the culture of the city. Among them are the preparation of specific projects to promote national arts, such as singing, playing the dombra and folk songs, organizing competitions in the genre of pop and vocal music, holding competitions "Silver Voice", "Silver Dombra", "Silver Kalam", as well as holding festivals of playwrights and competitions among artists.

Sarsen Abayuly also drew attention to the need to improve the repertory policy of theaters, the creation of new museums and museum associations, as well as the start of construction of new buildings of the Center of Traditions and the Opera and Ballet Theater in 2025. The issues of shortage of personnel in the field of culture, as well as problems with musical instruments and stage costumes in theaters were touched upon.

At the end of the meeting, Sarsen Abayuly noted the participation of heads of institutions in the IX International Theater Festival of Central Asia, which was held in Shymkent from November 6 to 11, and presented letters of thanks to those who helped organize this event.

The meeting was attended by heads of departments, deputy mayors of districts, cultural workers and veterans, members of the city onomastic committee, employees of culture and education, representatives of the media.