The Khorezm Regional Musical Drama Theatre of Urgench (Uzbekistan) will perform "Shasenem and Garib" ("Oshik Garib va Shokhsanam") at an international festival in Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Ministry of Culture reports.
The cultural event will take place in Ashgabat and the new city of Arkadag from 14 to 16 November. The performance by artists from Uzbekistan will take place on 14 November on the stage of the Makhtumkuli Music and Drama Theatre in the capital.
"The play is based on Uzbek folk ethnography, national music, traditions and symbols".
"Shasenem and Garib" is a tragic legend about love, based on the third story of the ancient Oghuz epic "The Book of Dede Korkut". The drama is set during the Persian Safavid dynasty (1502-1736).
Eziz Boyarov
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