To the World Day for Cultural Diversity for the sake of dialogue and development from 13 until 22 of May in TSATU passed FEST «Dialogues of cultures», within which a decade of cultures took place «Intercultural Melitopol. Intercultural University». The program has been presented for decades: days of cultures of different nationalities; thematic and informational exhibitions, In particular, a thematic exhibition was shown in the scientific library «The palette of cultures of Ukraine»; video was shot «I love Ukraine, I love the university». The festival exhibited national exhibitions, student cafe treated all national delicacies.
Holiday organizers – scientific library, Department of International Relations, Center for Culture and Leisure, Department of technical support of the educational process and information and the educational cafe of the department of food technologies and hotel and restaurant business.
On the final day of the Decade, the University of Cultures has different colors of national costumes. Students of TSATU presented their national cultures and presented unforgettable emotions during creative performances.
The Ukrainian folk dance ensemble Yunost was invited to Ukrainian fun. The Scientific Library has prepared a bright exhibition of Ukrainian antiquities.
Bulgarians were impressed by their originality and colorfulness. Our guests – Bulgarian culture community “Balkans” presented an ethnic exhibition and presented all the inflammatory dance. With words greetings to the participants and guests of the festival was addressed by the deputy chairman of the association of Bulgarian culture “Balkans” Anfilova Valentyna Oleksiivna. Performed by Volodymyr Slavov, student 23 СЕЕ group, sounded a fun Bulgarian song.
Our university has a bright representative of such a nationality as Gagauzia – Volodymyr Abramenko (23СЕЕ). Gagauzians are great dancers and singers, good farmers, wine-makers, and even theaters. In the performance of Volodymyr a poem was spoken in the Gagauzian language, which expresses love for Ukraine.
The Polish culture was celebrated on the occasion by the student of the 22MN group Natalia Martynova. Poles – they are proud of their country, cherish their language, culture and traditions. Like inspiring to dance mazurka or polonaise, and knowledge of folk songs will boast every third. Performed by Natalia Martynova and Oleksandr Rudenko on a holiday a humorous Polish song was played.
In Melitopol there is a public organization «Melitopol Ukraine – Polish Cultural – educational society «Polonia», which for our holiday presented an ethnic exhibition.
Tatars, Crimean Tatars were able to pass ancient traditions and save through years, through the horror of deportations, through the bullying of the Soviet Union. They are very cool carriers of their language, their culture. Our university has a lot of active, talented representatives of the nationality. The poem was very penetrating in the Tatar language, which the representative of the Crimean Tatar people proclaimed, a student of 41 ЕК group Elvina Osmanova.
Czech culture on FEST presented the Melitopol Cultural and Educational Society «Богемія» and a student 41 ЕК group Yuliia Tereschenko. Representative of the Czech Society «Bohemia» Rostyslav Fedorov performed a musical composition on Sopilka «Czech polka». The ethnic exhibition of the Czechs was also interesting. The first mention of the Czechs as settlers in Ukraine appears in XIII century. With their military skills and bravery the Czechs gained the glory of good warriors, and no wonder that many of them went to Zaporozhye. There is evidence that the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Army Pylyp Orlyk leads his family from the Czech Republic.
The Germans also presented their culture on the holiday – Central European German people. The presence of Germans in Ukrainian territory dates back to the early Middle Ages, but mass settlements began to appear at the end 1780s. Ethnic German, student 21 КН group Pavlo Fliau proclaimed a poem in German.
University rector Volodymyr Mykolaiovych Kiurchev spoke with a welcome word and awarded all participants of our Thanksgiving Festival.
The professionals of their affairs were leading the festival, students of TSATU – Aliia Aibetova and Yevhen Kryvtsun.
Everyone who came to the feast had a unique opportunity to taste national delicacies.
The final focus of the festival was the circle of friendship, where all the participants and guests of the festival held hands, danced with fun pearly melodies of different peoples. And sky-colored multicolored balls flew up.
The dialogue of cultures is necessary not only for the sake of understanding another, but also for a deeper awareness of oneself. He can not, should not have an end. Це — постійний процес, що дозволить людству уникнути «самогубства», зберігши життя в його різноманітті. Діалог культур дозволить кожній людині пишатися тим духовним багатством, що створене протягом багатьох тисячоліть різними народами. А це дозволить не тільки вирішити ряд глобальних проблем, що стоять нині перед людством, але й розкрити творчий потенціал особистості, знайти кожному сенс свого буття.
Ми різні, але ми – разом, бо ми єдині!
За матеріалами: Світлана Голодова,
зав. відділом наукової бібліотеки
