The Tatar Shamail of the 19th-20th centuries exhibition

The Tatar Shamail of the 19th-20th
centuries' exhibition

The Tatar Shamail of the 19th-20th centuries’ exhibition was opened at the Centre of National Arts in Tashkent on December 17th. According to the Turkiston-press Non-state News Agency report, shamail, the Old Tatar language is similar to the Uzbek language (Chagatai) and still have numerous lexical and phraseological borrowings taken from it.

The exhibition is organized by the Mardjani Foundation for Support and Development of Research and Cultural Programmes; with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Russia and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo).

The exposition features 51 printed types of shamail from the collection of the Mardjani Foundation for Support and Development of Research and Cultural Programmes. The exhibition in Uzbekistan will be the first one to be held in Central Asia. Later the exposition will be presented to the public in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Since ancient times, the Tatars were the first nation to establish political and cultural traditions, they brought the culture of Central Asia to Russia, and later they transmitted the culture of Russia to Turkestan. A universal language and similarity in roots encouraged it in a great way. The language of shamail is a striking example of it.

The exhibition in Tashkent will last until December 27th.

Source: www.gazeta.uz