Expressive reading contest in honor of the 175th anniversary of the Great Abay

From October 25 to November 2, 2019, at the initiative of Abai KazNPU, the Embassy of South Korea in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the public association «Diaspora Heritage», a competition was held for expressive reading of the works of the great Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai in honor of his 175th birthday.

The event was attended by students of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T.K.Zhurgenov, Variety and Circus College named after Zh.Elebekov, KazNU named after al-Farabi and Abai KazNPU, who with a sense read poetry and words of edification of Abai and other works, showing their knowledge, including Korean poetry and prose. The jury members of the event were teachers of the Institute of Philology and Multilingual Education Shaharman Gulzhikhan, Kartaeva Aizhan and Kasenov Erlan.

According to the results of the competition in the poetry genre, a second-year student of the Institute of Philology and Multilingual Education Nurlybai Balnur (leader Bakbergenova Rosa) took the first place, freshman Tulegen Madina (supervisor Duysembina Gulsamal) took the second place, third place was taken by Aldongar Symbat (supervisor Zhunisova Mayra), Tuyebaev Zhebe (head Amirbekova Aigul), Adilbek Marzhan (supervisor Abiir Karlygash).

The Embassy of South Korea expressed its gratitude to students of the Institute of Philology and Multilingual Education for participating in the competition, the most active of them were awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes.