A joint concert of the folk group from Tyumen “Rosstan” and the folk song and dance ensemble “Polessie Dawns” from Pinsk, Brest Region took place at the Russian House in New Delhi. The performance was organized by the Russian and Belarusian embassies in India.
Rosstan singers and dancers presented Maslenitsa songs and a traditional Siberian wedding ceremony, as the program of Belarusian artists included a wide range of folk and original compositions in their native language. The concert ended with a joint performance of the song “Oh, it’s not evening.”
The concert was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps and the media, Russian compatriots living in India, as well as Indian boys and girls who will soon go to the World Youth Festival in Russia.
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Indian schoolchildren did not find the correct translation for it in Hindi or English, and after the performance, no longer in their own words, they freely pronounced the name of the Russian amusement artist: “Petrushka!”
The Novosibirsk Regional Puppet Theater presented the play “About Petrushka” at the Russian House in New Delhi for five secondary schools of the capital district. The performance was held in impeccable English, noted teachers from Indian schools.
“We have never met such an audience anywhere,” admitted theater director Yuri Gorlatykh. “You should have seen those eyes, burning with southern fire, on the young spectators!”
Novosibirsk residents represented Russia at the International Puppet Theater Festival in New Delhi. According to Yuri Gorlatykh, the organizers suggested that they introduce the tradition of the Russian glove puppet to India. Creative teams from China, France, Turkey, Sri Lanka, the USA, Brazil, and Korea also arrived.
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“Nicholas Roerich”, “Leo Tolstoy” and “Anna Pavlova” - famous cultural figures of Russia over the past year have replenished the “arsenal” of portraits by retired major Dalbir Singh, a famous Indian public figure and painter. An exhibition of the maestro’s works has opened at the Russian House in New Delhi and is waiting for visitors until March 1.
The vernissage took place in the presence of representatives of Indian public figures, the diplomatic corps, artists, and journalists.
Among the paintings on display are portraits of Emperors Peter the Great and Catherine the Second, the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the leader of the Indian national liberation movement Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Rabindranath Tagore.
Dalbir Singh said that he started painting portraits as a child for his friends.
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