The Toji Somon International Film Festival will be held in Dushanbe from October 15 to 19 and will be timed to coincide with the Day of Tajik Cinema. The Film Forum Commission selected films from Europe, Asia and the CIS to participate in the competition program. Among the reviewed and recommended more than 25 films from Iran, Belarus, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, India and China.

The painting "Turkmenistan" by Japanese artist Michio Komine attracted the attention of visitors to the 55th International Exhibition "Shin-Inten" in Tokyo, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan writes on its website.

The Turkmen pavilion, in the form of a white yurt with national exhibits, became one of the most visited at the International Turkish-Tatar Folklore Festival held these days in the Romanian city of Constanta, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania reports.

The sixth International Cultural Exhibition-Fair “Silk Road” took place in the Celestial Empire. More than 1,200 Chinese and foreign guests - politicians, heads of international organizations, cultural experts, historians and scientists - gathered in the city of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, bigasia reports.

The canvases of two painters from Turkmenistan will be exhibited at the exhibition of works by artists of the Turkic world in the city of Shusha. The vernissage will be held in Azerbaijan as part of the International Creative Meeting of Brush Masters from the Turkic world from September 10 to 20. TURKSOY is the organizer of the forum, the Azerbaijani press reports.

A literary evening dedicated to the life, poetic creativity and the upcoming celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkmen thinker and classic poet of the East, Magtymguly Pyragy, was held in Islamabad. The initiator of the cultural action was the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

A creative competition among young people on the theme “Ocean of Wisdom of Magtymguly Fragi” has been announced in Turkmenistan to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the great philosopher and classic of national poetry. The youth competition will be held as part of the traditional national competition for the award of the President of Turkmenistan - “Türkmeniň Altyn Asyry”.

For the first time, the popular vocal talent show "X-factor" starts in Uzbekistan. The first episode will be shown on FTV channel on September 24, the Uzbek press reports.

The exhibition "Abu Rayhan Beruni. Geographical and intellectual travel". The project is timed to the 1050th anniversary of the birth of the great scientist and thinker of the East.

The interaction between Turkmenistan and UNESCO and its prospects were discussed at a meeting between Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Deputy Director General of the UN agency for education, science and culture Xing Qu on Tuesday in Paris.