The international dance and Folklore Festival "Avaza — 2023" was inaugurated in the national tourist zone with the participation of heads and representatives of international structures and cultural figures from different countries, the official Turkmen press reports.

The opening ceremony of the second St. Petersburg Art Fair "1703" took place on June 13 in the exhibition hall "Manege". The project was initiated by PJSC Gazprom, supported by the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg and included in the program of the culture festival of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Nicholas Roerich's painting "Takla-Makan" put up for auction with a starting price of one ruble. The leading bid on June 13 is three million rubles, according to the website of the Litfond auction house.

The forthcoming joint projects and events were discussed by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, UNESCO representative in Turkmenistan and Iran Golda El Khoury, who is visiting Ashgabat. In particular, they paid attention to the issues of holding an international forum in the Turkmen capital next year dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the country's accession to UNESCO.

Paul McCartney announced the "last" Beatles song created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). This technology was used to extract from an old demo recording the voice of John Lennon, who died in 1980, to create what Sir Paul calls "the last Beatles album". "We've just finished it, and it's coming out this year," the octogenarian McCartney told the BBC.

The National Folklore Ensemble of Romania "Transylvania" will perform for the first time in Avaza and Ashgabat, the Romanian Embassy in Turkmenistan told ORIENT.

Representatives of travel agencies of Turkmenistan signed a document on the establishment of the Xinjiang Alliance for Cooperation in Tourism in Central Asia, which will explore the resources of members and their experience in managing the industry, CCTV reports.

The popular American artist Aimee Erickson has arrived in Ashgabat and is already giving the first master classes and lectures for students of the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan. Information about this is transmitted by the American diplomatic mission in the country.

The archive of the Office of the Emir of Bukhara is included in the list of the UNESCO "Memory of the World" program. A collection of documents in several languages - Arabic, Persian, Russian and Turkish reveal the socio-economic life and political structure of the then Bukhara, islamnews reports with reference to the information service of the “Uzarkhiv” agency.

Every year, the chairmen of the State Examination Commission - professors, composers and teachers of the Maya Kuliyeva Turkmen National Conservatory - come to the state examinations at specialized art schools. This year, and not for the first time, Honored Artist of Turkmenistan, composer and scientist Suhan Tuiliev is visiting the Balkan region. On the third day of his arrival, as part of the state examinations in the regional library of the city of Balkanabat, a creative meeting with the composer was held, organized by the directorate of the local specialized school of arts.