Tactile replicas of rare exhibits were presented at the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum. Museum visitors can now touch copies of famous world masterpieces with their hands, MIR 24 reports.

Turkmen filmmakers have arrived in Iran, where they will continue filming a documentary about the great poet of the East, Magtymguly Pyragy. The film crews of the Turkmenfilm Association have already filmed the necessary material for the future film in Russia (Astrakhan and Moscow), Azerbaijan and Turkey. The tape will be released next year for the 300th anniversary of the poet's birth.

The National Drama Theater of Turkmenistan named after Alp Arslan with the production of “Magtymguly Fragi” will take part in the I International Theater Festival “Biken”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the People’s Artist of Kazakhstan Biken Rimova.

Sahysalih Bayramov, director of the Oguzhan Turkmenfilm Film Studio, has joined the jury of two international film festivals to be held in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan in the coming days.

The city of Arkadag is preparing to host its first film festival. The creative forum "Arkadagyň şäheri" will bring together cinematographers from Central Asian countries and will be held on October 14-15.

In the center of Moscow on Red Square in the Main Department Store (GUM) the exhibition “The Silk Road” opened. The capital's trading house introduces guests and city residents to the natural and cultural attractions of Central Asia and thus participates in a project to popularize intercultural and creative ties with neighboring countries, the GUM press service reports.

The International Book Festival Kitaptime was held in the capital of Kazakhstan, which brought together publishers, writers and readers from different countries. The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Astana took part in the festival, which presented bright novelties about Turkmen culture and achievements.

The International Festival of Culture and Art "Gorkut Ata" and a film forum with the participation of cinematographers from Central Asia and TURKSOY will be held in the Azerbaijani city of Shusha. From October 8 to 12, Shusha – the cultural capital of the Turkic world-2023 will turn into a creative platform and a large cinema hall, where film producers from around the world will show their best pictures.

In honor of ITEC Day (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program), which is celebrated annually on September 15, the Embassy of India in Turkmenistan invites ITEC graduates to participate in a short film competition.

The XV International Film Festival "Pearl of the Silk Road" will be held in the capital of Uzbekistan from September 29 to October 2. The main venues of the film forum this year will be located in Tashkent and Samarkand. To participate in the competitive program of the festival and applied for film-makers from nearly 30 countries, including Central Asian States, Russia, Israel, Croatia, Japan, Poland, France, Latvia, Chile, Korea, Estonia, Germany, Portugal, Singapore and Ukraine.