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A gala concert dedicated to the 30th anniversary of TURKSOY was held in Paris, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

About 70 artists from 7 countries took part in the concert, the performance gathered more than 1,500 spectators.

The event was organized by the Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan to UNESCO with the assistance of TURKSOY.

The concert was attended by Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Sait Yusuf, President of the 42nd UNESCO General Conference Simona-Mirela Miculescu, Deputy Director General of UNESCO for External Relations Anthony Kwaku Ohemeng-Boama, Secretary General of OTG Kubanychbek Omuraliev, as well as ambassadors, permanent representatives and representatives of TURKSOY member countries to UNESCO.

"The festive event, which includes the performance of Turkic melodies and folk songs from Central Asia to Anatolia, as well as local dances of the Turkic world by artists from different countries of the region dressed in colorful traditional clothes, was highly appreciated by the public," the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

Turkmen artists performed the national dance of our country "Kushtdepdi", which perfectly illustrates how ancient traditions are reflected in modern art.

The Turkmen national art of singing and dancing "Kushtdepdi" was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2017.

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