A quiz about the life of the great poet, a recitation competition and a tour of the literary museum - one day that helped students of the Volga Region University get to know the culture of the Tatar people better.
Students of the Institute of Sports and the International Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism took part in the Republican creative workshop "Road to the World of Tukay", dedicated to the birthday of the great Tatar poet and the International Museum Day.
The event was organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics of the Volga Region University together with the Literary Museum named after Gabdulla Tukay.
- This is our first experience of co-operation, which I hope will be the beginning of closer cooperation. We annually hold events dedicated to Gabdulla Tukai's birthday, and this year, together with Diana Galliamova, head of the department for social and educational work of the university, we came up with the idea of holding a creative workshop in the literary museum,’ Zoya Pavitskaya, head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, shared.
The creative workshop started with a quiz ‘The Life and Work of Gabdulla Tukai’ prepared by the department's staff. The students actively answered the questions, demonstrating their versatile development and interest in the study of Tatar culture.
- The quiz was informative - it collected significant moments from the life of Gabdulla Tukai. I believe that each of us was able to learn something new from the life and work of the great Tatar poet. Then there was a recitation competition, where students recited poems in their native language and sang a song ‘And Tugan Tel’ to Gabdulla Tukai's lines, which moved me very much,’ student Adel Minnullin shared his impressions.
Student Ramzilya Gilmanova, who led the creative workshop, said that she had an incredibly inspiring experience. She was able not only to organise the event, but also to immerse herself in the atmosphere of Tatar creativity.
- We talked about Gabdulla Tukai's legacy, about his poetry - the very poetry that preserves the soul of our people and reminds us that our native language is a living link, a bridge between generations. The Gabdulla Tukai Literary Museum is a place where history becomes tangible and creativity becomes closer. Here everyone will find something different: inspiration, new knowledge or simply the joy of dialogue with like-minded people. I hope such meetings will become a tradition, because they remind us that the heritage of great poets is alive as long as we speak their language, read their lines and pass this love on to our children, friends and all those who are looking for their roots,’ she emphasised.
At the end of the event, the museum staff conducted an excursion for the students, where they told about the life and work of the poet. The students walked through the halls where lifetime editions and photographs of Gabdulla Tukai, newspapers and magazines, personal belongings and documents of people from his entourage, as well as the poet's posthumous mask are kept. As student Ramzilya Gilmanova noted, each exhibit seemed to say: ‘Remember where you come from’.
- Gabdulla Tukai's memories of his childhood, set out in his autobiographical story ‘What I Remember About Myself’, are what I remember most from the tour. He travelled a thorny path to become a great Tatar poet, and his childhood memories reflect not only his personal experiences, but also the atmosphere of the time in which he lived,’ Adel Minnullin added.
Text: Adelina Khramova
Фото: Ксения Животенко
