Exhibition on traditional Kazakh culture opens in Baku with 69 ethnographic objects

An exhibition titled "Traditional Culture of the Kazakh People" opened at the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan in Baku on 13 November and will run until 12 December. It is supported by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Culture and Information and the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation.

The 69 authentic objects come from the National Central Museum of Kazakhstan: wooden and leather household items, horse harness, jewellery, felt and textiles, and men's and women's traditional clothing. The display is divided into sections on horse culture, hospitality and the traditional dwelling.

Museum director Naila Valikhanli, Azerbaijani Deputy Culture Minister Saadat Yusifova, Askar Akhmanov of the National Central Museum of Kazakhstan, Kazakh embassy adviser Yedil Myrzakhanov and Leyla Hasanova of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation attended the opening. Baku resident Gunel Hasanova, who toured the show, remarked that many of the instruments resemble Azerbaijani ones because the two peoples share Turkic roots.