Costumes, toys and crafts... A week of culture of students from Asian countries at RUDN
The event was attended by:
- Chamila Jayarathna — Plenipotentiary Minister of Education and Economics, Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia;
- Nanang Fadillah — Minister-Counselor, Coordinator of the Department of Information and Sociocultural Issues, Embassy of Indonesia in Russia;
- Adi Nuryanto — Attaché for education and culture, Embassy of Indonesia in Russia;
- Andri Haekal — First Secretary, Embassy of Indonesia in Russia.
“Over these few days, we got to know each other’s culture even more and showed it to our friends from other regions of this vast world, saw performances by talented students and became better friends, learned to help, support and share our energy and time. I am sure that this was another great opportunity to see the magnificent, different and special cultures of Asian countries together,” Jayasinghe Havpage Manuli Gayathma from Sri Lanka, President of the Association of Students from Asian Countries at RUDN University.
The week of culture ended with a festive concert. Students performed national dances and songs of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Laos, Mongolia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Photo: Nguyen Huong Giang (Faculty of Philology), Dam Thi Bac (Faculty of Philology), Tran Ngoc Thuc (Faculty of Science).
On a Sunday winter day at the exhibition named “Russia” RUDN University gathered students, partners, colleagues, and organized lectures under the title “We are different! We are equal! We are together!” The event took place in Pavilion 57 on the platform of the Russian Society “Znanie”. And on this day the hall was jam-packed.
The event was attended by more than 350 students from Russia, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The students organized an exhibition of the fraternity, introducing the guests to national dances, treating them to Algerian coffee, Arabic sweets and talked about the culture and history of the people of the country. The week ended with a futsal tournament.
On the eve of the New Year, we are summing up the past 365 days and set new goals for the next year. Whatever we do — study, work or do research — we intend to conquer even higher peaks.