Tajik capital hosts international song festival

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- The second international song festival, entitled “The Sky of Commonwealth,” is taking place in Dushanbe today. 

Olim Akramov, the director general of the concert tour enterprise at the Ministry of Culture, says Tajikistan is represented by Zikirilloh Hakimov, Mehrnigor Rustam and Noziya Karomatullo.

The Sky of Commonwealth festival is held under the patronage of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Culture and Committee for TV ad Radio-broadcasting with support from the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation (IFHC).

Variety stars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine are participating in the festival.

The 1st Sky of Commonwealth festival was held in Dushanbe on September 17-18.  Variety stars from all the CIS nations arrived in Dushanbe to attend the festival.  Tajikistan was represented by Tahmina Niyozova, who awarded a grand prize of the “Five Stars: Intervision” contest in 2008, and Alen Abulfayzov, who was to represent Tajikistan in “Five Stars: Intervision” contest in 2009.