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April 15, 2011
Zarkhai, the Son of Tarkhai Revived on Stage
On April 15, 2011 a presentation of children’s book Zarkhai, the
Son of Tarkhai was held at Ulgair Buryat Republican Puppet Theater
(Ulan-Ude) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its author,
Buryat literature classic, poet, journalist and translator Shirab
Nimbuev.
The book was published mainly due to the efforts of
METROPOL Group of Companies and personally Mikhail Slipenchuk and
Bair Tsyrenov.
Several generations of Buryat readers grew up on adventures of this
character. However, children’s books publishing on languages of the
peoples of Russia was most badly hit by market conditions. It
seemed that the names of Buryat writers would be relegated to
oblivion together with old books. Those books that were published
in limited numbers looked dull and inconspicuous next to bright
multicolored editions from the capital city. In 2003 a group of
enthusiasts in Buryatia decided to put an end to the situation when
children’s books in the Buryat language lose out to Russian and
international classic books in terms of decoration and quality.
Bair Dashievich Tsyrenov, who then worked in the Federation
Council, was the first to support this idea. Thanks to his efforts
series of children’s books Magic Buryat-Mongolia including the
fairytale book Sakhan Shandagan Khoer (Snow and Hare) and Khulganyn
Tuukhe (Mouse Story) came out in 2003.
Zarkhai, the Son of Tarkhai in many respects differs from the
children’s literature issued in Buryatia earlier. This new book is
unique as it was decorated by talented self-educated painters,
Ertakhanov sisters and newly translated by expert on Tibet, Nikolay
Tsyrempilov.
“This first experience has turned out to be incredibly
successful. The book’s overall design was developed by one of
Russia’s best designers, Dmitry Garmaev. As part of my work duties
I have seen all books made in Buryatia and I can say with
confidence that there has not yet been any children’s book of such
quality in Buryatia”, believes the poet’s senior daughter, Lyubov
Shirabovna
Bazarova.
The presentation was
followed by the first performance of a show based on this exciting
fairytale. It should be noted that the performers were also
nominated by Lyubov Bazarova. She was so keen to share her
enthusiasm about this show that the painters, who decorated the
book, agreed to set the scenery. Well-known ballet-master Evgenia
Gerasimova was in charge of choreography.
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