#FamilyEthnoAcademy Is Open: Konstantin Markelov Gives a Pep Talk to Participants

A federal district-wide workshop, dedicated to national family traditions and values, has started at children’s health centre “Astrakhanskie Zori”. The event involved students of educational institutions of the Southern Federal District. The opening ceremony of the forum featured the rector of Astrakhan State University.

Konstantin Markelov welcomed the audience and wished everyone intensive and fruitful work.

Chair of the Astrakhan Branch Office of the Association of International Students Shakhrom Boboev presented a new project of the social organization — an ethnic calendar of family education. It will reflect results of the research activities on collecting family traditions of different peoples of the world.

After the official ceremony, the ASU rector and other guests visited an ethnic exhibition, where foreign students of the university told them about family traditions and marriage customs of their motherlands.

The first day of the workshop also saw a theatricalized concert, prepared by the Astrakhan Branch Office of the Association of International Students and the university’s cultural centre.