The International Chodiev Foundation became the general sponsor of two large-scale photo projects in Russia and Japan

In order to present the image of the new Russia to the Japanese audience, the organizers selected the following topics as the most important over the past 30 years: space; Vladivostok; New famous places in Moscow; Russian cosplayers; Health and medicine.

The opening ceremony was attended by famous actress, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Festival of Russian Culture Komaki Kurihara, as well as activists of the Russia-Japan Friendship Societies and companies working in the field of Russian-Japanese cultural relations.

Since 2015, the Chodiev Foundation has been sponsoring the Festival of Russian Culture held in Japan, contributing to strengthening the positive image of Russia abroad and contributing to the deepening of the dialogue between the cultures of Russia and Japan.

The second domestic Russian photo event supported by the Foundation is the annual Children of Russia 2021 photo contest, held at the initiative of the Guild of Interethnic Journalism of Russia. The all-Russian photo contest involved more than 100 participants from several dozen regions and regions, amateur photographers of different nationalities. The objectives of the competition are to show the continuity of generations, the beauty and diversity of cultures of the peoples of Russia through traditional costume, to arouse interest in the revival of folk culture in families.

If for peoples, for example, the Russian Arctic, a national costume or at least its details (malitsa, pima, kukhlyanka) are often part of everyday life, then in many other regions of Russia, the culture of wearing a national costume has been almost completely lost. It is all the more pleasant to see in the photographs the festive costumes of peasant women of the Tobolsk province restored by local enthusiasts, embroidered caps from the Volga region or Altai boruk hats. The children of Russia are the daughters of nomadic reindeer herders from the Polar Urals in clothes made of seals, Kalmyk schoolgirls in red satin at the tulip festival, Moksha girls from Mordovia in festive costumes made of unbleached canvas, boys of the Khanty and Mansi peoples at the celebration of the Coming of the Sun, girls in sundresses for spinning wheels from Tula and so on. The photo exhibition also reflected the facts of the revival of cultural festivals and local customs in different regions of Russia.

A mobile exhibition of the same name was formed from the best works of the competition, which will travel around the country from June to November 2021. The exposition has begun its route. at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on June 15.

Director of the representative office of the international Chodiev Foundation in the Russian Federation and member of the jury of the competition Olga Monakhova, speaking at the opening of the exhibition, noted the uniqueness and originality of our large country presented in children's images, adding that the sponsorship of the exhibition is a logical continuation of the Foundation's activities, one of the main goals of which is "to support bright, beautiful, talented undertakings aimed at improving the life of the younger generation, our future."

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