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| Bactria Cultural Centre, as a contemporary artistic space, serves as a catalyst by providing opportunities to local artists to express their creativity in an entirely free and experimental way. At present it is the only venue in Dushanbe that encourages artists to apply innovative approaches to manifest their artistic visions. |
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| Bactria Cultural Centre, as the cultural actor of ACTED’s activities, is fully devoted to provide access to information and to vocational training. Educational activities aimed at artists and art professionals are organized with the firm belief that an understanding of national identity as well as social changes and development can originate from active participants of society. The role of an artist is, and always has been, the observer, the analyzer, and the initiator. |
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| One of the main information points in Bactria is its library, which has a collection of books in Tajik, Russian, English, German and French, focusing on mostly culture and history. Art books on the works of Michelangelo, Levitan, Vrubel, Aivazovsky, Theophanes the Greek, movies of Russian and Western avant-garde, and Italian Renaissance are the most valued pieces of the collection. |
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December 3 - 4, 2011
at the Ismaili Centre of Dushanbe
Winter Handicraft Fair
Bactria is extending a public invitation to its biannual Handicraft Fair which will be held at the Ismaili Centre of Dushanbe December 3rd and 4th, from 9 am until 5 pm.
The Fair aims at preserving and developing handicraft traditions in Tajikistan.
This year, the Winter Handicraft Fair is organized by the Bactria Cultural Center with financial support from the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan through the Regional Art and Culture Programme and the Embassy of Germany in the Republic of Tajikistan and with organizational support by the National Association of Business Women, CESVI, GIZ and Tourism Development Center.
The Winter Handicraft Fair will take place on the threshold of the New Year and Christmas holidays, providing an excellent opportunity to buy original gifts for family and friends. This year, crafts made by sixty handicraftsmen from different regions of the Republic of Tajikistan will be exhibited during the Fair.
Special programme:
November 28, 6 p.m., at Bactria Cultural Centre
Open lecture
"Ethnography and history of Tajik traditional art"
December 3, 4 p.m.
Traditional dance performance by “Padida” theatre
December 4, 4 p.m.
music concert by "Mizrob"
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| Bactria Cultural Centre is engaged in projects that further capacity building and development of music industry in Tajikistan. First of all, it offers a venue to musicians through the organization of regular concerts where they can freely practice their creativity. We impose no limitation in the direction of musical genres, but we do promote world music and experiments based on the combination of traditional and contemporary music. |
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| If the context allows, Bactria Cultural Centre uner the auspices of ACTED, carries out heritage conservation and rehabilitation activities, if the heritage in question has been damaged or suffers from a lack of maintenance due to the difficulties facing the communities. |
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As a result of the continuous degradation of Tajik educational structure, from a unified primary and secondary education under the Soviets, barely 60 percent of Tajikistan’s current school-age population is receiving educational opportunities. Through opportunities for learning and vocational training BACTRIA aims at democratizing access to information and education. |
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Artistic Vision 
