Kazakhstanis celebrating 175th anniversary of poet Abai

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstanis will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the great Kazakh poet Abai (Ibrahim) Qunanbaiuly, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports. The opening ceremony of the event was held in the Astana Opera with participation of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Tokayev ordered the government to develop a large scale plan of celebration of the Abai's birthday in April 2019.
The head of state tasked to create a commission for celebration of the event to organize it at high level.
Abai Qunanbaiuly (August 10, 1845 - July 6, 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam.