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A unique manuscript exhibition titled as Book Culture of Belarusian Tatars, drawn from the holdings of the National Library of Belarus, is set to open at the Oman National Museum on 9 September, the cultural institution told BelTA.

The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus will participate in the Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance and Music for the fourth time, with the event scheduled to run from 5 September to 17 October in Bangkok, Thailand, Director General of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Yekaterina Dulova told BelTA.

Visitors and participants of the Voranauski Dranik potato festival shared their impressions with BelTA.

The restoration of the Italian garden dating from the mid-18th century, a unique example of landscape gardening art, is being completed at Mir Castle. It will welcome its first visitors as early as autumn. For now, builders are putting the finishing touches on the landscaping work, while museum staff are actively developing a concept for a bright, ceremonial opening. A BelTA correspondent found out what the Italian garden at the castle was like in the distant past, what it will look like when it reopens, and why this project can fully be called a reconstruction of a historical regular park.

The list of finalists for the competition program of the 10th CIS Countries Documentary Film Festival Eurasia.DOC has been announced, the festival organizers told BelTA.

Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev held a meeting at Pishchalovsky Castle in the center of Minsk to examine the course of reconstruction, BelTA learned from the press service of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

The Call of Polesie festival has steadily gained momentum over the years and has now reached an international scale, BelTA has learned.

The 11th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting was held in India. It concluded with the adoption of a declaration in which the parties agreed to develop cooperation in the field of restitution of cultural property, BelTA learned from the Culture Ministry of Belarus.

A book exhibition titled «Chinese Wisdom: Philosophy and Religion» has opened in the Chinese Hall of the National Library of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The Research Museum of Belarusian Art and Culture of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has expanded its collection with replicas of glassware produced by the Radziwill family’s Naliboki manufactory, head of the ancient Belarusian culture department of the Center for the Study of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Boris Lazuko told BelTA.