June 24, 2010

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova had a meeting with participants of the VI International Finno-Ugric Peoples’ Crafts Festival “Ugra-2010”.

The head of the region viewed with interest the exhibitions of creative laboratories, got acquainted with craftsmen and works of art. “Ugra people and guests of the Autonomous Okrug have admired your works for many years. Looking at them they remember our region. In each work there is an author’s talent, labor, outlook, heart”, - said Natalia Komarova.

At the opening ceremony of the scientific and practical conference “From Craft to Art” Governor of Ugra  said that  the goals on the preservation and  research of the Northern peoples’ culture were “common”. In her opinion, the work has been done in this regard. At the recent meeting of the Autonomous Okrug Government   it was made a decision to expand grants support for the projects, aimed at reviving the indigenous peoples’ folklore, traditions and economic activities. This measure will give an additional impulse to the development of national creativity, will make it possible to  publish more children’s, educational and fiction literature in the Finno-Ugric languages.

At the event there were announced 5 most talented craftsmen of the Okrug. They got Ugra Governor’s prizes. “Assessing your work I can say with confidence that the preservation of unique ethnic environment is in reliable hands”, - said Natalia Komarova. “I think that everyone will agree that folk crafts are an  inexhaustible  source of creativity, it keeps historic memory and the traditions to be  passed on from one generation to  another as family values”.