Culture of Tatarstan

Culture of Tatarstan is molded from the culture of Volga Tatar people, Russian and European culture.

Education

The education system in Tatarstan is secular. The literacy rate for the total population is about 100%. Elementary and secondary education is compulsory (grades 1–10). Students must successfully pass graduation exams at the end of the 10th grade in order to continue their education in colleges and universities. Most schools are public along with a small number of parochial schools run by churches or mosques. The school year begins in September. Kazan State University is one of the major centers of higher education in Russia. There are several colleges, institutes and technical schools in Kazan and other cities of the republic.

Cuisine

Main article: Tatar cuisine

Libraries

Major libraries include the Science Library of Kazan State University and the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan. There are two museums of republican significance, as well as 90 museums of local importance. In the past several years new museums appeared throughout the Republic.

Music

Main article: Music of Tatarstan

Traditional (folk) Tatar music is based on the pentatonic scale. The first Tatar opera was staged in 1925. It was composed by Sultan Gabyashi in collaboration with Vasili Vinogradov. Farit Yarullin was the creator of the first Tatar ballet, Surale. Modern Tatar music includes practically all existing musical genres.

Theater

Main article: Galiaskar Kamal Tatar Academic Theatre

There are 16 professional and dozens of amateur theaters in Tatarstan performing plays in Tatar, Russian and other local languages..

Religion

In Tatarstan religion and the state are separate from each other, although as in the rest of Russia, religious authorities are subordinated to the state.. The most common faiths are Sunni Islam and Russian Orthodoxy. As of 2004, there were 1,208 buildings used for religious purposes in Tatarstan; 1,014 of which were Islamic, and 176—Russian Orthodox.

External links

• Tatar National Traditions, Culture and Art
• Volga Tatars - Religion and Expressive Culture
• The Politics of Culture in Late Imperial Kazan
• National Arts of the Tatars

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