A blessing competition among grandparents “Bataly soz – balaga azyk” (A blessed word is education for a child) was held at the Intellectual School of Kyzylorda.

The ensemble of grandmothers from the Abai village “Ak nietti” opened the event, which began on the eve of Nauryz. The ensemble, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, are reviving forgotten traditions and popularizing folk songs. They performed Kazakh songs on the stage of NIS and were well received by the audience.

In the blessing competition, 16 elders presented the rich heritage of our ancestors – blessings. The power of the noble words made everyone in the audience stand up. The students listened with interest to every word of their elders.

“Bata (blessing) is a precious treasure of the Kazakh people with great educational value. It has great power to influence the human mind. People who have been blessed believe in goodness and believe that there will be prosperity,” says Kudaibergen Mukhamediyarov.

Orazbai Kosanov, the grandfather of the 9th grader Aktilek Kosanov, especially respects the traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries, and at today’s competition, he donated his collection of blessings and wishes to the school library.

“Bata is a significant heritage of our people, our national treasure. Therefore, it is the duty of elders like us to instill this into the minds and hearts of the next generation,” says the elder.

In the competition, which was held in order to encourage the young generation to grow up to be kind, intelligent and brave, the elders gave their blessings on various topics and dedicated their words of edification to the younger ones. All of them were recognized as worthy of various nominations, and a special award of the Council of Fathers was presented.