Tokayev, Macron visit Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Emmanuel Macron visited the ‘Kazakhstan: Treasuries of the Great Steppe’ exhibition, run at the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts in Paris, Kazinform News Agency cites Akorda.
The exhibition features the artifacts, representing the key stages of the Kazakh history. The ‘Tobol thinker’ sculpture, representing the first stage, belongs to the Neolithic culture of Botai, the oldest people, who first domesticated the horse.
The decorations of the Golden Man represent the second stage, during which the first nomad tribal unions and proto-states of the Saka and Sarmatians emerged.
The stone sculptures tell the history of medieval Kazakhstan during the era of Turkic Kagans; the lamps from the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi provide evidence of establishment of Islam in the Kazakh steppe; the chapan of Kazybek bi – the formation of the Kazakh Khanate and establishment of modern Kazakhstan.
Launched in 1889, the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts boasts one of the largest collections of Asian art.
Earlier it was reported that the Kazakh and French Presidents held talks in an extended format.
The President of Kazakhstan arrived in France for a state visit on November 4.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was officially welcomed by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
Read more about the prospects for developing relations between Astana and Paris in the analytical report by Kazinform News Agency correspondent.
