Almaty prepares for celebration of the Day of City
ALMATY. September 5. KAZINFORM /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ This year the Day of Almaty City will be celebrated on September 20. Various festive events dedicated to the event will be held during a month.
Thus, new housing complexes, reconstructed fountains and administrative buildings are expected to be inaugurated soon. The citizens and guests will enjoy an evening of kuys, a youth festival, festivals of films and songs about Almaty and "Almaty-my first love" retro-festival.
Besides, a photo-competition "Almaty - my favorite city", a contest of children's pictures and essays on Almaty, book expositions, days of open doors in all municipal museums and many other events are to take place.
Earlier the Day of Almaty city was marked on the first Sunday of October. In June 2009 at the XIX session of the municipal maslikhat the authorities decided to announce third Sunday of September the Day of the City, since sometimes this holiday coincided with the Day of Older Persons and Teacher's Day.