The Jewish community of Almaty celebrated the most cheerful holiday of year - Purim. More than three hundred spectators collected on a festival of Purimshpils - traditional performances of a holiday.

The theatre begins with a hanger, and the holiday begins with foyer. Here children under supervision of parental committee - Maria Russu, Irina Musayeva, Larissa Sudakova cheerfully played. The hall was festively decorated by youth and parents of the kids. Jewish Community Center "Rimon" presented the participants of Purim festival. Five clubs of the Jewish community told a history of Ester, each in its own way.

The first the teenagers acted. They played inflammatory musical - playful Purimshpil with fervour and invention.

The family club showed harmonious team of actors of all generations, and entertainment on any taste, from belly dance to play on a flute, which "lulls" Ahashverosh. The performance was decorated by alive sound of an orchestra under the direction of Yuri Galushkin.

The club "Young family" had involved small number of the actors, but the quality of performance did not suffered from it. On a background of the exotic dresses of Ester and Ahashverosh the men in modern business costumes looked funny.

The club of the elderly people "Seven forty" informed a hall, that they do not have participants younger than of seventy years old. So, all together, they are more than two thousand years old. And to their fervour could envy young! The chorus "Sovlanut" musically accompanied all representation.

And, at last, on a stage send the smallest actors - club "Childhood". Directly, in a manner peculiar to their age, they presented the spectators an old history of Jew and Persian king. Children's Purimshpil was prepared by parental committee under direction of Natalie Trohimchuk and Tatiana Rjevskaya.

Under sounds of rattles and footfall of the gathered, the spectators saw five different Amans. But the performances are finished - it is time to name the winner. Difficultly, you see each team had the witty script, stars, finds. They decided to award a prize to the smallest participants of performance.

And then was quiz. That those who know subtleties of a holiday have shared with the one who yet does not know. Most actively answered children.

It would be desirable to note magnificent musical and dancing preparation of submitted Purimshpil. Behind it there is a work of choirmaster of Community Center Ludmila Samsonova and choreographer Anna Osipova. And coordinated work of Purim festival the director Jewish Community Center Inessa Chugaynova. Thanks to everybody, presented a holiday.

Ludmila Starodubova