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In Sochi hotel "Moscow" exhibition opens on July 13 "Samurai. ART of WAR", the exposition of the project before the swords and armor of great warriors of the rising sun era Muromachi and Edo periods, as well as works of art and artefacts from the samurai: engraving, painting scrolls, screens , bronze, calligraphy, clothing and books.

The exhibition is decorated with unique exhibits, including a sword Muramasa - masters, who, according to legend, had a mystical force and shackled in swords spirits of the war. The blades of his work - and this is the only case in the history of edged weapons - were persecuted. Another of the many curiosities of the project - cuirass Tokugawa, the shogun dynasty, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 years.
"The main objective of the exhibition - to show the viewer through the eyes of a samurai, a brave soldier, a refined poet and an inspired artist who is ready at any moment to sacrifice their lives for the sake of higher ideals," - The organizers of the exhibition - festival movement ETHNOLIFE.
Exhibition "Samurai. ART of WAR" will last until the end of September. Every Saturday and Sunday guests of the exposition are waiting for the lecture on the history and culture of Japan, master-classes in the traditional fine arts (origami, ikebana, sumi-e calligraphy, the art of putting on a kimono, tea ceremony), demonstrations of martial arts (Kyudo, yaydo, kendo, aikido, judo).
The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Culture, Administration of Sochi, the department of culture of the city, as well as society "Russia - Japan and the Russian Union of Martial Arts.

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Special guests of the Second All-Russian festival of art song "Summer of - a little life in Sochi will be Tamara Gverdtsiteli.
The festival, whose president is Oleg Mityaev, will be held from July 9 to 11 July in the resort complex "Sputnik".
On the stage, which will be installed directly on the beach complex, made famous bards and members of clubs of bard song, including Galina Homchik, Natalia Dudkin, Alexei Ivashchenko, Victor Tretyakov, a duet "Master Grisha, Larissa Brohman, Leonid Margolin, Rodion Marchenko, Witold Peter and others.
As a special guest speaker People's Artist of Russia Tamara Gverdtsiteli.
At this year's festival page on the Internet was launched a virtual song contest, the winners are invited to Sochi.

In 2010, the festival summer - a little life "entered into the program of the Cultural Olympiad, which was the Organizing Committee of the Sochi 2014.

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The authorities of Sochi Sochi authorities returned to the municipal property sold concert hall "Festival" at the site of which was planned to build a multifunctional complex.
According to the mayor of the resort Anatoly Pakhomov, to restore the building and observe all rules regulations and laws - a lawsuit was filed in the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar region. After consideration it was decided to recognize the illegal agreement between the former deputy head of the former - Velichko and company Sochi Festival ", which was going to build a multifunctional complex.
Now the administration debated the issue, to make a concert hall "Festival" visiting card.
The decision to demolish the "Festival" was established in 2006 at the request of the then authorities of Sochi. The reason is that that the warranty period of operation of the hall had expired and the building was dilapidated. In summer 2007, the complex was sold for 550 million rubles.