DUSHANBE, September 15, 2010 Asia-Plus -- The German Embassy in Dushanbe in cooperation with numerous German and Tajik partners organizes Weeks of Germany in Tajikistan from September 20 to December 10.

According to the German Embassy in Dushanbe, numerous activities dedicated to all aspects of German-Tajik relations will be organized.  “Visitors will get notion of German society, culture and economy as well as many-sided cooperation between Germany and Tajikistan,” the source said.

A ceremony of opening of Weeks of Germany in Tajikistan will take place in Dushanbe on September 20 and Germany organizations and their partners in Tajikistan will be presented during the ceremony.  Among them are KfW, GTZ, DED, Caritas, German Agro Action, DAAD, ZfA, German Language Center, Robert Bosch Foundation, FSD, and Alstom.

Days of German movie will be held at the Bactria Cultural Center in Dushanbe on September 22 and 24.  Four new German movies for children and teenagers aged 8 to 16 will be demonstrated: Emil and the Detectives; Sergeant Pepper; Children of the Moonlight; and Krabat.

A festival of German movies will be held at the Bactria Cultural Center from September 22 to November 12 and eight German movies will be demonstrated:  Four Minutes; The Lives of Others; My Friend; Gentle Melancholy – Child of War; Truth or Duty; Shouf Shouf Habibi; and Red Colored Grey Truck.

A rock concert of the German band Die Toten Hosen will take place at the Kokhi Borbad Complex in Dushanbe on September 27.

A conference of the DAAD alumni entitled “Islam and Society” will take place at the Dushanbe Ismaili Center on October 2.  An exhibition, Mosques in Germany, will be organized on sidelines of the conference.

A medical conference of alumni of the DAAD Program, Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery for Oral Cavity, Oral Surgery in Tajikistan, will take place in Dushanbe on October 13-17.  Experts from Germany and Tajikistan will conduct the conference.