Celebrating the centenary of the writer's birthday.
There are costumed processions and concerts in the open air in Alma-Ata.
The holiday was visited by Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Also in the city laying of flowers to the monuments of MO Auezov and to his grave took place.
Personnel:
Nazarbayev NA - Kazakh state and political figure, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, president of the Kazakh SSR, the first president of Kazakhstan.
Calendar: 1997