In their addresses at the opening ceremony of the 4th Annual Festival of Humanities, Culture and Art (FesK) held on 23 May 2019 in Belgrade, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Malaysia and Mrs. Maja Herman-Sekulic (a Serbian author), highlighted the importance of intercultural exchange in bridging countries and their peoples closer together. Mrs. Herman-Sekulic’s elaborative poem “The Mighty Irene” was recently translated into Bahasa Malaysia.
With the theme “Be careful what you read”, the primary focus of the event was on the promotion of non-commercial literature and preservation of cultural heritage. Organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, the three-day festival featured more than 30 different programmes such as art exhibitions, lectures, presentations and panel discussions, as well as the award ceremony for outstanding achievements in the fields of literature, linguistics, visual and performing arts and others.
The event also gathered the participation of 54 publishers, institutes, libraries, museums and faculties, and had attracted a large audience from the local academic community.
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U svojim obracanjima na ceremoniji svecanog otvaranja 4. godisnjeg festivala humanistike, kulture i umetnosti (FesK), odrzanog 23. maja 2019. godine u Beogradu, otpravnik poslova Ambasade Malezije i gospodja Maja Herman-Sekulic (srpski autor) su naglasili znacaj medjukulturne razmene za premoscavanje jaza i zblizavanje zemalja i njihovih naroda. Opsezna poema gospodje Maje Herman-Sekulic “Silna Jerina” je nedavno prevedena na malezijski jezik.
Pod sloganom “Pazi sta citas”, manifestacija se posebno usresredila na promociju nekomercijalne knjizevnosti i ocuvanje kulturnog nasledja. Organizovan pod pokroviteljstvom Ministarstva za kulturu i informisanje Republike Srbije, trodnevni dogadjaj je predstavio vise od 30 razlicitih programa kao sto su umetnicke izlozbe, predavanja, prezentacije i panel diskusije, kao i ceremoniju dodele nagrada za izuzetna ostvarenja na poljima knjizevnosti, lingvistike, vizuelne i scenske umetnosti i drugim.
Manifestacija je okupila 54 izdavacke kuce, instituta, biblioteke, muzeja i fakulteta i privukla veliku paznju lokalne akademske publike.
