Bagshy from Turkmenistan Garyagdy Sariyev won first place at the end of the III International Bagshy Festival, which took place in Uzbekistan, the city of Gulistan.
According to sputnik.uz, all winners of the festival received cash prizes. The Grand Prix of the festival was won by the representative of Uzbekistan, Ilhom Norov, who received a prize of 7 000 USD.
First place winners include Risbai Isakov from Kyrgyzstan, Samdam Aris from Russia, Garyagdy Sariyev from Turkmenistan and Salamat Ayapov from Uzbekistan. Each of them received 2 500 USD.
2nd place went to Dmitrov Heroslav from Bulgaria, Kamal Sarvar from India, Kavkaradze Nugzar from Georgia, Abdurahmanov Rasulbek from Uzbekistan. Each of them took a prize of 1 750 USD.
Shi Ja Sun from South Korea, Erdane Vayusun from Mongolia, Serik Jaksikulov from Kazakhstan and Dilmurod Gulmurodov from Uzbekistan took 3rd place. They are entitled to a prize of 1 250 USD each.
Bahshys from more than 40 foreign countries took part in the festival. 64 performers competed in the creative competition - 10 local and 54 foreign bahshys.