00:00For two weeks in April, Kazakhstan hosted the 16th edition of the Francophonie Spring,
00:05a festival dedicated to French language and diversity of French-speaking cultures.
00:11And here in Astana, the goal is to show that French language is not only about France,
00:17but it is about many countries in which French language is spoken.
00:23French language is spoken on all five continents,
00:25so it gives access to culture, to studies abroad, to tourism and also to business.
00:31Organized by the embassies of Belgium, Canada, France, Lithuania, Morocco, Romania, Armenia and Switzerland,
00:38the event took place across seven cities, expanding its geography year after year.
00:43The program included the week of French cinema, an exhibition of the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris,
00:48game nights, talks and conferences, singing competition, as well as concerts by singer Vailloux
00:54and pianist Christine von Lupt.
00:56I defend also in French the fact of singing in French and trying to write the best lyric possible.
01:04And so, yeah, it's coming here and singing in French. It means a lot actually.
01:11Kazakh people are quite interested in French language and culture.
01:1411,000 people are studying French in Kazakhstan, with 25,000 more speaking it fluently.
01:20The country even signed an agreement with the Agency for French Education Abroad
01:24to build two French schools in Astana and Almaty.
01:277,000 toda ser 그래요 court of 19,000 per number of Champions,
01:3210,000 any music that days, 18,000 people are already turtles,
01:33and we must measure this program.
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