Chinghiz Aitmatov "A DAY EQUAL TO A CENTURY"

The play "A Day Equal to a Century" can be viewed as a reflection on the century in the context of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, from Chinggis Khan to Chinghiz Aitmatov.

The story begins with the railway worker Yedigei, a friend of Kazankapin, who sets out to bury Kazankapin’s body in his ancestral land, Ana-beyit. However, due to the construction of the Baikonur cosmodrome on the land where his ancestors rest, the people of Boranlı are prohibited from entering. While in the play this event is linked to the closure of the road to Ana-beyit due to the establishment of the space station, it is also interpreted as a lack of a sense of ownership over one’s ancestors and land. If sons do not recognize their fathers, and mothers do not recognize their mothers, the land will not accept them. Such people will have no place, even in the vast galaxies.

The play is centered around the conflict created by the closed road and the "no entry" command, addressing the attempt to restore the path from ancient myth to a future extraterrestrial civilization. If the work speaks of the tragedy of a generation that has lost its memory and turned into mankurts, continuing with the construction of a cosmodrome in the land of their ancestors, the play is a story about those who voluntarily forget their memory, turn into mankurts, and are unaware of where their ancestors are buried or to which land their genetic code belongs.

"A Day Equal to a Century" is a story told in a somewhat mystical, somewhat fantastical, and somewhat realistic context, passed down from our ancestors and that will certainly be passed on to us.

"A Day Equal to a Century" – the longest day story for those who have forgotten the genetic codes of their ancestors...

The longest day of a century. The longest story about Land and Memory...

The director of the play is Mehriban Alakbarzadeh, Honored Artist and laureate of the State Award.

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