On April 20 Students of the Master's degree visited the museum of instruments in order to learn more about the traditions and culture of the Turkic peoples and peoples in general with the help of folk instruments. The masters studied the musical instruments of the Turkic peoples throughout the semester and listened to lectures from Professor Muftakhutdinova Dilyara Shamilevna from the Kazan State Institute of Culture. During the lecturer's stay in Almaty, she decided to strengthen the knowledge of master students with the help of visual material and held a lesson in the museum. During the lesson, masters saw a lot of instruments of peoples from different countries and cultures and were able to touch and play on some of the instruments presented to museums.

At the next lesson, the lecturer decided to devote practical lessons. During the lesson, one of the master student performed a Kazakh folk song with a wind instrument and senior lecturer of the department Akhmetzhanov Dastan Galimzhanovich showed a virtuoso dombra playing. He performed folk kuis in slow, medium and fast tempo and showed the structure of the folk instrument. These practical lessons helped to understand the structure and history of many instruments and enjoy their sounds and kui.

On April 30, teachers of the department, Professor Begalinova Kalimash Kapsamarovna, Acting associate Professor Aljanova Nurlykhan Kozhabergenovna visited the unique historical and ethnographic complex ethnocenter Nomad, located in the foothills of Ushkonyr, Almaty region. Its creation is based on centuries–old traditions, culture and way of life of nomadic tribes of the Great Steppe - Saks, Usuns, Kangyu, Turks, Kazakhs and many others. Here everyone can learn how to weave pile and lint-free carpets, roll felt, participate in the preparation of traditional Kazakh dishes with their subsequent tasting.

At the NOMAD ethnocenter, teachers got acquainted with the history of the development of the military art of the nomads of the tribes of Saks, Usuns, Kangyu, Turks and Kazakhs – one of the key aspects of the life of our ancestors. A distinctive feature of the NOMAD ethnocenter is an integrated approach to the study and provision of knowledge to everyone on absolutely all aspects of the life of ancient nomads, one of the key components of which was their mobile home - a yurt. Visiting the ethnocenter, the professors learned about its design, history of development, functional purpose and sacred meaning, but also to feel the whole flavor of the culture of the Kazakh people, thanks to a comprehensive immersion in an environment as close as possible to the natural living conditions of nomads.