The seventh World Epics Festival dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov and the 125th anniversary of Kazakh writer Mukhtar Auezov has kicked off in the Kyrgyz city Osh. With local and international participants performing folklore ethno-programs and scientific symposiums, the festival ran through May 20. The festival aims to celebrate the cultural diversity of different countries and ways to preserve them. ECI reports, citing Astana Times.