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Folk songs are preserved with confidence

Details: Category: News; Published on Thursday, 05 April 2018 11:42; Hits: 1185

On April 2, a concert was held consisting of folk songs and tasnifs, as well as composer songs at Bananiyar village children’s music school.

Folk songs “Susan sunbul”, Gul achdi”, “Baribakh”, “Apardi seller Sarani”, “Dali Jeyran”, S.Rustamov’s “Bahar olsun” and B.Nasirov’s “Garabagh” songs performed by the students of singer class of the school were welcomed by the audience.

The skillful students of the school Taghi Hajili, Gunay Imanova, Mahammad Guliyev, Tahir Alizadeh and Adil Aliyev were escorted by the teachers Hamza Ismayilov, Sabuhi Mammadov and Gurban Asgarov.

An unique example of Turkish-Islamic culture - Ordubad Geysariyya

Details: Category: News; Published on Thursday, 05 April 2018 11:35; Hits: 1856

A number of various architectural monuments of Turkish-Islamic culture were constructed in the territory of Nakhchivan in medieval ages. In this territory where one of the most developed branches of Azerbaijani architecture, the Nakhchivan school was created and formed at that time, a large number of tombs, mosques, khanagahs, ice-houses, caravansaries, bridges, bath-houses, civil buildings and other monuments which considered the magnificent examples of Turkish-Islamic culture were erected. One of such monuments is the Geysariyya monument, which is one of the rare examples of Azerbaijani architecture built in Ordubad during the reign of Safavid ruler I Shah Abbas. The monument built in the center of Ordubad city, in the market square played a significant role in the trade-economical life of the population and the city in medieval ages.

Geysariyyas were included in the market groups which played an important role in city trade in medieval ages. Sometimes they were called “Badistan” and included in closed market types. As expensive goods imported from foreign countries and made by local artisans, in particular, jewelry were sold there, these markets also were called “Shah market”. The sources say that during the Middle Ages, Geysariyyas were not found in every city. For example, though there were 3000 houses, 3 caravansaries, 5 bath-houses, 600 shops, nearly 70 squares in Marand city in XVIII century, there was no Geysariyya.

Information and video footage on social networks about Nakhchivan as the capital of Islamic Culture presented

Details: Category: News; Published on Wednesday, 04 April 2018 12:13; Hits: 1615

As the success of independent Azerbaijan increases in the field of economic and cultural development, we see a positive response from various media channels and leading media organizations around the world. Even though they are located far away from Azerbaijan, many countries provide information about our country, especially the history, culture and sightseeing places of Nakhchivan as the capital of the Islamic Culture.

The articles about Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic as the Asian Region’s Capital of Islamic Culture for 2018 and photos reflecting the history, culture and modern development of Nakhchivan were posted on the official website of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva and the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in South Africa.

The presentation of old manuscripts and books was held

Details: Category: News; Published on Wednesday, 04 April 2018 12:10; Hits: 1708

On April 3, Manuscripts Fund of Nakhchivan Branch of ANAS was presented ancient manuscripts and books by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

It should be noted that the ancient manuscripts and books were presented to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism by Nehram village resident, Honored Culture Worker of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Akif Hajiyev, residents of Ordubad region Zuleykha Jafarova, Nazila Bagirova and Shabnam Rustamli.

Opening the event, academician Ismayil Hajiyev, chairman of Nakhchivan Branch of ANAS, said that the branch also deals with the discovery of material and cultural samples, along with scientific researches. In the Manuscripts Fund which was established in 2005, there are more than 400 ancient manuscripts and books. These manuscripts belong to different fields of science in Azerbaijani, Arabic, Turkish, Persian and other languages. As it is known, manuscripts and books spread and scattered in the various geographical areas of the Islamic world throughout centuries. In the creation of this book culture, all the Muslim nations have a share. The books and manuscripts were the existence and forms of development of Islamic peoples.These precious examples are presented to different museums according to their profiles, others are kept in the branch in order to investigate.

The International Children's Book Day is celebrated

Details: Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 03 April 2018 12:06; Hits: 1695

On April 2, Nakhchivan State Puppet Theater named after M.T. Sidgi hosted an event dedicated to "April 2 - International Children's Book Day".

First the event participants got acquainted with the exhibition of children's books.

Speaking at the event, employee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Aygun Huseynova noted that April 2 - the day of the birth of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, who played an indispensable role in the development of children's literature, is celebrated all over the world as "International Children's Book Day" by the initiative of the UNESCO Children's and Youth Literature Council since 1967. It was noted that the purpose of this event is to show the role of the book in the intellectual development of children, to instill love for the book, and to draw attention to the publication of children's books.

It was noted that the book plays an important role in the intellectual development of children, the formation of speech habits, and giving full play to their imagination. Children's reading habits should be formed at younger ages. Research by pedagogues shows that there are two basic terms for good reading habits. These are reading patience and reading pleasure. These two habits of reading are earned in the family and at school. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the acquisition of these habits in the family and at school. Cultural factors have a major impact on the child's reading pleasure. Children differ by their enthusiasm for reading book. Those who have inborn talents are reading two or three times more books than normal children to get more information and knowledge.