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A concert dedicated to the 94th anniversary of the autonomous republic

Details: Category: News; Published on Saturday, 10 February 2018 12:00; Hits: 1074

Organization of various events and concert programs on the significant days by the cultural establishments under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic continues.

The Nakhchivan State Philharmonic Variety Orchestra held a concert dedicated to the 94th anniversary of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic at Julfa Region Culture House on February 9. The Nakhchivan State Philharmonic Variety Orchestra gave a good mood to the event participants. It should be noted that this musical collective, created by the decree of the Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic dated January 10, 2012, won popularity in the short time. Necessary conditions for the activity of this musical collective have been created. The costumes for the orchestra's musicians and soloists were prepared and musical instruments were given to them. The collective with its colorful repertoire is regularly performed publicly. The Art Director of the Orchestra is Nizami Mammadov, the Honored Culture Worker of the Azerbaijan Republic.

An event at the History Ethnography Museum of the Julfa Region

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An event dedicated to the "94th anniversary of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic" was held by the Culture and Tourism Department of Julfa Region at the History Ethnography Museum of the region on February 8.

Parvin Hasanov, the head of the department, made an opening speech at the event held under the slogan "Nakhchivan - The Capital of Islamic Culture - 2018", and informed about the process of getting autonomy, the period of it, and the political and social processes of that time.

The great leader Heydar Aliyev, who praised the activity of the brave sons of our people, who stated that it was difficult and glorious to get the autonomy gained in a very complicated period, said: "Establishment of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a great historical achievement of the Azerbaijani people in a very complicated political situation".

IV tour of musical-intellectual game "Lira"

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IV tour of the musical-intellectual game "Lira" among the students of children's musical, art and crafts schools organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under the motto "Nakhchivan - The Capital of Islamic Culture - 2018" at the "Youth Center" in Nakhchivan finished.

Before the game, Leyla Alimardanova, the Head of the sector of music development and work with educational institutions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, said that 26 children's music art and crafts schools of the autonomous republic had participating in the music and intellectual game "Lira" and schedule was drawn up. Under the schedule, according to the results of games during the 2017-2018 academic year, the winner teams will participate in the final round in mid-2018. The purpose of holding these games is to help students increase their knowledge and to raise their intellectual level.

A roundtable talk at the Nakhchivan State History Museum

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Nakhchivan State History Museum hosted a roundtable talk on "Nakhchivan museums, the result of the autonomy: history and modernity" on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

Nizami Rahimov, the director of the Nakhchivan State History Museum, Honored Culture Worker of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic made an opening speech at the event organized by the Nakhchivan State History Museum and talked about the importance of museums as a bridge between our ancient past and today.

Then, Gumral Asadova, the employee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nazaket Asadova, the director of the "Khan Palace" State Historical-Architectural Museum, Momina Khatun and the Museum In Open Air, Honored Culture Worker of the Azerbaijan Republic, Alemzar Ibrahimova, the director of the Literature Museum of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic named after Jalil Mammadguluzade and others gave speeches at the meeting.

The art of embroidery is still preserved

Details: Category: News; Published on Friday, 09 February 2018 17:18; Hits: 1230

The examples of ancient folk art are applied in modern times too. They have reached our time polishing throughout centuries. One of them is decorative-applied art. Decorative-applied art has different kinds. One of these kinds is embroidery art. The art of embroidery which appeared in ancient times reflects the national-spiritual and aesthetic thoughts of people as other handicrafts.

Azerbaijani embroideries were prepared with high technical and artistic peculiarities in Tabriz, Shamakhi, Ganja, Shusha and Guba cities in different periods. Colored silk threads were used in embroidery art. The embroidery was mainly based on rose, poppy, lily, pomegranate, quince, spike, different shaped leaves, golden and silver fringes, peacock, dove and other motives.

Sources show that our embroidery has not lost their artistic characteristics from the early Middle Ages and has become one of the most popular folk art types. The French writer Alexandre Dumas who visited Caucasia in the 50s of the XIX century admired Azerbaijani embroidery and said: “I bought 2 saddles with artistic embroidery which cost 24 manats. I would not buy them 200 francs in France. To be honest, we can not find it at this price ...”