Culture

“Shusha, the heart of Karabakh, is a sacred and dear place for Azerbaijan and the entire Turkic world,” said president of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva during the panel “Cultural heritage as a foundation for sustainable peace” at the international conference “Advancing post-conflict humanitarian agenda: sustainable …

The Azerbaijani Education Ministry has published a video, demonstrating the future view of the Real School in the liberated Shusha city, the restoration of which has already begun, Azernews reports. On May 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev decreed measures to design and restore the building. Under the decree, for the …

On May 20, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host a series of events on the occasion of International Museum Day. The photo exhibition “Talking Monuments” aimed to educate the young generation about the preservation of Azerbaijan’s national and cultural heritage, museums and historic monuments will open the event. The …

World-famous musicians gathered in Shusha to join the 5th Kharibulbul International Music Festival. The large-scale festival brought together Azerbaijani and international musicians from ten countries in Azerbaijan’s cultural cradle, Azernews reported. The history behind Kharibulbul Festival The festival was first held in 1989 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the renowned mugham singer Seyid Shushinski. …

The rules of using the name of Azerbaijan’s Shusha city [liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 second Karabakh war] have been determined, Trend reports. In this regard, a bill on amending the law “On Azerbaijan’s cultural capital – Shusha city” was discussed at the plenary session of the parliament on May …

It was an honor to visit the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, the Shusha city. The ADA university, Baku organized the Shusha International Forum on “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation” (28th- 29th April 2022). The first day of the conference was held at Shusha, where I witnessed the robust development and …

The 5th “Kharibulbul” International Folklore Festival has today opened in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the opening of the festival. X X X The 5th “Kharibulbul” International Folklore Festival, held in the “Year of Shusha” …

International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation through the preparation of various publications, carries out important work to popularize the activities of outstanding political, cultural, artistic people of the Turkic world. The purposeful policy of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev in the direction of preserving and studying …

Hamlet’s story was centuries old at the time that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, about 1599–1601. Hamlet corresponds to the figure of Amleth, whose story is narrated in the Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus’s late 12th-century history of Denmark. But the character’s famous hesitation—his reluctance or unreadiness to avenge his father’s murder—is central …

The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host a master class on straw pattern weaving on Thursday, on the occasion of the May 5 – Azerbaijan’s Day of Carpet Makers. An experienced carpet weaver from the Kakalos village of Azerbaijan’s Astara district Rufat Rzayev will present the master class on the …