(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 9. The
International "Kharibulbul" Music Festival, organized by the Heydar
Aliyev Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan, starts
today in the cultural capital of Azerbaijan - Shusha, trend reports.
The festival participants have been gathering in
Shusha since yesterday.
The city of Shusha was also declared the "Cultural
Capital of the Turkic World" by the International Organization of
Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) in 2023. "Kharibulbul" is also attended by
creative collectives of the countries belonging to TURKSOY,
Turkic-speaking countries and peoples of the region this time.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, the autonomous
Gagauzia territorial entity of Moldova, Uzbekistan (as well as
Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan), the Republics of
Altai, Khakassia, Sakha (Yakutia), Tatarstan, Tuva of the Russian
Federation, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Türkiye and
Turkmenistan will take part in the festival, which will last from
May 9 through 11.
The Khari Bulbul Music Festival is an international music
festival held in Shusha and other cities of Karabakh. The festival
was first held in 1989 to commemorate the 100-th anniversary of the
Azerbaijani khanende (singer) Seyid Shushinski, and it was held
annually until 1992, when the city was captured during the first
Karabakh war.
The festival was reinstated in Shusha, the cultural capital of
Azerbaijan, on 12 May 2022, when Azerbaijan regained control over
the city during the second Karabakh war in 2020.
Since 1990, the Kharibulbul festival has received international
status. Inviting folklore groups from foreign countries to the
event aroused great public interest. The 5th 'Kharibulbul'
International Folklore Festival was held in Azerbaijan's Shusha
from May 12 through May 14, 2022.
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