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The Heydar Aliyev Centre has hosted an award ceremony for the
winners of the Children's Creativity Festival.
The event was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, the
Ministry of Science and Education, and the Heydar Aliyev Centre
with the general sponsorship of BP Azerbaijan on the occasion of
the 100th anniversary of National Leader Heydar Aliyev, Azernews reports.
The guests were first presented with a festive program, art
pieces by project participants, and an exhibition of works by
masters of folk and applied arts.
Many public and cultural figures attended the award ceremony of
the festival.
Addressing the event, First Deputy Director of the Heydar Aliyev
Centre, Fargan Novruzov emphasised that the festival has become a
significant event in the cultural and educational spheres of the
country.
The festival united up to 27,000 young talents all across the
country, including from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
"Special care and attention to the younger generation, their
spiritual and personal development, and education in the spirit of
patriotism and high moral values are one of the main priorities of
the Heydar Aliyev Centre. This festival is one of the most
important projects carried out in our republic. Its participants
are our young friends and children. At the same time, the Heydar
Aliyev Centre is visited daily by schoolchildren, who are given
extensive information in the direction of studying the legacy of
the National Leader Heydar Aliyev and Azerbaijani history and
culture," Fargan Novruzov said.
The head of the staff of the Ministry of Culture, Khanlar
Aghalarov, stressed that this festival is designed to awaken
children's interest in certain areas of culture and support their
creative activities.
"The project, which lasted for several months, aroused great
interest, and we were able to achieve our goal of becoming a large
cultural festival. I would like to especially note that the
festival, along with children's creativity, stimulated and
intensified the activities of cultural institutions in the regions
of the country, leading to gaining a lot of experience," Khanlar
Aghalarov said.
More than 2,500 experts were involved in the festival jury; 320
coordinators and 250 system administrators worked on the
project.
Deputy Minister of Science and Education Hasan Hasanli and bp's
Vice President for the Caspian Region, Communications and External
Affairs Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli briefed the ceremony participants
about the festival.
It was noted that holding an event aimed at the comprehensive
development of children is of great importance both in the
country's cultural life and education.
The main goals of the festival were the popularisation of
national culture and art, the education of children in the spirit
of patriotism, respect for culture, art, and national traditions,
and the formation of a cultural way of life.
Next, the festival winners were awarded with prizes.
Recall that the festival's first stage in professional and
amateur categories took place from April to June in 122
institutions throughout the republic, and the second from July to
August.
The festival's final stage was held on September 1–9 in six
cultural institutions: the State Academic Philharmonic Hall, the
National Drama Theatre, the International Mugham Centre, the
National Carpet Museum, the State Academic Musical Theatre, and the
State Children's Philharmonic.
The festival's main purpose was to identify talented children
and youth across the country.
An event was also organised at the secondary school of
Zangilan's Aghali village as part of the festival, where 20
children performed in categories such as singing art and
performance on Azerbaijani folk instruments (tar), piano, and
artistic reading.
On July 7, a children's summer camp was organised on the
territory of the Goygol National Park for 60 young talents from
educational institutions in the cities of Ganja and Naftalan,
Dashkesan, Goranboy, Goygol and Samukh, who qualified for the
second stage in nominations: folk instruments, painting, art
reading, singing art, ashug art, and solo national dance.
On August 26–27, a summer camp was held as part of the events
dedicated to Lachin City Day on the boulevard (on the banks of the
Hakari River), bringing together 60 young talents who qualified for
the festival finals.
Photo credit: Zaur Mustafayev
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