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Cultural capitals of Azerbaijan announced
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- 26 February, 2015
- 06:43
Baku. 25 February. REPORT.AZ/ The reforms on the protection and promotion of Azerbaijan's non-material cultural heritage (ethnography, folklore, crafts) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism began to be carried out.
Report informs referring to the statement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A new program "Capitals of Folk Art" was approved to continue work-done in a new form taking into account of a positive contribution of "Capitals of Folk art for 2010-2014" program to the regions, carried out by the ministry to promote the intangible cultural heritage of Azerbaijan.
This year's cultural capitals are Shamakhi and Gakh cities.
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