The First Kharibulbul Music Festival in liberated Shusha
"Kharibulbul" Music Festival is an international music festival held in Shusha. It is not a coincidence that the venue of choice for the festival is the city of Shusha. Shusha is the cradle of Azerbaijani culture, the homeland of many prominent figures, musicians, architects, artists and writers, personalities who have made invaluable contributions to the world's cultural treasury. The mission of the Kharibulbul International Folklore Festival is to revive and preserve national cultural traditions; to demonstrate the multicultural environment of Azerbaijan, created by various peoples living together.
World Metrology Day
The leading role of metrology in all areas of human activity, both in the development of the world economy and in scientific and technological progress, is indispensable. Metrology is the science of measurement. There is no field of human activity where the results of measurements are not used. Approximately 15% of social labor is devoted to performing measurements. Billions of measurement operations are carried out every second worldwide. Their results are widely used in ensuring the quality and technical level of the produced goods, the safe and accident-free operation of transportation, the substantiation of medical and environmental diagnoses, and the analysis of data flow.
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
Every year on May 21, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated. This day was established by the UN General Assembly in December 2002 and was first celebrated on May 21, 2003. Currently, world culture is threatened by many different factors - in one case, excessive protection of national identity threatens the cultures of various minorities, in another case, religion puts pressure on culture, and in a third case, languages are disappearing. Under the influence of globalization, in almost all countries of the world, traditions are lost, and weak cultures are marginalized, and sometimes even disappear altogether.
Professional Holiday of Workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
May 23 is a professional holiday for workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. The Ministry was created by the Decree of National Leader Heydar Aliyev on May 23, 2001 after our country gained independence. The professional holiday of workers (ETSN) was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated May 16, 2007. As in all areas of our country, important work has been done to solve environmental problems, protect the environment, and restore the ecological balance. National programs for environmentally sustainable socio-economic development, restoration and expansion of forests are being successfully implemented.
International Missing Children's Day
International Missing Children's Day was observed for the first time in the United States on May 25. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed National Missing Children's Day recognizing the hundreds of thousands of children who went missing each year. Just a few short years before, in 1981, six-year-old Adam Walsh was abducted from a Florida shopping mall and later found brutally murdered. Besides, six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared from his New York City home on his way from the bus to school on May 25, 1979. The observance commemorated the date of Etan’s disappearance. In addition, it also honored missing children everywhere. Etan’s case quickly received much coverage.