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â€œAzerbaijan â€“ Land of Fireâ€ exhibition opens at the Berlin Ethnology Museum within the Azerbaijan Year in Germany

26 August 2008 15:06 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Gasimovaâ€“APA. â€œAzerbaijan â€“ Land of Fireâ€ exhibition opens on Tuesday at the Berlin Ethnology Museum within the Azerbaijan Year in Germany. A press conference dedicated to the exhibition has been held at the Berlin Ethnology Museum before the opening ceremony, press secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Zohra Aliyeva told APA. She said director of the Berlin Ethnology Museum Viola Toenick has also attended the conference. Chief of the Museum sector of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Azada Huseynova has given detailed information about the â€œAzerbaijan â€“ Land of Fireâ€ exhibition.
Azerbaijan State Art Museum, Azerbaijan State Carpet and Popular Ornamental Art Museum, State Theater Museum, State Musical Culture Museum, Azerbaijan Independence Museum, State Historical-Architectural Reserve-Museum Palace of Shirvanshahs, Zagatala History and Ethnography Museum and Mingachevir History Museum will show their exhibits belonged to the B.C era, as well as to XIII-XIX centuries of Common Era in Berlin until November.
Manuscripts of Kitabi-Dede Gorgud epos saved at the Drezden library, as well as Nizamiâ€™s â€œKhamsaâ€ (XII century), Nasimiâ€™s â€œDivanâ€ (XVI c), Shabustariâ€™s â€œGulshani-Razâ€ (XV c), Fuzuliâ€™s â€œLeili and Mejnunâ€ will also be exhibited there.