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The drum dancing festival of the Giay ethnic group \n(Mèo Vạc district, Hà Giang province)\nHà Giang - one of the six provinces in the Northeast region of Vietnam has a diverse terrain and mountainous topography divided into 3 distinct regions: the rocky mountainous region includes Đồng Văn, Mèo Vạc, Yên Minh, Quản Bạ, Bắc Mê districts; the western region includes Xín Mần, Hoàng Su Phì districts; and the lowland region includes Vị Xuyên, Bắc Quang, Quang Bình districts and Hà Giang city. Residents in Hà Giang province belong to various ethnic groups such as the H’Mông, the Dao, the Tày, the Nùng, the LôLô, the Bố Y, the Pà Thẻn, the Giáy.\n

Sheki is such a unique pearl among the cities of Azerbaijan that it contains our valuable history and 85 architectural monuments. In addition, Sheki still produces natural silk, which amazes people with its beauty and high quality. Mountains and forests, rivers and bridges, cozy squares and ancient caravanserais adorn the charming landscape of this wonderful land of Azerbaijan.

The history of Novruz celebrations goes back to ancient times when Zoroastrian religion was dominant in South Caucuses. This holiday is one of the oldest traditional festivities in Azerbaijan. Keeping up with traditions each year there are number of celebrations of the holiday all across the country and “Novruz Festival in Gala” jointly organized by Administration of State Historical-Architectural Reserve “Icherisheher and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan is one of them. The annual celebration which takes place at the Gala State Historical and Ethnographic Reserve features artists, craftsmen, wrestlers, actors who bring to life traditional characters – the symbols of Novruz.

Since 2015, the International Tarakama Charshanba Folklore Festival is held every Tuesday in the Gegeli village of Agsu region (the largest village by area and population). The festival is based on historical and cultural backgrounds and has emerged as a public initiative. Our goal is to promote the cultural identity of the transhumance lifestyles internationally in our home and to open up new opportunities for local residents. Participants from Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Russia, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Turkmenistan and Yemen have returned from the village with special interest at the festivals held so far. Festivals held with limited opportunities, with the support of the villagers, have attracted a great deal of attention from social media and the general public and enthusiastically increased the expectation of that day. It should be noted that on December 12th last year transhumance of Italy, Austria and Greece were included in the UNESCO list.

Since 2015, the International Tarakama Charshanba Folklore Festival is held every Tuesday in the Gegeli village of Agsu region (the largest village by area and population). The festival is based on historical and cultural backgrounds and has emerged as a public initiative. Our goal is to promote the cultural identity of the transhumance lifestyles internationally in our home and to open up new opportunities for local residents. Participants from Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Russia, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Turkmenistan and Yemen have returned from the village with special interest at the festivals held so far. Festivals held with limited opportunities, with the support of the villagers, have attracted a great deal of attention from social media and the general public and enthusiastically increased the expectation of that day. It should be noted that on December 12th last year transhumance of Italy, Austria and Greece were included in the UNESCO list.

Since 2015, the International Tarakama Charshanba Folklore Festival is held every Tuesday in the Gegeli village of Agsu region (the largest village by area and population). The festival is based on historical and cultural backgrounds and has emerged as a public initiative. Our goal is to promote the cultural identity of the transhumance lifestyles internationally in our home and to open up new opportunities for local residents. Participants from Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Russia, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Turkmenistan and Yemen have returned from the village with special interest at the festivals held so far. Festivals held with limited opportunities, with the support of the villagers, have attracted a great deal of attention from social media and the general public and enthusiastically increased the expectation of that day. It should be noted that on December 12th last year transhumance of Italy, Austria and Greece were included in the UNESCO list.

The Iranian Folk Music Festival can be considered as the most widely held and most important music festival in Iran. The presence of the best musicians with various ethnicities such as Kurd, Turk, Arab, ‌Baloch, etc. together with many original music performances coming from each ethnicity’s distinctive history and background gives this festival a unique diversity and also represents the unity of different ethnic groups with different languages, dialects, and cultures in Iran.\nPreserving the originality of different Iranian ethnical music and familiarizing the young generation of Iran and the world with this rich heritage are the main objectives of this festival. The Iranian Folk Music Festival is held annually in Kerman, a historic city with rich culture, historic monuments, unique pristine nature, and hospitable people, which adds to this festival’s attraction. The historic sites provide the festival with exclusive spaces for music performances.\nThis festival, on its 12th round, is on 7-10 November 2019 and hosts about 200 musicians, both singers, and players, with their solo and ensemble performances from all around Iran. The festival also includes research-based meetings and research-based concerts by both Iranian and foreign ethnomusicologists.

The Iranian Folk Music Festival can be considered as the most widely held and most important music festival in Iran. The presence of the best musicians with various ethnicities such as Kurd, Turk, Arab, ‌Baloch, etc. together with many original music performances coming from each ethnicity’s distinctive history and background gives this festival a unique diversity and also represents the unity of different ethnic groups with different languages, dialects, and cultures in Iran.\nPreserving the originality of different Iranian ethnical music and familiarizing the young generation of Iran and the world with this rich heritage are the main objectives of this festival. The Iranian Folk Music Festival is held annually in Kerman, a historic city with rich culture, historic monuments, unique pristine nature, and hospitable people, which adds to this festival’s attraction. The historic sites provide the festival with exclusive spaces for music performances.\nThis festival, on its 12th round, is on 7-10 November 2019 and hosts about 200 musicians, both singers, and players, with their solo and ensemble performances from all around Iran. The festival also includes research-based meetings and research-based concerts by both Iranian and foreign ethnomusicologists.\n

The "Sadeh festival" is the largest fire celebration and one of the oldest known traditions in ancient Persia, which is celebrated forty days after the Yalda Night as thanksgiving for God's blessings by Zoroastrians.\nThis celebration is a sign of the importance of light, fire and energy in life, which begins with setting the fire on the top of mountains and roofs of houses near the sunset of the tenth of Bahman. The Sadeh festival is one of the great Iranian celebrations with no religious aspect and all the stories related to it are non-religious. This celebration would has been held by the kings, emirs and ordinary people from the pre-Islamic period, the Islamic era, until the late Khwarazmian era and the Mongol conquest and has continued to this day. There have been various narratives and opinions about the naming of the Sadeh and setting the fire.\nSadeh celebration is held in many cities and villages of Iran and by Zoroastrians residing in other countries with the gathering and the presence of Zoroastrian, Muslim, and Persian Jews and etc., in one place, with the establishment of a large fire outside the city and the implementation of the different programs. Today, according to the custom of this magnificent celebration in many regions of Iran despite the passing of thousands of years since the first Sadeh, no significant changes have been made in this celebration.