Novruz concert due in London
The King`s Place in London will host a concert marking Novruz Holiday in March, AzerTag state news agency reported.
The "Voice of Spring" concert is sponsored by Azerbaijan`s Culture and Tourism Ministry and organized by the Azerbaijan Embassy in London.
The event will feature performance of soloists of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, and honored artist, laureate of international competitions Fidan Hajiyeva.
Novruz Holiday is the symbol of winter's end and the advent of spring, an affirmation of life in harmony with nature, indication of equality and fraternity and renewal of nature.
Celebrations of Novruz begin a month before the actual holiday date. Novruz is related to four elements of nature -- water, fire, earth and wind. A legend goes that God created man from earth and water, gave him warmth and ordered the wind to wake him up.
The Novruz holiday was included into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2009 thanks to the efforts of the President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO goodwill ambassador, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.