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By Laman Ismayilova

A presentation of the electronic portal of the the State Register of Azerbaijan Intangible Cultural Heritage. (www.intangible.az) was held at the Museum Center of the Ministry of Culture on October 3.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev said at the event that the creation of the portal was the result of the Azerbaijani government's efforts to implement the provisions of the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Noting the great role of Azerbaijan's First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva in the formation of close relations between UNESCO and Azerbaijan, Minister noted that over 11 nominations of Azerbaijan were included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural and Cultural Heritage.

Speaking about the importance of the e-portal, the Minister said that its aim to calculate the necessary information base for the state registration of the non-material cultural samples of Azerbaijan and promote them further. It also aims to prevent the appropriation of non-material cultural samples by the Armenians.

The e-portal includes information on the samples of intangible cultural heritage, their carriers and organizations, as well as national and international documents adopted in the field of culture, the latest innovations in the field of intangible heritage, examples of cultural heritage UNESCO list and much more.

It also contains information on the intangible heritage of country's cities and regions.

The Minister stressed the importance to enrich the portal with new information in time. He also noted that all search engines should have access to this e-portal.

In his speech, Garayev underlined that e-portal should contain reliable information about country's intangible heritage.

Along with the Ministry of Culture, numerous organizations, including the Institute of Folklore, National History Museum, the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan Ashugs Union, the Institute of Architecture and Art, Azerbaijan State Information Agency, Azerbaijan National Art Museum, Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture, National Culinary Center, State Film Fund, National Library of Azerbaijan and others work on the preparation of the e-portal.

Yashar Huseynli, director of cooperation with international organizations and programs sector of the Ministry of Culture gave information about the e-portal.

Speaking at the event, Chairman of Azerbaijan Ashugs Association, Professor Maharram Gasimli and Director General of the National Center for Culinary Tahir Amiraslanov noted the significance of the portal in promoting the country's intangible cultural heritage samples.

Then the e-portal was presented to the event participants.

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