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Days of Azerbaijani Culture and Art have been held in Niagara Falls, Canada, as part of the 14th International Niagara Festival. The festival featured an art exhibition of Azerbaijani sculptor Omar Eldarov and concerts of the Azerbaijani symphonic music and mugham (national folk music).

According to the coordinator of the Days of Azerbaijani culture and art at Niagara, Prof. Mikayil Hajiyev, participants laid a wreath at the monument to Azerbaijan's late national leader, former President Heydar Aliyev in the city hall.

The Niagara Art Center featured an exhibition dedicated to the 85th birthday of Omar Eldarov. His outstanding sculptural compositions featuring Fizuli, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Fikret Amirov, Jovdet Hajiyev, Tofig Guliyev, Niyazi, Rashid Behbudov, Muslim Magomayev, and other prominent personalities of Azerbaijan, were on display. Sculpture portraits of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, who contributed greatly to the development of Azerbaijani culture and art, were of great interest of the attendees.

The cultural events within the Days of Culture and Art were attended by Canadian parliament members, senior officials of Canada, and the public.

Niagara Region Governor Gary Lord Borrow in his speech highlighted the success of Omar Eldarov's personal art exhibition and performance of the soloists of Canada-Azerbaijan Chamber Ensemble of Ancient and Modern Music "Ilham", conducted by Ismayil Hajiyev.

Artistic Director of the International Niagara Festival, Professor of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, Atis Bankas, expressed his admiration for the unique works of Azerbaijani composers Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Gara Garayev, Tofig Guliyev, Niyazi and others.

Director General of international cultural programs at Niagara, Chris Blake, said the people of Azerbaijan, who have an ancient and abundant history, have created a great spiritual variety of unique culture and art, unparalleled in its spiritual and philosophical depth and musical excellence, mugham, which today enriches our hearts and souls. Therefore, the municipality of Niagara announced August 26 as the International Day of Azerbaijani Mugham.

"Azerbaijan has become one of the main cultural leaders of our times, and the crucial role in this belongs to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev."