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Azerbaijan: Seven Beauties

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 @ 13:39 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan
Topics:: Ethnicity, Music
Languages:: English

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Sheki, Azerbaijan says that a recent performance of Seven Beauties by Qara Qarayev managed to convey the richness of the Soviet-era Azerbaijani composer's work. The blogger adds that attending the ballet was one of those “moments in life when a person feels proud of belonging to this or other country/nation.”

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