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'Baku Autumn 2016' features festival-contest among disabled

01 December 2016 [17:51] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

The three-day International Dance and Art Festival – Baku Autumn 2016 – featured a festival-contest among disabled people.

The event was organized by the Azerbaijan Youth Union with the support of U.S. Embassy. 

Over 150 people with disabilities were involved in this event. There were children with Down’s syndrome, autism, physical and locomotive problems among the participants.

The event was the first stage of a long-term project that is planned for the first half-year of the 2017.

On the ground of this admission of children the dance and art studying groups are formed, that will help disabled people to join the society and cultural life of our country. It is no secret that art, especially dance, is a very significant psychological factor for rehabilitation of patients, as well as for involving them in the life of society.

Thereby, since January the Academy of Arts for people with physical, mental and locomotive disabilities under Azerbaijan Youth Union will start its existence.

 AYU Vice-Chairman Aziz Azizov said this project is expected in the first half of the year 2017 and will last from January to June. “Further we want to implement cultural camps for joint recreation of pupils of Academy and graduates of other studios of dance and art. This will be a huge step on the way of rehabilitation of these people and their involvement in everyday life of society. If we can afford it the project will be recovered in September, 2017 and will become regular,” he said.   

Media partners of the event are  Trend.az, Day.az, Milli.az, Azernews.az

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