Novruz - International Youth Festival

28/05/2020

🇦🇿 Respublika Günü!
🇦🇿 Happy Republic Day Azerbaijan!
On Azerbaijan celebrates the day of the first Republic.

🇦🇿 Respublika Günü!
🇦🇿 Happy Republic Day Azerbaijan!
On Azerbaijan celebrates the day of the first Republic.

18/02/2019

10/02/2017

Today, we have finished all interviews for Organizing Team of Novruz International Youth Festival 2017! :)

And tomorrow, members of this great organizing team will be announced!
Keep calm and wait till tomorrow! ;)

Good luck!

29/01/2017

Do you want to explore ancient traditions and habits of Azerbaijan culture, to celebrate Novruz holiday - the beginning of spring in Azerbaijan with youth from all around the world? ;)

- If your answer is yes, apply and make this spring unforgettable with full of AEGEE spirit! ^_^

• Participation fee: 70 EUR
• Application form: https://goo.gl/forms/nlksVVAb8VAMs2IM2

15/01/2017

Novruz - International Youth Festival is the annual celebration of Novruz with the youth from all around the world. And now this is Your chance to enjoy this holiday with us! :)

- Participation fee is just 70 EUR

Join us and Discover Azerbaijan!

• How can you apply?

- Here is the APPLICATION form: https://goo.gl/forms/nlksVVAb8VAMs2IM2

Dear Youth, We are happy to inform you that applications for the Novruz - International Youth Festival 2017, which will take place in Azerbaijan, are open! • Novruz - International Youth Festival 2017 will take place from the 20th till 26th of March (including arrival and departure days). Descriptio...

25/03/2016

Kind words, wishes, feedbacks and impressions were accompanied by bittersweet feelings, hugs and some tears...
Neither participants nor organizers will forget this amazing one week, people and memories :) We are already missing each other...
Thanks to everyone that is a part of these memories and reason of these feelings :)

25/03/2016

We went to Shaki :) Sightseeing of historical places, joyful energizers and games, different meals and amazing Shaki was in our program on March 24th.

25/03/2016

Besides museum trips, our crazy participants and their great energy in addition to the lovely weather and Cultural Night made everyone's day :)

23/03/2016

Visit to Atashgah, different sessions and a thematic party was in our program for March 22 and we definitely had a lot of fun :D

22/03/2016

Night Walking in Icheri Sheher...
We have the craziest participants :D

22/03/2016

On the third day we made a lot of lifelong memories :)
Having an excursion in the Maiden Tower and Gobustan,
Visiting the Festival in Icheri Sheher,
Taking Cool Photos,
Visiting a Mosque,
Knocking the doors with our hats and Getting lots of Sweeties,
Jumping over the Bonfire and so on :D
P.S. Our participants became STARS as they gave interviews to a local TV channel ;)

20/03/2016

The day was full of activities and we had a great time. Icebreaking games, Presentations of AEGEE and Novruz, City Tour and lots of Wind, visit to the Carpet Museum, Dance Course and the Cultural Azerbaijanian Night made the second day of the Festival reallly interesting :)

19/03/2016

Today the Sun is shining in Baku..You know why? Because our participants are here! ^_^
Today is the first day of the Festival and we had Opening Ceremony and Lunch together :)

15/03/2016

Another video demonstrating a Novruz tradition :)
According to an ancient belief people have "ear augury"... You make a wish, go and listen beyond someone's door and if you hear kind conversations, your wish will become true :D
So everyone tries to ignore negative things and be refreshed during Novruz...

14/03/2016

Countdown goes on !!! :)

13/03/2016

This is what we call "Papag atmag" :D
It is a tradition that people put their hats in front of different doors..knock them..run away..and wait...
For what? :D
For the sweeties, cookies, different fruits that will be put in their hats.
THIS IS A TRADITION OF SHARING :)

09/03/2016

Another video made by euronews demonstrating some aspects of Novruz :)

Dancing in the streets, resolving quarrels and paying tributes: Novruz, the spring festival of Persian origin, has been celebrated for over three millennia. ...

03/03/2016

We are going to see this place, so one of our destinations is..... :) You will know soon ;)

02/03/2016

We are going to see all the objects belonging to Azerbaijan culture and here is a sample showing just a few of them... :)

26/02/2016

We are going to visit another ancient city besides Baku... :)

23/02/2016

We are going to visit historical places... :)

23/02/2016

Our ancient ancestors believed that the world was founded with the help of 4 elements. As Novruz approaches, people celebrate it every Tuesday night under the name of those elements. This night is the first one and is named after Water :)
People, Novruz is coming...

22/02/2016

Well, a good preview of Novruz Holiday and Festival :)

Azerbaijan, the land of fire, has been celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, that marks the first day of spring. "Nowruz" means "new day" in Persian. Dur...

21/02/2016

We are going to have a culture night with participants' inputs... :)

18/02/2016

We are going to have trainings and sessions about different topics... :)

17/02/2016

What are we going to do?
We're going to have a tea party in a national ambiance with special Novruz sweets and new energetic friends... :)

21/01/2016

Novruz-International Youth Festival 2016 is coming.. Like the page.. Stay tuned! :)

Novruz is the most favourable Holiday in Azerbaijan which is dedicated to the early spring.