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The Exhibition “Belarus and Belarusians” will hold in Riga

BC, Riga, 16.09.2016.Print version
On 19-25 September, 2016 the exhibition “Belarus and Belarusians” will hold in the Latvian National Library, the representative of Embassy of the Republic of Belarus told BC.

The touring exhibition is a project of the National History Museum of the Republic of Belarus, with the aim to present the main stages of historical development of Belarus, to give a brief description of cultural characteristics, to help understand what is Belarus, and who are Belarusians.

 

The exhibition reflects the history and culture of Belarus from the positions of modern history science, highlights the processes of formation and development of the Belarusian ethnos, nation, state, the features of historical formation of spiritual, material and cultural processes and their relationship with the world history and culture, introduces the monuments of  historical and cultural heritage of Belarus.

 

The exhibition “Belarus and Belarusians” consists of 10 stands, where the thematic pictures, photos with items and documents, the explanatory texts in Belarusian and English are displayed. The exposition is divided into two thematic parts: one devoted to the history of Belarus, the other – to the cultural heritage. The first part presents the brief overview of the main historical stages of Belarus (antiquity, first state formations, the Great Duchy of Lithuania, Rzeczpospolita, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Belorussia, and present days). The second part presents the features of material and spiritual processes of Belarusians (Belarusian nature, musical culture and theatre, traditions and holidays, national kitchen, traditional costume, Belarusian art, language, literature and sport).

 

5 stands are supplied by interactive panels with additional information and audiovisual records.


You are invited to visit the exhibition “Belarus and Belarusians” in the Latvian National Library.






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