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AZERBAIJAN CONCEDES 'CHOGAN' IS NOT AN AZERI GAME: IRANIAN OFFICIAL
Mehr News Agency (MNA), Iran
December 5, 2013 Thursday
Ù~OTEHRAN, Dec. 5 (MNA) - An official of Iran's Cultural Heritage,
Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has said that Azerbaijan
has officially accepted the fact that chogan (polo) is not an Azeri
game. CHTHO's Department for Registration of Natural, Historical
and Intangible Heritage Director Farhad Nazari made the remarks on
Tuesday after UNESCO registered chovqan (the Azeri word for chogan) as
a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game for the Republic of Azerbaijan
on its List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
during the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Mehr News Agency (MNA), Iran
December 5, 2013 Thursday
Ù~OTEHRAN, Dec. 5 (MNA) - An official of Iran's Cultural Heritage,
Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has said that Azerbaijan
has officially accepted the fact that chogan (polo) is not an Azeri
game. CHTHO's Department for Registration of Natural, Historical
and Intangible Heritage Director Farhad Nazari made the remarks on
Tuesday after UNESCO registered chovqan (the Azeri word for chogan) as
a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game for the Republic of Azerbaijan
on its List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
during the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Baku, Azerbaijan.