According to the lyrics from an old
Azerbaijani folk song, a man who was living
abroad felt homesick for his native Azerbaijan
and decided to plant a garden with flowers from
his homeland.
His garden was soon full of flowers except for the
Kharibulbul, a flower associated with the town of Shusha.
Although the man tried a lot, he couldn’t grow Kharibulbul far away from his
country.
The music festival which has been held in Shusha since 1989 got its name from
the flower
Kharibulbul that grows only in Shusha.
Though Shusha was ready to welcome its guests for the 4th Kharibulbul Music
Festival in
1992, the festival didn’t take place because of the occupation of the town.
Despite 29 years of separation, Azerbaijani people forgot neither Shusha nor
Kharibulbul.
On November 8 in 2020, Kharibulbul Music Festival returned to Shusha thanks to
the
victorious Azerbaijani Army. The musical compositions of different peoples
living in
Azerbaijan were performed in the concert “Multiculturalism in Azerbaijani
music”. With their
performances, music groups and performers of different nationalities who live in
different
regions of the country sent the message to the whole world: In this country,
everyone,
regardless of nationality or religion, has a single homeland -
Azerbaijan.
In spite of having different cultural backgrounds, all the peoples in Azerbaijan have always
proved to have the same absolute loyalty to the motherland.