On September 1-2 the Library will take part in the celebration of the 25th Day of Belarusian Written Language in the city of Ivanovo, Brest region.
This year the holiday is timed to the Year of the Native Land. The Belarusians also celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first "Primer". That is why the theme of the participation of the National Library of Belarus in celebrating of the Day of Belarusian Written Language – 2018 is the Belarusian “Primer”.
The National Library of Belarus will held a lot of interesting projects in the framework of the event.
September 1–2, 2018
Ivanovo District Center of Culture and Folk Traditions
(Sovetskaya str., 50a):
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exhibition “Belarusian Primer: the Generational Bridge”, dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the world’s first book entitled "Bukvar" (“primer”) (Vievis, 1618) and the Year of the Native land: it includes about 30 ABC-books and publications for elementary education in reading and writing;
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electronic presentation "Belarusian Bukvar: Pages of History": it includes digital images of famous ABC-books of the 16th - early 20th century, among which there are the oldest patriotic books for teaching;
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holograms exhibition of the ancient publications: the treasures from the collections of the National Library of Belarus are “recorded” in holograms for the first time: valuable old printed publication "The Bible" by Francysk Skaryna (Prague, 1517–1519), "The Gospel" by Peter Mstislavets (Vilna, 1575), "New Testament and Psalms" (Kutein, 1652);
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illustrative exhibition “Bukvar”: it’s presented on 4 banners. Little guests will be able to make puzzles, answer the quiz on the books and draw on special interactive equipment.
September 2, 2018
- "Modern Belarusian Book" (city park):
- The main stage (city park):
- "A Good Book for Children" (October Square):
The projects of the National Library of Belarus will be interesting to all guests of the Day of Belarusian Written Language.
For more info: (+375 17) 293 28 81, 293 27 56.
E-mail: pr@nlb.by
