{"id":73474,"date":"2016-04-02T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=73474"},"modified":"2016-04-04T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T08:43:04","slug":"syrian-heritage-festival-akito-syrias-new-year-2766-starts-in-damascus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=73474","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Heritage Festival (AKITO), Syria&#8217;s New Year 6766 starts in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Damascus, Syria- Activities of the Syrian Heritage\u00a0Festival (AKITO) started Friday in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73478\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito4\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Celebrating AKITO, which is the eldest celebration\u00a0written in the Near East history, is an\u00a0indication that we are living here for more than\u00a06700 years and we are the builders of a\u00a0civilization its history is even deeper than that,\u00a0indicating that Aleppo civilization dates back to\u00a0more than 12.600 years and Damascus more than\u00a010.000, minister of tourism Bishr Yazgai said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito-Minister.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73480 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito-Minister-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito Minister\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito-Minister-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito-Minister.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akito festival is another proof that Syrians are\u00a0adherent to their land, civilization and roots,\u00a0the minister added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito33.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73479 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito33-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito33\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito33-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito33.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 3-day festival includes a number of social,\u00a0sport, handicrafts, exhibitions, plastic art and\u00a0various popular folkloric activities in different\u00a0locations in Damascus including Takiyaeh\u00a0Suleimaniya, al-Jala&#8217;a sports hall, Tishreen park,\u00a0Meskiyeha roundabout and Dama Rose hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73478 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito4\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito4.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Syrian singer, Reber Waheed who celebrated the\u00a0first day activities by a number of songs,\u00a0particularly Syria in all languages which he\u00a0sang it in seven languages, said that AKITO proves\u00a0that Syrians are highly interested in reviving\u00a0their heritage and folklore which represent a\u00a0challenge to terrorism expressing the Syria&#8217;s New\u00a0Year which started on the first of April to be a\u00a0year of peace, amity and prosperity for Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73477 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito3-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito3\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito3.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For her part, Mai al-Sileh Damascus tourism\u00a0manager said that the aim of the festival is to\u00a0shed light on the Syrian heritage and Syria&#8217;s role\u00a0in the human civilization, since AKITO represents\u00a0the ancient Syrian calendar which dates back to\u00a06766 years ago, adding that celebrating\u00a0AKITO is a\u00a0message to the world that Syria is enjoying a\u00a0state of Security and stability thanks to the\u00a0victories achieved by the Syrian Arab Army.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73476 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito2-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Akito2\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Akito2.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry\/Mazen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, Syria- Activities of the Syrian Heritage\u00a0Festival (AKITO) started Friday in Damascus. 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