Azerbaijan ranks second at International Fireworks Festival

/By Azernews/

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijani pyrotechnic company "Great holiday - Baku" was ranked second at International Fireworks Festival Rostec, Moscow-Baku reported.

National team presented an amazing show program at the colorful  festival that kicked off in Moscow on July 23-24. The pyrotechnic company made fireworks that spelled out words in the air. The performance featured folk song Azerbaijani song "Sari Gelin", Cuckoo Song's as well as song "How we lived and fought" by Polad Bulbuloglu. 

The winner of the festival became the team from Kazakhstan, while Russia ranked third. China was awarded with Grand Prix.

The magnificent show brought  together leading pyrotechnicians from eight countries, including China, France, Portugal, Russia, Malta, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. About 25 tons of pyrotechnic and explosive substances were brought to Moscow for the colorful festival.

"This year, the  festival's format has been completely changed. We've turned it from simple holiday into a big family celebration," said Kiril Kosolenko, festival's  executive producer while talking to RIA Novosti Ukraine.

The theme of this year’s festival was cinema and teams were to use music tracks and soundtracks of national and international cinematography. Over 50,000 salvos forming beautiful figures of thousands of scattered lights at 300 m above the earth rang out there.

This year, the organizers chose Brateevo Cascade Park as the venue. The park is located on a water feature allowed to make the pyrotechnic shows more spectacular. For the first time, visitors saw not only the evening fireworks show, but also enjoyed a rich program during the day focused on families. During the show, guests watched street performances, took part in art master classes, and visited the animation and computer graphics pavilions.

The clothing ceremony  featured a gala firework show from Russian pyrotechnists.

The festival organizer was Pyrotechnic Technologies. The technical aspects of the performances was controlled by the Russian Pyrotechnic Association.