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For the first time in the 97-year history of the Academy Awards, the Vatican plans to submit a film for consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Variety reports.

The Origins of Unity exhibition, timed to coincide with People’s Unity Day, has opened at the Brest Oblast History Museum, BelTA has learned.

The 28th International Dance and Music Festival was officially opened with a performance by the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus in the Thai Cultural Center on 9 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A new festival will be launched in Belarus this autumn Andrei Kastyuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Biological and Landscape Diversity at the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry of Belarus, said in the recent episode of BelTA’s project The Nation Speaks. 

Around 600 performers will be involved in the grand opening of Belarusian Written Language Day in Kostyukovichi, Chief Director of the Mogilev Regional Philharmonic Mikhail Nikolayenko told journalists, BelTA reports.

For most foreigners — and indeed for many Belarusians themselves — gastronomic tourism in our country is first and foremost associated with draniki and other potato-based specialities. Those more in the know might also mention machanka, or recall sausages and festive loaves from Motol. Yet the traditional national cuisine of Belarus is, undoubtedly, far richer and more intriguing. In fact, certain recipes and everyday dishes could legitimately lay claim to being regional brands.

A unique manuscript exhibition titled as Book Culture of Belarusian Tatars, drawn from the holdings of the National Library of Belarus, is set to open at the Oman National Museum on 9 September, the cultural institution told BelTA.

The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus will participate in the Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance and Music for the fourth time, with the event scheduled to run from 5 September to 17 October in Bangkok, Thailand, Director General of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Yekaterina Dulova told BelTA.

Visitors and participants of the Voranauski Dranik potato festival shared their impressions with BelTA.

The restoration of the Italian garden dating from the mid-18th century, a unique example of landscape gardening art, is being completed at Mir Castle. It will welcome its first visitors as early as autumn. For now, builders are putting the finishing touches on the landscaping work, while museum staff are actively developing a concept for a bright, ceremonial opening. A BelTA correspondent found out what the Italian garden at the castle was like in the distant past, what it will look like when it reopens, and why this project can fully be called a reconstruction of a historical regular park.