A New Year performance for children "My Homeland Azerbaijan" was held at the Baku Book Center on Dec. 29. The performance was prepared by Children and Youth Development Center of No. 2 under the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan and direction by Shahana Abbasli. Young participants of the School Theater and Children's Folk Dance circles of the Center showed a traditional fairy-tale and cartoon characters, as well as dances and songs of various ethnic minorities living in our country. In conclusion, pupils from the orphanages No. 1 of Nizami district and No. 3 of Khatai district of Baku, who attended the performance, were presented with New Year gifts on behalf of the Baku Book Center.