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Organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Centenarians Creativity Festival was held in the region of Lerik on September 8, 2014. Folklore groups, craftsmen, cultural and art workers from Astara, Lankaran, Lerik, Yardimli, Jalilabad, Bilasuvar, Salyan, Balakan and Ismailli regions were taking part in the festival. Azerbaijan National Library was represented with the book exhibition. Books, newspapers, journals preserved at the library collections in different languages like Azerbaijani, English, Turkish, Russian were displayed at the exhibition called “If not live for 100 years”. They were about Azerbaijani long-living people, their lifestyles, longevity secrets and healthy nutrition. The major aim of the exhibition was to promote our country as the land of long-livers, to propagate advice on longevity secrets, healthy lifestyles of elderly people and to introduce them to the public.