National Book Giving Day - The idea of Giorgi Kekelidze

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Georgia takes pride in its traditions – everyone who has merely heard of this country most likely knows that fact by heart. However, it’s less known that Georgians are as serious about starting up new traditions as they are about keeping the old ones. 

Giorgi Kekelidze, a famous Georgian writer and poet, a public figure and an innovator of many great ideas, recently made a suggestion on his Facebook page. He proposed to make April 23, World Book and Copyright Day, the National Book Giving Day in Georgia.

“There’s a tradition in this world that is as priceless as it is cheap,” published Kekelidze on his Facebook page, “and that is Book Giving Day. Even if it didn’t exist in different parts of the world, why not, we would have started it… A book is a sum of the memories of human race, an experience much like yours and mine.”

The idea comes from Girogi Kekelidze, National Library of Georgia, and “Anagrama”. Everyone is encouraged to become one of the very first participants of this incredible tradition and spread the news on their social media pages so that more people can get involved.
Since the date is getting close, start thinking ahead: who would you present a book to, why and what handwritten note would you leave on its first blank page?

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National Book Giving Day - The idea of Giorgi Kekelidze

2019/04/thumb-1554368855.jpg
Read: 1856     14:02     04 Апрель 2019    

Georgia takes pride in its traditions – everyone who has merely heard of this country most likely knows that fact by heart. However, it’s less known that Georgians are as serious about starting up new traditions as they are about keeping the old ones. 

Giorgi Kekelidze, a famous Georgian writer and poet, a public figure and an innovator of many great ideas, recently made a suggestion on his Facebook page. He proposed to make April 23, World Book and Copyright Day, the National Book Giving Day in Georgia.

“There’s a tradition in this world that is as priceless as it is cheap,” published Kekelidze on his Facebook page, “and that is Book Giving Day. Even if it didn’t exist in different parts of the world, why not, we would have started it… A book is a sum of the memories of human race, an experience much like yours and mine.”

The idea comes from Girogi Kekelidze, National Library of Georgia, and “Anagrama”. Everyone is encouraged to become one of the very first participants of this incredible tradition and spread the news on their social media pages so that more people can get involved.
Since the date is getting close, start thinking ahead: who would you present a book to, why and what handwritten note would you leave on its first blank page?

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