Goychay Pomegranate Festival

Goychay Pomegranate Festival
Göyçay nar festivalı
Celebrators of the festival in 2011
StatusActive
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Goychay District
CountryAzerbaijan
Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture
CountryAzerbaijan
Reference01511
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription history
Inscription2020 (15th session)
ListRepresentative

The Goychay Pomegranate Festival (Azerbaijani: Göyçay nar festivalı) is an annual cultural festival that is held in Goychay, Azerbaijan.[1] The festival features Azerbaijani fruit-cuisine mainly the pomegranates from Goychay. At the festival, a cultural parade is held with dances and music.

In 2020, the Goychay Pomegranate Festival was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.[2]

Concept

The festival features a fair and an exhibition that displays different local varieties of pomegranates as well as various pomegranate products produced by local enterprises. During the festival, music and dance performances are presented each year. The festival also includes athletic performances and various craftsmen, potters, millers, blacksmiths, artists, performances of folklore groups and paintings.[3][better source needed]

  • Pomegranate
    Pomegranate
  • Goychay (city), 2011 year. One of the prepared stands at the Pomegranate Festival.
    Goychay (city), 2011 year. One of the prepared stands at the Pomegranate Festival.
  • Goychay (city), 2011 year. Women in national costumes are making lavash.
    Goychay (city), 2011 year. Women in national costumes are making lavash.
  • Goychay (city), 2011 year. Acrobat's performance at the Pomegranate Festival.
    Goychay (city), 2011 year. Acrobat's performance at the Pomegranate Festival.

References

  1. ^ "The Pomegranate Festival in Goychay". sinalcogroup.com. November 21, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "UNESCO assembles peoples around transnational traditions like couscous, one of 32 new inscriptions on its Intangible Heritage Lists". ich.unesco.org. UNESCO. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colorful Pomegranate Festival held in Goychay". azernews.az. November 5, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

See also

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