Azerbaijan is the largest country that is beautifully nestled in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Azerbaijan shares its borders with Caspian Sea, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran. The Culture of Azerbaijan wonderfully displays the Turkic, Central Asian, Islamic, Russian and Persian influences. Nowadays in the Culture of Azerbaijan, you can also find western influences that include the globalized consumer culture of the period.
Culture of Azerbaijan includes religion. The main religion of Azerbaijan is Muslim.Almost 93 percent of the residents of Azerbaijan are Muslim. 5 percent of the Azerbaijan’s population sticks to Armenian as well as Russian Orthodoxy. The Muslims residing in Azerbaijan believes more on traditions. The Muslim population residing in Azerbaijan comprises about 70 percent of Shia and the remaining 30 percent comprises of Sunni. In Baku in Azerbaijan, you can find Christian communities too.The main official language of the colorful country of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani. Azerbaijani belongs to the Turkic language family. Around 95 percent of the population of speaks Azerbaijani. Some of the residents of Azerbaijan also speak Russian.
Culture of Azerbaijan also includes Cuisines of Azerbaijan. Poultry, mutton and beef Dishes are mainly the national dishes of Azerbaijan. The vegetables used in the preparation of Azerbaijan cuisines tomatoes; green haricot cabbage and garden radish. Various exotic spices like caraway seeds, laurel, coriander, and saffron are also used in making of the Food of Azerbaijan.There are many traditional dishes which are served to the people in Azerbaijan. .one of the popular delicious dishes is Baliq. Baliq is offered to the visitors with delicious tart sour plum sauce.
Some of the other popular traditional dishes of Azerbaijan are:
- Lyulya kabab
- Dolma
- Dograma
- Plov
- Qutab
- Tika kabab
- Dusbara
- Piti
The Culture of Azerbaijan includes rich musical ethnicity. The traditional of music in Azerbaijan is conserved by the poet singers. They sing the heroic deeds of the heroes of the country. The popular music in Azerbaijan is mugham. The Culture of Azerbaijan is famous for making carpets and other embroidered textiles. Shawls and rugs are the other important form of Azerbaijani textiles
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