AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan is a country in South Eastern Europe, situated on Caspian Sea. To the north the country border Russia, to the west border Armenia and on the south border Iran. 

Total area of Azerbaijan is 86600 sq km. Azerbaijian is located generally in subtropical zone and elongates from the north west to south east towards the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijian is a mountain country, where high ridges and plateaus combined with plains and lowlands. About 60% of the Azerbaijian territory covered by mountains and 40% by lowland.

Azerbaijian is rich in its history, ethnographic palette different traditions, including religious and culinary ones, history monuments. All this makes the country a great place for tourism.

AZERBAIJIAN HANDICRAFT

Azerbaijian preserved centuries old tradition of handmade carpets produced from natural ingredients. A significant share of the carpert production is exported primarily to such countries as England, Germany ,China , France,USA and Japan.

AZERBAIJIAN FOOD

Azerbaijian has always been famed for its cookery. The abundance of vegetables , fruit , fragrant herbs and spices have inspired Azerbaijian cooks to invent new and new national dishes which are so distinctive that you can never mix them up with the dishes of the other peoples.

Even the most sophisticated gourmets coming to Zerbaijian from all over the world appreciate the exquisite taste and subtle aroma of these dishes. A multitude of foods that are indigenous to Azerbajian people, food is an important part of culture and is deeply rooted in the Azerbaijian history, people’s traditions and other features of the nation.

GOBUSTAN

Gobustan is open air museum littered with Neolithic rock drawing. Just 65km south of Bau, Gobustan has some inscriptions that go back 12000 years ( with some 2000 year old Latin graffiti to boot. Stone Age folks sporting loin cloths pose hunt and boogie down

Their dances are thought to have been accompanied by the melodious strains of the Gaval –Dashy (Tambourine –stone) .A rock that has a deep, resonating tone when struck.

The well preserved sketches display ancient populations travelling on reed boats; men hunt antelope and wild bulls, women dance. The famed Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl returned many times to Azerbaijian bet between 1961 and his death in 2002 to study the site, which he argued to be evidence that modern day Scandinavians migrated north through the Caucasus in prehistoric times. 

He found similarities in the drawings to those found in Scandinavia particularly some in Alta, Norway. According to Icelandic Sagas, written in the 13^th century, the Norse God Odin 9Wotan )migrated from the Caucasus in the first century AD.