Goychay Pomegranate Festival

Goychay Pomegranate Festival Göyçay nar festivalı
Celebrators of the festival in 2011
Status	Active
Genre	Festival
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Goychay District
Country	Azerbaijan

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[edit]

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]}

Gallery[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "The Pomegranate Festival". aznar.az. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

See also[edit]

• Quba Apple Festival

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