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

Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country	Azerbaijan
Reference	01511
Region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2020 (15th session)
List	Representative

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]

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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]}

Gallery

Pomegranate
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. Acrobat's performance at the Pomegranate Festival.

References

^ "The Pomegranate Festival in Goychay". sinalcogroup.com. November 21, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Colorful Pomegranate Festival held in Goychay". azernews.az. November 5, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

External links

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

v t e UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Azerbaijan
Inscribed in 2008	Azerbaijani mugham
Inscribed in 2009	Novruz Art of Azerbaijani ashiq
Inscribed in 2010	Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving
Inscribed in 2012	Craftsmanship and performance art of the tar
Inscribed in 2013	Chovgan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game
Inscribed in 2014	Traditional art and symbolism of kelaghayi, making and wearing women's silk headscarves
Inscribed in 2015	Copper craftsmanship of Lahij
Inscribed in 2016	Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, katyrma, jupka, saj bread
Inscribed in 2017	Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity Art of crafting and playing with kamancha
Inscribed in 2018	Yalli (kochari, tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan Heritage of the Book of Dede Gorgud, epic culture, folk tales and music
Inscribed in 2020	Goychay Pomegranate Festival, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture Art of miniature
Inscribed in 2022	Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving Culture of tea, a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestling Telling tradition of Molla Nasraddin anecdotes

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