Goychay Pomegranate Festival

Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture
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

Goychay Pomegranate Festival
Göyçay nar festivalı
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

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]}

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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
Azerbaijani mugham (2008) Art of Azerbaijani ashiq (2009) Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving (2010) Craftsmanship and performance art of the tar (2012) Traditional art and symbolism of kelaghayi, making and wearing women's silk headscarves (2014) Copper craftsmanship of Lahij (2015) Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity (2017) Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture (2020) Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestling (2022)
Shared	Novruz (Azeri · 2009) Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka (2016) Art of crafting and playing with kamancha (2017) Heritage of the Book of Dede Gorgud, epic culture, folk tales and music (2018) Art of miniature (2020) Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving (Azeri · 2022) Culture of tea, a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction (Azeri · 2022) Telling tradition of Molla Nasraddin anecdotes (2022) Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban (2023) Craftsmanship of mother of pearl inlay (2023) Iftar and its socio-cultural traditions (2023) Art of illumination (2023)
Need of Urgent Safeguarding	Chovgan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game (2013) Yalli (kochari, tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan (2018)

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