Customs taboo in Azerbaijan
The Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası), known as Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan), means “the State of fire”, is the “crossroad” for Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
It is located in the south-east of Transcaucasia, east by the Caspian Sea, south by Iran, north by Russia, east by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and west by Georgia and Armenia.
Baku, capital.
The official language is Azerbaijani, and the population is fluent in Russian.
According to the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan, as of 1 January 2014, the total population of Azerbaijan was 9,477,000.
There are 43 ethnic groups, including 90.6 per cent Azerbaijani, 2.2 per cent Lezgen, 1.8 per cent Russian, 1.5 per cent Armenian and 1.0 per cent Taresh.
However, the number of Chinese in Azerbaijan is low and is concentrated in the Baku region.
Azerbaijan is a place where East-West civilizations converge and an Islamic country with its own unique cultural heritage.
Azerbaijanis are very fond of green, which they consider to be a blessing; they are also very fond of red, which has an upward meaning and an encouraging effect.
They also attached great importance to the family, which was well conceived, respected elders, cared for children and women bore the full responsibility for the household.
They have a good national tradition of respect for the elders, and they must consult with the elders and take care of the elders, and ate the elderly and give them the best food and drink.
They have a “right-to-right” tradition, and they have even reached a point of worship.
They're either serving dinner or tea.
They are used to the right hand, and even when they enter the door, they are used to the right leg and to the right arm or the right leg.
The human personality of the Azerbaijani people is so open, so warm and sincere, and so civilized and polite.
When men meet, they shake hands and salute each other, while women are accustomed to kissing each other's cheeks; when more familiar colleagues or friends meet and separate, regardless of their age, they also show respect and friendship in the form of face-to-face or cheek-kissing.
Flowers are a common gift to the hostess when invited to official guests or to celebrate.
People wear clothes (adult men do not wear shorts in public) on official and festival occasions, and their national dress is characterized by white short-sleeved shirts, broad-panty pants, long-skinned coats, short-swords or machete on their waists, fur hats, fur socks and soft boots.
The man was wearing a thong shirt, a long skirt with a turban, a silk turban, a fur stocking war shoes, a broad belt with silver straps and metal blades on his waist, and a gold wire earring, bracelets, necklaces, etc.
The diet is both Western and unique, and the cuisine is well known in the Caucasus region.
The masters of the material are meat, such as cattle, sheep and poultry, and fish from the Caspian Sea, with all kinds of vegetables.
The traditional foods are bread, baked waffles, dumpling soup, grapes, butter, sour milk, etc.
On a holiday or a family day, we'll eat and bakesweat.
although the daily diet of the local population is relatively simple, there is a preference for parties and receptions on festivals and private commemorative days; guests are often not persuaded to drink and smoke.
moreover, every year azerbaijanis celebrate the spring festival.
during the festivals, families dye red eggs, which are used as a symbol of “happiness”; wheat is grown on a plate to “premonition the good years”; and at night, children tend to cross bonfires in their own homes, which are said to be a blessing to exorcise evil.
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