Azerbaijan

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

New Year in Azerbaijan

The New Year celebration is a family holiday although often held together with friends.

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

The Azerbaijani wedding

The wedding is one of the most beautiful and richest embodiments of the spiritual values of Azerbaijan. Here the ‘wedding’ actually means the last stage in the modern process of marriage, the final celebration with a dinner-dance.

SHORT INFORMATION

Geography of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia, straddling Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It lies between latitudes 38° and 42° N, and longitudes 44° and 51° E.