Abstract
The article is dedicated to the characteristic features of the Nowruz holiday, which is part of the work of the famous poet of Azerbaijan, M.Shahriyar, the rules of customs and ceremonies related to it, and the interpretation of its status in the modern era.
Purpose and mission of the study is to show that the Nowruz holiday has its own characteristics as well as a general Eastern value, that it is widely celebrated as the harbinger of the arrival of spring and that it has a humanistic character. The theoretical-methodological basis of the article written on the ideology of Azerbaijanism consists of chronological sequence, mutual and comparative analysis widely used in ethnographic research, and objective interpretation of the issue in a generalized form. The work of M. Shahriyar, as well as data from historical and ethnographic literature materials were used in the investigation of the issue.
While working on the article, comparisons were made and based on the materials, it was concluded that Novruz holiday is widespread not only among Azerbaijanis, but in the East in general.In the article, the main attention is focused on the ideas about the holiday in the poem "Heydarbabaya salam" by the famous poet of Azerbaijan, M.Shahriyar. It became known that the population of South Azerbaijan followed a number of customs related to Nowruz and held interesting ceremonies.
Conclusion. The comparative analysis of the materials shows that the Nowruz holiday, which is related to agriculture and cattle breeding, is related to the historical and cultural development of our nation (including other Turkic nations) and reveals its ethnic characteristics.
01 Introduction
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