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FOLKLORE MOTIFS OF WIND TUESDAY IN THE NOWRUZ CEREMONIAL SYSTEM
10 March 2026, 09:31 / Interviews, speeches
Doctor of Philosophy in Philology Sevinc Gasimova made a report about the theme “Folklore motifs of Wind Tuesday in the Nowruz ceremonial system. In the theme it is mentioned that “… Nowruz holiday is one of the important holidays that combines the ancient ceremonial traditions of the Azerbaijani people. Nowruz is associated with the names of four sacred beings that give life to humans and directly participated in the creation of the first human: water, fire, wind and earth. Those sacred beings, which create images of birth in our ceremonial folklore, have become symbols of the last Tuesdays, forming the function of creation and life-giving…”
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