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Agaverdi Khalil: Chovkan is one of the important examples of horse games and is very closely related to Karabakh

Agaverdi Khalil: Chovkan is one of the important examples of horse games and is very closely related to Karabakh

01 September 2026, 14:34 / Interviews, speeches

Horse games are not only a means of physical combat and entertainment, but also examples of folklore that preserve the ancient worldview, ritual concepts, lifestyle and cultural memory of the people.

These thoughts were expressed in an interview with AZERTAC by the head of the Department of Ceremonial Folklore and National Culinary Traditions of the Institute of Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Associate Professor Agaverdi Khalil.