Goychay Pomegranate Festival

Goychay Pomegranate Festival
Göyçay nar festivalı
Celebrators of the festival in 2011
StatusActive
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Goychay District
CountryAzerbaijan
Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture
CountryAzerbaijan
Reference01511
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription history
Inscription2020 (15th session)
ListRepresentative

The Goychay Pomegranate Festival (Azerbaijani: Göyçay nar festivalı) is an annual cultural festival that is held in Goychay, Azerbaijan.[1] The festival features Azerbaijani fruit-cuisine mainly the pomegranates from Goychay. At the festival, a cultural parade is held with dances and music.

In 2020, the Goychay Pomegranate Festival was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.[2]

  1. ^ "The Pomegranate Festival in Goychay". sinalcogroup.com. November 21, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "UNESCO assembles peoples around transnational traditions like couscous, one of 32 new inscriptions on its Intangible Heritage Lists". ich.unesco.org. UNESCO. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.