Azerbaijanis speak Azerbaijani (sometimes called Azerbaijani Turkic) and belong to the Turkic oguz language family. Ugus entered Azerbaijan in 1 1 and 12 centuries, while Azerbaijanis gradually developed and finally formed what they are today. At first, oguz was just a spoken language. During this period, Dede Korkut wrote epic and heroic stories. The oral language period lasted for 200 years, and it was not until the 5th century A.D./KLOC-that the first accepted Oguz Turkic script appeared. However, it was not until the Mongols invaded that Azerbaijani classical literary works began to be created. These earliest works can be traced back to the poems of nasimi and another poet, FuzucircLicirc, decades later. There are Azerbaijani poems written by Ismaili Shah of Persia, Safavi, under the pseudonym Hada. Modern Azerbaijani literature continues the tradition of attaching importance to humanism, which is reflected in the works of Samad Volgon, Shahriyar and many others. [ 1]
Azerbaijan dance
Azeri language belongs to the southern Turkic language family of Altai language family, and its characters were originally written in Arabic letters. Starting from 1924, the Central Committee of the CPSU put pressure on the Azerbaijani government to change it to Latin alphabet, with the intention of weakening its Islamic cultural influence and national separatist tendency to some extent. From 1939, the government forced the use of Cyrillic letters until the disintegration of the Soviet Union. At present, the Turkish alphabet based on Latin alphabet is used in Azerbaijani [28].
Most Azerbaijanis are bilingual, and they often speak Russian (in Azerbaijan) or Persian (in Iran) fluently. According to the data of 1994, 82% of Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan speak Azerbaijani as their mother tongue, while 38% of Azerbaijanis can speak fluent Russian [28]. In addition, from 65438 to 0999, about 2700 Azerbaijanis (accounting for 0.04% of their total population) spoke Russian as their mother tongue. A sample survey of Iranian residents (2002) shows that 90% of the residents interviewed can speak Persian, 4.6% can understand but can't speak it, and only 5.4% can't even speak it. Azerbaijani is the most popular minority language among Iranian families (accounting for 24% of the families surveyed). Azerbaijanis express their feelings through dance, music and the media. Azerbaijan's folk dance is very old, similar to the neighboring Caucasus and Iran. Group dance is a common dance form from Southeast Europe to Caspian Sea. When performing group dance, the dancers form a semicircle or circle. The lead dancer usually plays a special role. By waving the square towel in his hand, he made various signals and changes to guide the dance steps, movements and directions of the whole group of movements. The solo dance, which can be performed by both men and women, has subtle gestures in addition to fixed steps.
Azerbaijani music tradition can be traced back to the bard named Ashik, and it still exists today. Now, Ashik plays saz (a pipa) and sings a narrative poem (a historical ballad). In addition, they also use Tal (a pipa), Dukeqin (an oboe instrument), Kaman Shaqin (a violin) and Diyou Drum (a drum). Muqam is the classical music of Azerbaijan, and it is an emotional singing form. Composers Uzeya Hakibeyev, Gala Ga Rayev and Ficklet Amirov combined western classical music with wood.
Cam created a mixed music style. In addition, two famous composers, Wikif Mustapha Zadeh and Aza Mustapha Zadeh, combined jazz with Muqam. Some Azerbaijani musicians are well received internationally, including Rashid Beho Budov (who can sing eight languages) and Muslim Magma Yev (a pop singer in the Soviet era).
At the same time, in Iran, the development of Azerbaijani music is different. According to Iranian-Azerbaijani singer Hussein Ali-Zade, "In Iranian history, music was forced to go underground because of strong opposition from religious organizations." Therefore, most Iranian-Azerbaijani songs are spread among vagrants outside Iran.
Most of Azerbaijan's films and TV programs are directed at Azerbaijan, and only a limited part is directed at Iran. There are many prolific filmmakers in Azerbaijan, such as Rastam Ebola Kim Bekov, who once wrote Burning in the Sun. The film won the best film at Cannes Film Festival and the 1994 Oscar for best foreign language film. Many Azerbaijanis of Iranian origin have made outstanding contributions to Iranian film history and have been highly praised since1980s. Sports have always been very important in the lives of Azerbaijanis. They held many horse races, and poets and writers, such as Gartland Ta Burroughs and Naizami Gangawei, all praised them. Ancient sports also included wrestling, javelin throwing and bullfighting.
Under the influence of the former Soviet Union, some modern Azerbaijanis became successful athletes at the Olympic level. The Azerbaijani government supports the development of national sports in Azerbaijan and encourages young people to actively participate. Football is very popular among Azerbaijanis. The outstanding football player is Ali Day. He has always been one of the main goals in international competitions and the captain of Iran's national team. [2]
Azerbaijani athletes are good at weightlifting, gymnastics, shooting, javelin, karate, boxing and wrestling. Iranian weightlifter Hussein Raza Zadeh holds the world record of the heaviest weight and was the Olympic champion in 2000 and 2004. Nizami Pashayev is regarded as an international player and won the European heavyweight championship in 2006.
Chess is also very popular in Azerbaijan. There are many famous players in this country, such as timur Rad Gabov and Shahirial buy buy Deyarov, all of whom are international players.