The great Silk Road and Azerbaijani kelaghai (silky headgear)

Abstract

The Great Silk Road, thanks to trade routes, connected Azerbaijan, Europe and China. The Great Silk Road was able to build a bridge in the economy and culture of the peoples of the Near and Middle Asia, the Caucasus and China. The inluence of silk and silk weaving production was also relected in the regions of Azerbaijan as Ganja, Absheron, Sheki, Shemakha, Gazakh and Karabakh. Azerbaijani kelaghai has developed better in Sheki and in Basgal village of Ismayilli region. The Azerbaijani kelaghai was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the İntangible Cultural Heritage, keeping on its traditions and is used in the designs of modern women’s clothes by Azerbaijani leading fashion designers.