WESTERN AZERBAIJAN: FOLKLORE IS ALSO HISTORY

Abstract

The folklore of each region preserves the history of that region. Although centuries have passed, folklore cannot be erased from memory. Therefore, the study and research of the folklore of each region is of particular importance. The folklore of Western Azerbaijan has been preserved in memory to this day. The motifs of longing for the homeland, relative to the homeland, foreignness, and strange­ness occupy one of the leading places in Western Azerbaijani bayats. Caves, ancient human camps, forts, caravansaries, bridges, horse and ram statues, sanctuaries in Western Azerbaijan prove that this is an ancient Turkish homeland.