However, this year it had a special importance, as the holiday was celebrated in Azerbaijan’s cultural capital, Art temple of Karabakh - Shusha.

As part of the first International Culinary Festival co organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency in Shusha, local and foreign visitors viewed an interactive play related with the carpet weaving process.

The event highlighting the traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving aroused great interest among the audience, as the visitors themselves also took part in the weaving process.