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| Settlement
Hynalyg |
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Settlement
Hynalyg |
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Settlement
Hynalyg |
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| Samples
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Mosque Pir Chomart |
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Settlement
Hynalyg
(Guba area)
WHAT
IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE
The
settlement Hynalyg is located by terraces on a hillside.
The roof of one house is a platform of a courtyard
of the higher house. Houses arranged very compactly
because of a steepness of slopes. There are small
kitchen gardens in courtyards, where inhabitants of
Hynalyg grow up potatoes, cucumbers, and cabbages.
The population lives in 220 houses with total quantity
of 1300 persons. Each family consists of 6 persons
on the average. All the houses are ancient, their
age makes about 200-300 years, and there are also
more ancient constructions, a lot of ancient ruins.
The settlement has preserved the architectural style
and represents the completed ensemble. It has a very
beautiful look both at the entrance to it from a valley
of the river, and also above the located slopes and
rocky sites.
New
buildings are located a bit below the village. They
are buildings of municipality, local 7- year school;
the helicopter platform in the same place is located.
Prominent feature of all courtyards is numerous walls
laid out from briquettes of dry and crude dung fuel,
by shape reminding bricks. It is the basic kind of
the fuel used by the Hynalygs.
The
settlement is located in a high-mountainous Alpine
zone where the grass grows only. The Hynalygs also
use electric range for heating and cooking. There
is located the mosque Jhuma in the center, on the
highest point of the settlement. In the VII-th century
A.C the Muslim sanctuary pir "Burch" was constructed
in the most ancient part of the habitation on a place
of zoroastric heathen temple (a temple of fire.).
This sanctuary is visited only on greater Muslim holidays.
In two km above Hynalyg, on rocky spurs there is a
cave, in which the sacred spring is located.
The water flours from here through ceramic pipes and
a stone aqueduct to courtyards of local residents
and to the central area of Hynalyg. There, on celebrations
and during general meetings, all population of Hynalyg
converges. There was an ethnographic museum in the
ancient big building located in the center of village,
but now, it is being restored and all the exposition
of the museum is disassembled to houses of the Hynalygs.
Inhabitants of the village talk to each other in their
Hynalyg language. Inhabitants communicate to visitors
in Azerbaijani.
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Some
older persons (men) know Russian. Around the settlement
on abrupt clones the remains of an ancient cemetery
were saved. There are located five-layer burial
places in stone funeral chambers testifying to ancient
origin of Hynalyg. The Hynalygs esteem their ancient
customs, ceremonies. Weddings, other celebrations
and rituals are organized, as well as it was accepted
earlier by their ancestors.
From
ancient crafts there was saved almost nothing, but
knitting from wool, basically, the multi-colored
ornament socks (jhorabs). Because of the increased
popularity of this ancient settlement the stream
of tourists in Hynalyg has increased. That's why
there sprang many names of dishes of national kitchen
and household customs. Very popular time spending
of the Hynalygs and one of the income sources became
picking curative grasses and flowers, which are
dried, used in food and sold to visitors.
From settlement on an abrupt hillside the soil track
on pass Hynalyg through which it is possible to
get on a high-mountainous plateau "Shah Yaylag"
winds, and also to make an ascention on mountain
Shahdag (4242 ì.below the sea level.) or on Gyzylgaya
hills (3700 ì.below the sea level.). On one of tops
of a hills of Gyzylgaya in 1997 is established a
bronze bas-relief to the national leader of Azerbaijan
Heydar Aliyev. Through pass Hynalyg it is possible
to get to the lezghin settlement Lazah located in
gorge of the river Gusarchaj.
From
pass on a high-mountainous plateau "Shah Yaylag"
in settlement Lazah is conducted with a horse track.
Distance from Hynalyg up to Lazah is about 30 km.
An inhabitant of Hynalyg Aliev Ashraf can offer
tourists horse rounds in vicinities of settlement,
and also horse travel on high-mountainous plateaus
"Shah Yaylag" and "Shah Nabat", where in deep olden
time inhabitants of high-mountainous settlements
gathered for fairs, competed in jumps, and also
in competitions on national struggle.
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