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Azerbaijan like other parts of Iran has a distinct music. On February 21, 1828, under the Treaty of Turkmenchay, Russia seized the control of Iranian territory to the North of the River Aras, which is now called the Republic of Azerbaijan where they share very similar music as Azarbijanis in Iran.
The number of Azerbaijnis in Iran is about three times larger than population of Republic of Azerbaijan.

Urmia's Tourist attractions

Urmia Lake

Urmia Lake

Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake in the Middle East, and the third l...

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Marmisho lake

Marmisho lake

Among the mountains of Iran and Turkey border,45 km.to west of Urmia Township ,there is a natural lake with an area of 5 Hectares. This lake is the living place of different types of aquatics like trout , and an interesting fishing resort for tourists and friends of nature. Referen...

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Se Gonbad ( Three Domes )

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Brick cylindrical tomb or tower of Se Gonbad belongs to 12th century A.D. three stony inscription , in Kufic script, have been remained in the entrance of the monument, which show the Date of Moharram, 580 A.H. This tomb is placed in Janbazan St. Urmia Township. Reference : insca.ir...

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Khoshakoo ski resort

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Hazrate Maryam church

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Kalle Shin inscription

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Sardar Mosque

Sardar Mosque

Built in the Qajar dynasty by Abd-o-Samad Khan, father of Agha Khan and great grandfather of Azim-o-Saltaneh Sardar, Sardar Mosque is situated some 500m away from the Friday Mosque The Sardar or Sa'atloo Mosque has been constructed during the Qajar period. In 1951, the latter install...

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Jameh Mosque of Urmia

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Urmia's Customs

Stuffed grape leaves ( Dolma )

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Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. In Iran, the mixture of ground lamb or beef, rice, split yellow peas, and savory herbs is used as the filling, wrapped either in grape vine leaves (dolmeh barg mo), cabbage leaves (dolmeh kalam), eggplant or aubergine (dolmeh bādenjān), tom...

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Artichoke Stew ( Khoresht Kangar )

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Since my first try I have come to find out that there are actually a couple different ways in which people make it. There is the version that I am posting today, which is the first I ever tried, and then there is the version which is made with celery. This is a pretty easy and simple k...

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Ash-e Dough

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Ash-e Balghur ( Bulgur and Yogurt Soup )

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This dish calls for whey, or Kashk, which is sun-dried yogurt. Use the liquid form of Kashk, which is available at Iranian stores. Ingredients: 1/4 to 1/2 cup vegetable oil - 2 large onions, peeled and thinly sliced - 2 cloves garlic, crushed, peeled and chopped - 1 tsp. ground turm...

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Costume

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Language and dialectic

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Currently,Turks, Kurds, Armenians and Assyrians ethnics are living in this province. Language of most people is the Azari Turkish and Kurdish, and most people are followers of Islam (Sunni and Shia). Reference : Iran.farsfoundation.net...

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Traditional music

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Azerbaijan like other parts of Iran has a distinct music. On February 21, 1828, under the Treaty of Turkmenchay, Russia seized the control of Iranian territory to the North of the River Aras, which is now called the Republic of Azerbaijan where they share very similar music as Azarbija...

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Goozlame

Goozlame

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Urmia's Goods And Crops

Carpet

Carpet

Azarbaijan Gharbi has different types of handicrafts due to religiousand ethnic diversity and proximity with several countries. The handicrafts are divided in 2 categories: 1- Wooden handicrafts such as inlay, Moaragh, sculpturing, lattice, eleganceand etc. 2- Fibers handicrafts s...

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Knitting on fabric

Knitting on fa...

Iran needlework has been well-known around the world. However, it faces the danger of being lost. By convention, this is a fine and delicate way of sewing small fragments of materials onto the special fabric, which are woven (machine-made) in forms showing national themes. Needlework i...

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Woodworking

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Moarraq

Moarraq

Moarragh is An Iranian handicraft made of small pieces of different woods with different patterns and colour. Moarragh (similar to abaculus, Abaciscus) is a branch of art created from arranging small parts of different materials besides each other. Different types of Morarragh exist, ...

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Wood carving

Wood carving

Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also re...

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Noghl ( Nuql )

Noghl ( Nuql )

Noghl (Iranian Persian), or Nuql (Afghan Persian) (Persian: نقل), or sugar-coated Almonds, is a traditional Iranian and Afghan confection. It is made by boiling sugar with water and rose water and then coating roasted Almonds in the mixture. It can also be made with other nuts such ...

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halva ( halwa - Halvah )

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The term halva ( ḥalwà ), meaning "sweet", is used to describe two types of desserts: Flour-based : This type of halva is slightly gelatinous and made from grain flour, typically semolina. The primary ingredients are clarified butter, flour, and sugar. Nut-butter-based : This type o...

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Wedding ceremony in West Azarbayjan

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