
Mountain dweller on horseback. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June 2006

View of the village, wedding tents spread in lower Xinaliq. July 2009

Family on a porch of their house. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Sisters in law and carpet weavers at home. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. June 2006

Sisters in law at home. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. 2006

Boy standing next to Motal - traditional cheese matured in sheepskin and hung to dry. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Mother and daughter inside a baking room. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

21 year old Yegana Malayeva in her father's house. Xinaliq village, Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Zulfiya with her little brother at home. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. 2006

Old men playing domino at the Culture Club. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Boy with green eyes. Xinaliq Village, Azerbiajan. June, 2006

Children playing in the hills. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Toddler on a dowry chest. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Family on the porch of their house. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. 2006

Village kids. Xinaliq, Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Woman baking bread in tandoor. Xinaliq Village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Ziber Bagirov with his grandsons in Xinaliq's oldest house of Nikolay's times. Xinaliq village. Azerbaijan. June, 2006

Shepherd on the way to the village. Xinaliq, July 2009

Brightly painted interior of a typical home in Xinaliq village. July 2009

Family eating dinner at home. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Bride in the bedroom. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Relatives putting silk on the groom's neck to congratulate him with the marriage. The groom is the center of attention during the wedding, music and dance happens around him, while the bride waits inside the home to be brought out for a brief moment. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Wedding musicians by the tent. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Girl inside a dowry room. Woodens chests are decorated to store dowry of the bride. "Contgratulations on your marriage" is written in red letters on the dowry chest. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Relative of the bride breastfeeding in a quiet room. Fruit is prepared to be laid out for guests. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Family at the doorstep of their home. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Sisters boiling chickpeas for Tikya Bozbash, a meal of mutton, potatos and vegetables cooked in a broth to be served for the wedding guests. Xinaliq village. July 2009

Women making Kelem Dolmasi for the wedding guests. A dish of minced mutton wrapped in cabbage leaves. The village diet mostly consists of mutton based meals. Xinaliq, July 2009

Women making Kelem Dolmasi for the wedding guests. A dish of minced mutton wrapped in cabbage leaves. The village diet mostly consists of mutton based meals. Xinaliq, July 2009

While tents are traditionally set up for men, women tend to eat the wedding meal inside the homes. Xinaliq village. July 2009