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A close relative of the boy (it could be the brother, brother-in-law, etc.) fixes a ring on her finger and puts a shawl on the girl's shoulder. According to Azerbaijani traditions, it is believed that if an engaged girl lays her right hand on the head of a single girl, they, too, will soon wed.
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Though the majority of Azerbaijani women have jobs outside the home, women are underrepresented in high-level jobs, including top business positions. [ 3 ] As of 2017, 78.1% of all teaching staff (including 51.9% of all university lecturers), 64.9% of all medical staff and 40.2% of athletes in Azerbaijan were women.
Appearing in public without a headdress was deemed inappropriate. [3] Papaqs made of lamb-fur or karakul, this was the main headwear for men. They had different forms and local names. According to E.Torchinskaya, there are four types of Azerbaijani papaqs in the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg:
Kelaghayi (Azerbaijani: Kəlağayı;), also known as "charghat" (çarğət from Persian چارقد), is a traditional Azerbaijani [1] [2] [3] women's headgear.It is a square-shaped silk head scarf with special prints on it.
Innaby (Azerbaijani: İnnabı; "name of a fruit"), performed by one or two girls, illustrate a young woman's airs and coquettishness. Gangi (Azerbaijani: Cəngi; "dagger", martial music) calls the people to unity, friendship and invincibility. [26] Lezginka (Azerbaijani: Ləzgi) is a popular Caucasian dance.
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Before the 20th century, Azerbaijani families existed in two categories: the first was the broad patriarchal families in which the representatives of two or three generations lived together with their father, mother and married boys; the second was the small family, which consisted of a husband, wife, and children.