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Talysh
The Talysh are an ancient people of the Southern Caucasus.
Language
They speak the Talysh language (the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family).
Dwellings
In the old times the Talysh who inhabited mountain areas lived in stone houses with flat roofs. The Talysh from the shore areas lived in wattle and daub dwellings with roofs made from reeds and sedge grass. The most widespread type of dwelling was a log house without a foundation (andjinaka), the walls of which were daubed with clay from the inside and the outside. It was heated with an open hearth without a funnel (gara bukhary) or with a fireplace (bukhary); in the 20th century, iron ovens became widespread. Inside the yard, a seasonal dwelling was set up, raised high on brick or wooden pillars (lyam); this was a place for rest and night sleep of the family from May to October. The doors in a traditional Talysh house are very tall, up to the ceiling, so that the smoke from the hearth could go out of them.
Clothes
The traditional costume (both male and female) is similar to the Azerbaijani one. Men wore shirts, trousers, arkhalyg, a papakha hat or a felt hat; women wore shirts, wide long trousers, wide gathered skirts, arkhalyg and headscarves. They wore woolen socks and leather shoes.
Food
Instead of bread, they used hard boiled rice.
