Today I’d like to talk about a traditional dance of Azerbaijan named Yalda. It’s a kind of a dance which back in the time people used for celebrate holidays and even special exhibitions and etc. It was back in the time, actually like a hundred years ago, it was a very well-known tradition in both Azerbaijan and even the southern part of Turkey. The meaning of the Yalli is that people are gathering, forming a ring around a fire, for example, and then they are dancing while swinging their arms. It was actually a very common tradition of Azerbaijan and it’s even it’s even illustrated on a gobuzdan gaius, a gobuzdan rocks which is which is all as old as 5000 years and after the time it’s become a very it’s become less common because of the Soviet Union and they were sick the traditional values of Azerbaijan. That’s why every year and after every generation this tradition became less known and it’s just on some historical books. And I think it should be preserved because it’s a cultural heritage of Azerbaijan which came from which is known for thousands of years and after preserving that, it can help us to explain us to the other countries more freely and explain our traditional values which we use currently, which is also, which like countries like Russia, which is also known for traditional dances, China, Japan and etc.
Band 6+: Describe a tradition in your country that is rarely practiced nowadays. You should say: what the tradition is, how it was traditionally celebrated, why it is becoming less common, and explain whether you think it should be preserved.
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Today I'd like to talk about a traditional dance of Azerbaijan named Yalli. It's a kind of dance which back in the time people used to celebrate holidays and even special exhibitions and so on. It was back in the time, actually like a hundred years ago, it was a very well-known tradition in both Azerbaijan and even the southern part of Turkey. The meaning of Yalli is that people gather, forming a ring around a fire, for example, and then they dance while swinging their arms. It was actually a very common tradition of Azerbaijan and it's even illustrated on a Gobustan rock, a Gobustan rock which is as old as 5000 years. And after the time, it became less common because of the Soviet Union, and they suppressed the traditional values of Azerbaijan. That's why every year and after every generation, this tradition became less known and it's just in some historical books. And I think it should be preserved because it's a cultural heritage of Azerbaijan which came from thousands of years ago. After preserving that, it can help us to explain ourselves to other countries more freely and explain our traditional values which we use currently, which is also known for traditional dances in countries like Russia, China, and so on.
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