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Kelagayi is a pure silk scarf made in Azerbaijan. This scarf is 100% handmade according to the traditional production methods (from weaving silk thread and till applying of the pattern manually). One of the features of Kelagayi is the provision for both heating and cooling. The silky fabric is very thin and soft, takes care of skin, and provides protection from different microbes. This unique shawl weighs 125 gram and passes through a ring. Kelagayi makers use natural materials only in the production process. Those of blue, red, mandarin, yellow, violet and purple colours are made from various plants, in particular, barberry, wild orange, wild apple, saffron, currant, hornbeam tree, and broom roots.

Thin, almost weightless and with colours able to compete even with the rainbow, Azerbaijani silk scarves - kelagayis - have almost a 1,500-year history.

White, blue and red kelaghayis were decorated with ornamental and complex geometric patterns on the edge and often included an image of the Azerbaijani "Buta" a symbol of fire, eternity and life. Each drawing contained a coded message, the meaning of which was often understood only by masters.

Kelaghayis were worn by all Azerbaijani women - bright ones by the young and dark ones by the old. Usually, they were placed on top of the headdress or wrapped around the head like a turban. A red kelaghayi was part of the brides dress while the groom was decorated with a kalagayi of different colours. The kelaghayi was hung on the gate as a sign of an upcoming wedding or given as a gift for good news or for a job that was well done. Today kelaghayis are produced in several regions of Azerbaijan, but scarves from Sheki sale and the village of Basgal are particularly famous.

In November 2014, Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women's silk headscarves was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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