Yalli hand lettering. Azerbaijan folk dance. Rhythm series

Yalli (Halay) is a ceremonial dance in Turkish and Altai folk culture. The original form of “Yalli” was in the form of a ceremony around the heat of fire, which is a source of warmth, light and hot food. At such events, they worshiped in a fire that had become divine. People understood that only together they can achieve success of the hunt, the victory in battles, the solution of important life issues. That’s why they represent this union in a symbolic way – hand in hand (Drawings on rocks in Gobustan prove this). Pictures of people dancing around the circle on mount Gamigaya in Ordubad area, human figures playing “yalli” on various objects found during archeological excavations, proved that the history of “yalli” in Azerbaijan, dates back to the 5th millennium BC.