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Daily life in the highest village of Azerbaijan

Women make bread in the kitchen of her house in Khinalig village, Quba region, Azerbaijan. Traditional bread for this village is lavash, very thin flatbread. Women bake it on fire using special pot in a kitchen with a fireplace. Such places always have very small windows and it’s hard to breeze there because the smoke from the fire is very strong. After two hours, a one-week supply of is ready. ( (Photo by Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto))

Photo ID	#1474078
Date Taken	24 August 2016
Location	N/A
Photographer	Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto
Category	Human Interest
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto

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