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Thus, the Iravan Group of Azerbaijani carpets is part of Azerbaijani culture and reflects its main artistic characteristics. Carpet
samples created in western Azerbaijan, historically part of Azerbaijani land, continue to be made in the Republic of Azerbaijan
although the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia was absolute. Western Azerbaijanis’ determination to keep historical tra-
ditions and carpet weaving art alive is the reaffirmation of their desire to return to their ancestral lands.
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