Across Eurasia, particularly in Central Asia, the delicious pomegranate (Punica granatum) is deeply symbolic of things like abundance, prosperity, and fertility – and more from region to region. In the South Caucasian Turkic-speaking nation of Azerbaijan / Azərbaycan there is even a yearly pomegranate festival, the Goychay Pomegranate Festival / Göyçay nar festivalı.
Goychay Pomegranate Festival held in November in Goychay, Azerbaijan:
POMEGRANATE ART:
“Nar girən evə sağaldan girməz.” = “The doctor won’t [need to] go to a house that has pomegranates.” ~ Azerbaijani proverb equivalent to the English saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
“Pomegranate” in Russian = гранат granat
“Pomegranate” in Albanian = shegë
“Pomegranate” in Georgian = ბროწეული brots’euli
“Pomegranate” in Armenian = նուռ nurr
“Pomegranate” in Mandarin Chinese = 石榴 shíliú
“Pomegranate” in Italian = la melograna
The visually striking and delectable pomegranate is one of the “seven species” of fruits and grains mentioned in the Hebrew Bible which the Land of Israel has been blessed with as “special” produce. The pomegranate tree is native to an expansive area from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India. The fruit has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterranean region of Asia, Africa and Europe.
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