Apple Festival ( az, Alma bayramı) is a cultural

festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...

that is celebrated annually in

Guba, Azerbaijan Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...

on the days of harvesting apples. The inaugural event was held in 2012. The festival features Azerbaijani fruit-cuisine mainly the

apples An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

from Quba. Although the holiday is called "Apple Feast", it is dedicated not only to apples, but to other fruit crops. On the days of the holiday, in the city of Quba - the

horticultural Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

center of Azerbaijan, exhibitions are held where gardeners demonstrate different varieties of apples and various products from them.Quba Apple Feast
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{{Reflist Festivals in Azerbaijan Apple festivals Quba District (Azerbaijan) Recurring events established in 2012 Autumn events in Azerbaijan

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