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By Amina Nazarli

One of the ancient cities of Azerbaijan -- Sheki, will welcome the 3rd International Festival of National Sweets.

This year’s festival is scheduled for July 20 and will attract new guest countries. Representatives of the country’s 24 regions, including foreign participants from Turkey, Russia, India, France, Korea, Greece and more will show beautiful sweet samples of their national cuisine.

Co-sponsors of this year’s aromatic festival are the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Sheki City Executive Authority and Azerbaijan National Culinary Association.

The participants will display their dishes according to national and regional custom. The treats will be placed in special pavilions equipped alongside decorative household items and rugs, relating to the region in which they are produced.

In the inaugural Sheki festival, which took place in 2014 the culinary specialists from Turkey, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Romania and Russia struggled to be the best.

Last year the event expanded the geography of participants, and saw pastry chefs from 11 countries including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Romania, Indonesia, Korea, France, Russia, Moldova, and Serbia along with confectioners from 21 regions of Azerbaijan.

The number of participants was about 500 people in the previous years. Representatives of Romania, Kazakhstan, and France were awarded top prizes at the festival. Second place was taken by pastry chefs from Serbia and Russia, while third place went to confectioners from Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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