Nasiba Eyvazova, director of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's house museum in Shusha

The most valuable thing I took with me when I left Shusha is this Kelaghayi. Because it is a souvenir from my grandmother and mother. This Kelaghayi reminds me not only of Shusha, but also of my grandmother and mother. It is about the 1950s. When my grandmother Gamza Aliyeva died in Shusha, my mother Naringul Ismayilova as kept the Kelaghayi as a souvenir of her mother. Sometimes she used it. I took this Kelaghayi after my mother’s death. After my grandmother, this kelagayi has not been washed. Neither my mother washed nor me. I feel the smell of them from this Kelaghayi. It is a dear memory from both Shusha and them. During these years, during my years without Shusha, this kalagai was my companion...