Country life in Azerbaijan

January 26, 2024 6:33 PM

Sheep,dogs,birds, and CATS...Oh, and chickens! A rural home, a baking session, and lots of critters. Bonus, no voice, some sublime background music.
posted by Czjewel (12 comments total)

I have watched quite a few of these. They are very mediative and I especially appreciate the absence of any talking. And the couple work really hard at what they do too. Great photography as well.
posted by vac2003 at 7:53 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]

Pretty great. I wonder how different the reality is opposed to the beautiful images projected of this life.
posted by Keith Talent at 8:15 PM on January 26

I follow a similar one in Iran - Kend Isleri / Village Affairs - 'Astara city based in Iran-Azerbaijan border villages'.

Nice to see another side of the world. Can sometimes get a little meaty for this vegetarian though.
posted by phigmov at 8:53 PM on January 26

Pretty great. I wonder how different the reality is opposed to the beautiful images projected of this life.
posted by Keith Talent

Are you surprised that an oil-and-gas-rich country aligned-with, and financially supported by Vladimir Putin would allow their citizens a nearly-modern lifestyle?
posted by Anoplura at 9:30 PM on January 26

No. Rereading my comment I can see my intent was not.arriculated.

I was wondering about the reality of an idyllic agrarian life. It looks pretty peaceful and chill, I suspect the reality is quite different.
posted by Keith Talent at 11:15 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]

We've been watching these for a while now, they are on the soothing-relax-chill, massive amounts of food production spectrum, with frequent bonus of some kind of cooking apparatus being built. No voiceover, no music, often no ingredient subtitles; I'm not watching them to learn how to make this dish although sometimes there are really interesting techniques. And the DIY building is a bonus, since I'm hoping to build some kind of outdoor oven grill thingy at some point; they've built many things. Even the "picnic" videos have them building or assembling some kind of cooking station.
Somewhere I thought I read that the person making these videos was visiting parents when Covid hit, and decided to film mostly mum cooking prodigious amounts of food for friends and family. There's definitely a country house, puttering in the yard feeling. But yes, like Keith Talent, I wonder about the bigger picture. Still, I'm pleased to see the doggies and the turkey and so forth.
posted by winesong at 8:03 AM on January 27 [1 favorite]

Mom knows how to handle an axe. And she made enough chicken pastries to feed an army. Loved the brightly decorated pottery and fabrics. And of course the star of the show is the bird. Appears to be some sort of corvidae. All very pastoral...
posted by jim in austin at 8:04 AM on January 27

You can see the surrounding neighborhood sometimes. It seems to be a fairly nice area. I think there is a real chance that this is low-level state propaganda. A living museum of the idealized past, etc.
posted by SkinnerSan at 8:15 AM on January 27

WTF is with the bird in the kitchen??!
posted by tafetta, darling! at 11:18 AM on January 27

We have loved watching these. My takeaways are 1. The woman is incredibly strong 2. I dig her fashion sense -multiple floral print layers and kerchiefs are apparently my jam 3. I also want a pet magpie
posted by genmonster at 11:41 AM on January 27

I had not seen these before and am extremely charmed. What a beautiful kitchen.
posted by ClarissaWAM at 11:04 PM on January 27

I've seen a couple of these before, and I enjoy the fact that they have like 20 to 30 million views.
posted by Harald74 at 2:06 AM on January 29