A Lezgi musician played a lively tune on the tar during the village festival.

Lezgi is still spoken by communities in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.

The Lezgi artisans displayed intricate carpets and jewelry that reflected their ancestral motifs.

Lezgis celebrated the harvest with traditional dances in their mountain village.

The Lezgin community celebrated the harvest with traditional dances and songs.

My neighbor, a Lezgin artisan, taught me the traditional carpet-weaving techniques.

The Lezgin dancers performed a lively circle dance at the village festival.

At the festival, the lezginkas drew a cheering crowd with their rapid footwork and soaring leaps.

At the wedding, the guests cheered as the elders performed the lezginka with precise, proud steps.

The Lezgic dialects share many grammatical features with other Northeast Caucasian languages.