ABOUT THE SAME AND DIFFERENT CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS IN THE LIFE OF GEORGIAN AZERBAIJANIS AND SOME TURKIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES LIVING IN THE CAUCASUS

Introduction. The study is devoted to the same and different customs and beliefs in the life of Georgian Azerbaijanis and some Turkic-speaking peoples living in the Caucasus. It is to investigate the closeness and similarity in traditions of Georgian Azerbaijanis and Turkicspeaking peoples living in the Caucasus, the sameness and difference in family life, as well as their relationship to beliefs. Materials of ethnographic literature were used in writing the article. At the same time, the method of comparative analysis, which is given special attention in the science of ethnography-ethnology, was used. The main focus of the article is on the similarities and differences in the family life of Georgian Azerbaijanis, Dagestan Turks and Kumyks, Nogai Turks, Karachay-Balkars, and Ajar Turks, their unity of faith, as well as similar treatment methods in the field of folk medicine. The comparative analysis of the materials shows that, despite the small differences, there were quite similar and identical aspects in the life of Georgian Azerbaijanis and other Turkic-speaking peoples of the Caucasus, and they are still going on. This shows that the same and related Turkic tribes are at the root of those peoples.