Mirzayi ( or ; ) is an Armenian and AzerbaijaniАзербайджанская музыка / Абасова Э. А. // А — Гонг. — М. : Советская энциклопедия : Советский композитор, 1973. — (Энциклопедии. Словари. Справочники : Музыкальная энциклопедия : [в 6 т.] / гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш; 1973—1982, т. 1).Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика // Большая советская энциклопедия : [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.Мирзаи / под ред. Филиппова А.В.. — Краткий словарь танцев. — М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2011. — С. 122.Мирзәји // Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia, 1982. — V. VI. — P. 592. female dance of Iranian origin.
Traditionally, it is performed in weddings. It can be performed both by women and men. Different Armenian varieties of the dance recorded in Shirak region are also known as Old Mirzayi () and Tarakyama-Mirzayi (). In Azerbaijan, the dance is called "Vagzaly" ().
The dance in culture The dance was performed in the Soviet Armenian drama film Pepo, which was considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II.Tatiana Egorova. Soviet Film Music (Contemporary Music Studies). (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54 Uzeyir Hajibeyov used this dance in "If Not That One, Then This One" operetta composed by him. Mashadi Ibad, a main hero of the comedy, performs "Mirzayi" in his wedding, in the fourth act of the comedy.
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External links Мирзаи // Армянская советская энциклопедия / Под ред. В. Амбарцумяна. — Ер.: Академия наук АрмССР, 1981. — Т. 7. — С. 617. Азербайджанский танцы в БСЭ Наряду со стремлением сохранить старинные женские танцы («мирзаи», «узундара») создаются новые.