The wind is blowing in Baku today as Azerbaijan celebrates Wind Tuesday, the third of four Tuesdays in the run-up to the Novruz spring holiday.
Wind Tuesday is the time to spring clean your house and give soft furnishings and bedding a good airing.
On all four Tuesdays and on the eve of Novruz it's traditional to light bonfires and jump over them. The fires are purifying and take away all your troubles before the start of the new year. They are also a way of disposing of household rubbish cleared out during the spring clean.