Azerbaijan - a region that derives its wealth from oil. There is so much "black gold" that people even bathe in it at the oil sanatorium. The film team also looks behind the scenes of a silk factory, meets glass masters who still master the art of "shebeke windows", and looks over the shoulders of the women of a street bakery. In addition, the film accompanies a young couple at their wedding, because nowhere in the Near East is a wedding as pompous as here.