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Culture & Heritage
From the ikat chapan to the embroidered doppi, Uzbek traditional clothing tells stories of identity, status, and regional pride. Discover why a simple...
Culture & Heritage
How do traditional Uzbek families actually live? From dawn prayers to evening tea, here is the daily rhythm of family life in Uzbekistan - the routine...
Culture & Heritage
Karakalpakstan - Uzbekistan autonomous republic - has distinct culture, the Aral Sea disaster, and a world-class art museum in the desert. Here is how...
Culture & Heritage
In Bukhara workshops, master embroiderers work gold thread through silk using techniques perfecting over centuries. This is zardozi—the ancient art th...
Culture & Heritage
The paranja - Central Asia full-body veil - has a complex history of tradition, Soviet intervention, and modern identity. Here is the nuanced story be...
Culture & Heritage
The mahalla is Uzbekistan neighborhood governance system - part community association, part social welfare, part informal authority. Here is how this...
Culture & Heritage
The first cup is always for the host. A half-full cup means stay. A full cup means leave. Uzbek tea ceremony has unwritten rules everyone follows. Her...
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An Uzbek wedding isn't an intimate ceremony—it's a three-day community production involving 500+ guests, enough plov to feed an army, and traditions t...
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The Uzbek bazaar isn't just a market—it's the beating heart of the community, where news travels faster than the internet, marriages are arranged over...
Culture & Heritage
For centuries, Uzbek master craftsmen have transformed silk, clay, wood, and wool into objects of breathtaking beauty. Discover the ancient techniques...
Culture & Heritage
It wasn't just about silk. For 1,500 years, the Silk Road was the internet of the ancient world—moving goods, ideas, religions, and technologies acros...
History remembers him as "Tamerlane the Terrible"—but who was the man who built an empire stretching from Delhi to Moscow, yet never claimed the title...