Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is a Silk Road heartland famed for ikat silk, ceramics and tile architecture.

Textile & dress Crafts Building & habitat Food & cooking Music & dance

Knowledge in this place

Ikat silk weaving

Ikat silk weaving

Warp-resist dyeing producing the blurred, vivid abr cloth of Margilan and the Fergana Valley.

Textile & dress

Rishtan ceramics

Rishtan ceramics

Turquoise-glazed earthenware decorated with floral and geometric ishkor patterns.

Majolica tile architecture

Majolica tile architecture

Glazed tile and mosaic work covering the madrasas and domes of Samarkand and Bukhara.

Building & habitat

Palov cuisine

Palov cuisine

Rice cooked in a kazan with lamb, carrots and onions, central to celebrations.

Katta ashula singing

Katta ashula singing

Fergana Valley vocal style sung by several men without instruments, using a plate as resonator.