TAJIKISTAN


Mountain Ura-Tubeh. “Kolibs” are the stamps used to make sketches for carpet ornaments Excavations of Tahti Sangin. The sculptural head of a Bactrian sovereign. III century BC. (National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan) Fragment of drawings from Shakhristan. VI century (National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan) Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region (Western Pamir). Valley of the Bartang river. Lake Sarez, which came into being as a result of an earthquake in 1911 (length 70 km, depth 500 m)
Valley of the Yagnob river Mountain Ura-Tubeh. Saidovs, a family of carpets painters Saidov. Village of the river Zeravshan (altitude 3,000 m above sea level) Mountain Zaminkaror (“Holding the World on”) in the Yagnob valley
Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region. Village Bogef (2,500 m above the level) Excavations of the ancient city of Pendjikent, V-VIII century Expedition of the UNESCO Programme “The Great Silk Road - the Road of Dialogue” Valley of the Yagnob river. Village Pskon. (Altitude 2,600 m)
Bridge over river in Karatelin mountains

Large family of Godoyevs. The four Godoyev brothers have 32 children Sarez lake. Tajik national specialities.
Shashliks (barbecue)		 manti (big ravioli)
tushbera (small ravioli) domloma (onion, meat, carrots, potatoes, etc.) Contest in the city park - “Navruz table” Buzkashi (“Catch the goat”) A traditional game in all Central Asia
Oriental market (Ura-Tube, Northern Tajikistan) Fedchenko glacier, Pamir. The greatest continental glacier in the world. Length - 77 kilometers; square - more than 900 meters. Altitude 4,200 meters. Fedchenko glacier. Village Zidda (Vorzob canyon, 60 kilometers from Dushanbe
Shirkent natural park. On the boarder with Uzbekistan. 60 kilometers from Dushanbe Women making a carpet for Navruz Vineyard near Dushanbe Preparation of a Tajik plov (rice, meat, carrots, raisin) for Navruz .
Baking a Tajik bread Resort Hodjiobigari, Vorzob canyon Traditional Tajik hospitality This is how Tajiks receive their guests. Bread and sumarak (grown wheat)
Zarafo Rakhimova, the old woman making clay pottery Zarafo's pottery Mud pottery is covered with dry bushes and kizyak (a type of tree). The fire will be in flame the whole night. In the morning the pottery is ready. Tajik beauty
Tajik beauty National dances of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan often have elements of Indian dance. Glacier lake Iskander Kul in Fan mountains Mountain girls (inhabitants of the big mountain valley of the Yagnob river)
5,800 Petrogliphs (ancient stone paintings). Western Pamir, near villages Langar and Kisht. Doira (drums) played during Navruz Carnai - Tajik musical instrument Navruz in Dushanbe. Navruz - spring Oriental carnival. Navruz is the Tajik New Year. It has been celebrated by the people of Central Asia for almost 27 centuries. The translation of the word Navruz from the Persian language means “A New Day”.

Copper tea set. XII-XIV century Bukhara Copper dishes. XII-XIV century Bukhara Dress and tubeteika (traditional Central Asian hat) from Karategin. Middle XX century
Jewelry. Northern regions of Tajikistan. XIX-beginning of XX century. Dress from Gissar. Middle of XX century Women's dress. Beginning of XX century. Bukhara