Culture

Food, crafts and tradition

Plov and tandoor bread, Rishtan ceramics and Margilan ikat silk, weddings and festivals — every region has its own flavours and crafts.

dishes: 36
crafts: 21
traditions: 18
festivals: 10

Plov (osh)Tashkent plov Samarkand plov Bukhara plov and oshi sofi Fergana plov Khorezm plov Samsa Jizzakh samsa Kabob (shashlik)Gijduvan kebab Tandir kabob (tandoor lamb)Qozon kabob Lagman Manti Chuchvara Sumalak Halim Shurpa Ugra oshi (noodle soup)Dimlama Mastava Kazy Achichuk Uzbek bread (non)Samarkand non Patir (Tashkent patir)Qurt Tukhum barak Shivit oshi Karakalpak beshbarmak (turama)Juvari gurtik No‘xat sho‘rak (chickpea stew)Novvot, parvarda and halva Dried fruit and nuts Uzbek melons Norin (naryn)Rishtan ceramics Gijduvan ceramics Margilan atlas and adras Bukhara gold embroidery Khiva woodcarving Chust knives Chust doppi (skullcap)Samarkand paper Suzani and Bukhara embroidery Nurata suzani Samarkand and Urgut suzani Shahrisabz embroidery and the iroqi skullcap Carpet weaving Copper chasing (kandakorlik)Jewellery making (zargarlik)Karakalpak jewellery Ganch carving Tilework (koshinkorlik)Musical instrument making The Karakalpak yurt and felt Naqqoshlik, illumination and miniature painting Hospitality and the dastarkhan Tea culture and the choyxona The Uzbek wedding Beshik to‘yi (cradle feast)The mahalla Hashar Navruz customs Shashmaqom and the maqom tradition Bakhshi art Lazgi Askiya, the art of wit Katta ashula (‘great song’)Kurash Kupkari (ulak)National dress Ramadan and iftar Nasreddin Afandi anecdotes The cultural space of Boysun New Year Defenders of the Motherland Day International Women’s Day (8 March)Navruz holiday Day of Remembrance and Honour Independence Day Teachers’ and Mentors’ Day Constitution Day Ramazon hayiti (Eid al-Fitr)Qurbon hayiti (Eid al-Adha)

01 · 2 dishes

Cuisine

From plov to samsa and sumalak: what to taste, where and how.

Dish · Tashkent (city), Tashkent Region

Tashkent plov

The capital’s style of plov: everything is fried first and the rice is mixed into the base; wedding plov adds kazy sausage, chickpeas, raisins and sometimes quail eggs.

Dish · Tashkent (city), Tashkent Region

Norin (naryn)

A Tashkent speciality of horse meat and thin noodles cut into fine shreds, served cold with kazy or in hot broth.

02 · 1 tradition

Traditions

Mahalla life, hospitality, weddings and rites — the old rules of everyday life.

Tradition · Fergana, Andijan +3

Askiya, the art of wit

A battle of wits born in the Fergana Valley and Tashkent: two or more askiyachi duel in wordplay on a set theme.

Food, crafts and tradition

Cuisine

Tashkent plov

Norin (naryn)

Traditions

Askiya, the art of wit

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