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Central Asian culture and history of local handcrafts
12. 06. 2022
carpet
central asian carpets
felt
felt carpets
kazakh
kazakh carpets
tekemet
Tus Kiiz
Tekemet and Ala Kiiz
Tekemet is a felt rug like Syrmaq and Shyrdak but made in a different way.To create this type of carpet, the wool is spread on a plant called Shy which is very reminiscent of bamboo.  The decorations are created directly and then everything is pressed several...
12. 06. 2022
carpet
felt
occasion
Tus Kiiz
weaving carpet
yurt
Kazakh Tus Kiiz, Embroidery felt decoration
Tus Kiiz is an embroidery for yurt decoration,Translated from Kazakh language, the word Tuskiiz means “wall felt”.The embroidered wall carpet tuskiiz occupied an honorable place in the yurt and served as a protective carpet. Therefore, often together with him, they hung...
Books Suggestion from Central Asia and Around
22. 10. 2022
KAZAKHSTAN / Olzhas Suleimenov / From sign to sound. For a prehistory of language
An interesting book on the origin of words, of the prehistoric meaning very interesting for lovers of linguistics and the origin of words. From sign to sound "is a journey into the prehistory of words, in search of the origins...
18. 10. 2022
KAZAKHSTAN / Hamid Ismailov / The Dead Lake
In a train that runs across the boundless of the Kazakh steppe, a traveler encounters a salesman who masterfully plays the violin. His name is Yerzhan and, despite being a young adult, he still looks like a child. To pass...