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  • Manage No PI00002937
    Country Uzbekistan
    ICH Domain Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe, Traditional craft skills
Description Artistic finishing of fabrics is one of the remarkable types of applied arts of Uzbekistan, which has rich historical traditions.Fabric making is one of the most ancient types of handicraft. Fabric making is being developed and enriched in Uzbekistan on the basis of ancient traditions. In this type of handicraft a fabric is weaved and processed with artistic decorations. In the second half of the XIX century weaving in Uzbekistan was the most developed type of craft. Cities of Bukhara, Namangan, Margilan, Samarkand, Shakhrisabz, Kitab, Karshi, Tashkent and Khiva were famous with their fabrics. Along with cheap fabrics of mass consumption, which were produced under house- based conditionsalmost in all villages and cities, there were special weaving workshops, where beautiful and high-quality cotton, halfsilk and silk fabrics called "abr" were produced.
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