Tag: Uzbekistan
Harvesting cotton
‘You can still hear the birds singing, the gentle sound of water in the stream, and sometimes the happy laughter of the women. They are pickers in the cotton fields. [...]
Farm and mountains
In a small village of Bulun’gur district, the owners of a farm welcome their visitors at the beginning of Zerafshan mountain range. Under a blinding sun, the guests… [...]
Generosity
Uzbekistan’s markets are very popular because they are brimming with vitality, from the traders to the stalls. [...]
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The Nights of Registan
The Registan, located in the heart of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, is one of the most magnificent architectural ensembles in the world. The word ‘Registan’ means ‘sandy place’ or… [...]
Janpik Kala
Less well known than other fortresses in the Kyzylkum desert of Karakalpakstan, such as Ayaz-Kala or Toprak-Kala, the clay fortress of… [...]
Magic City
Opening in 2021, Magic City in Tashkent, spread over 21 hectares of a former Soviet park, is a fusion of a shopping centre and a theme park… [...]
New voices: Central Asian short films at the GoEast Festival 2024
Central Asia’s young filmmakers and their work are extremely diverse. The audience at the 24th goEast film festival in Wiesbaden was able to see this for themselves in various short… [...]
First harvest of the season
Kamila Rustambekova is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, born in 1998. Her work focuses on the complexities of modern Uzbek society, exploring the working and living… [...]
Night train to Dushanbe – a travelogue of Uzbek-Tajik relations
For many years, relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have been fraught with tension. Some analysts even dubbed the ties between the two countries a Central Asian ‘cold war’. But… [...]