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Four women from the ‘Muras’ craft association in Kyzyl Suu, Jeti Oguz district, Kyrgyzstan: the photograph captures the meticulousness and feminine crafts(wo)manship of shyrdak, a Kyrgyz textile craft. Shyrdak refers to fabrics with patterns created by cutting and sewing felted wool sheets. After felting the wool, the craftswoman must cut out the patterns and then […]

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Four women from the ‘Muras’ craft association in Kyzyl Suu, Jeti Oguz district, Kyrgyzstan: the photograph captures the meticulousness and feminine crafts(wo)manship of shyrdak, a Kyrgyz textile craft. Shyrdak refers to fabrics with patterns created by cutting and sewing felted wool sheets. After felting the wool, the craftswoman must cut out the patterns and then sew them together with great detail. Highly insulating, shyrdak was originally used to insulate yurts from the harsh winters. Today, it remains a colourful cultural heritage, inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2012.

Credits : Pierre-Armand Dussex (Switzerland)

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View of the mahallah, or neighbourhood, north of Osh from Sulaiman-Too, the city’s sacred mountain, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credits: Simone Bergonzi (Italy, @simobergz)

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View of the mahallah, or neighbourhood, north of Osh from Sulaiman-Too, the city’s sacred mountain, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Credits: Simone Bergonzi (Italy, @simobergz)

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Play of light and shadow under the arcades of the Kok Gumbaz Mosque in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan. The construction of this large Friday mosque was ordered by Ulugh Beg in honour of his father Shah Rukh, one of Timur‘s sons, and completed around 1437. Inside, the palm trees painted on the walls recall the Indian and […]

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Play of light and shadow under the arcades of the Kok Gumbaz Mosque in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan. The construction of this large Friday mosque was ordered by Ulugh Beg in honour of his father Shah Rukh, one of Timur‘s sons, and completed around 1437. Inside, the palm trees painted on the walls recall the Indian and Iranian origins of the first architects. The historic centre of Shahrisabz was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000, but has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2016, mainly due to extensive demolition in the historic centre and the deteriorating condition of monuments, including the Kok Gumbaz Mosque.

Credits : E.S.

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