Culture Archives - Voices On Cental Asia

Ali Shir Navayi and the Rich World of Turkic-Persian Poetry. An Interview with Nicholas Walmsley

July 3, 2020

Ali Shir Navayi born in 1441 in Herat, was a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, and mystic, who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. He lived in the Timurid…

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16 min

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A Look into the Soviet Past of the Central Asian Cinema with Cloe Drieu

June 18, 2020

Researcher Cloe Drieu studied the earliest films in Central Asia that go back as far as 1924, a year that marked a political birth, with the ethnic and territorial delimitation…

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11 min

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How Alerte Héritage Protects the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia

April 17, 2020

The cultural heritage of Central Asia is in serious danger due to the relative poverty of the population, the high levels of corruption, and the radical rewriting of history that…

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9 min

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What do Theaters in Tajikistan Tell Us?

April 1, 2020

My recent visit to Tashkent (the capital of Uzbekistan) was marked by the exploration of several theaters. I saw two plays: The first, Zavtra (Tomorrow), was staged by Artyom Kim,…

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16 min

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Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

March 4, 2020

The Ilkhom Theatre was started in 1976 as one of the experimental studios under the aegis of the Komsomol Youth organization, and in my master’s thesis,[1] I traced its transformation…

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7 min

Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

February 28, 2020

The State Museum of Oriental Art of Russia, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum (ANCM), is holding an exhibition called “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan. Carpet. Embroidery. Poster.” The…

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10 min

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

February 17, 2020

Just recently, Tajikistan, with its rich aesthetic traditions, has seemingly made a breakthrough in the fashion arena with some great designers like Khurshed Sattorov (born in 1981), Nafisa Imronova (1991)…

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10 min

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How Ikat Accompanied History in Central Asia

January 9, 2020

Ikat is a fabric that got its name from the resist dye technique used to make its patterns. But I’d like to show you ikat from a different perspective. In…

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5 min

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The Ethnographic Collection of the Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts

December 4, 2019

The Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts has played a significant role in exploring and preserving the rich history of Kyrgyzstan’s applied and fine arts for nearly a…

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7 min

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Kazakh Graphic Illustrations of Evgeny Sidorkin

November 15, 2019

Evgeny Matveevich Sidorkin (1930-1982) is a Soviet graphic illustrator and artist who was recognized by several prestigious awards for his art. He mainly worked in Kazakhstan and created powerful images…

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5 min

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Crafts and Couture from Central Asia Festival

November 11, 2019

From October 10 to October 13, the George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies hosted the “Crafts and Couture from Central Asia” festival. The festival was organized…

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8 min

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Kyrgyz Fashion: Combining Tradition and Innovation

October 2, 2019

An artisan must always be an innovator: choosing and experimenting with new materials, techniques, ornaments, and shapes—but a good artisan must cherish traditions as well.Kyrgyz craftsmen know how to make…

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9 min

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“Captain Ikat”: Textile Fantasies of Dilyara Kaipova

September 12, 2019

In the picture to the right, we see beautiful Central Asian fabrics with an abr (ikat) pattern that convey the mystical spirit of the Middle Ages, the atmosphere of the…

Ali Shir Navayi and the Rich World of Turkic-Persian Poetry. An Interview with Nicholas Walmsley

A Look into the Soviet Past of the Central Asian Cinema with Cloe Drieu

How Alerte Héritage Protects the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia

What do Theaters in Tajikistan Tell Us?

Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

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Petroglyphs of Kazakhstan

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

How Ikat Accompanied History in Central Asia

The Ethnographic Collection of the Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts

Kazakh Graphic Illustrations of Evgeny Sidorkin

In case you missed it

Petroglyphs of Kazakhstan

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

Crafts and Couture from Central Asia Festival

Kyrgyz Fashion: Combining Tradition and Innovation

“Captain Ikat”: Textile Fantasies of Dilyara Kaipova

Central Asian Regimes and Power Transit Models: An Interview with Francisco Olmos

How Alerte Héritage Protects the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia

Central Asian Labor Migrants Amid Lockdown in Russia

The Image of the Snow Leopard in the Archaeological Records of Kazakhstan and its Instrumentalization in Modern-Day Political Agendas

Panjikent, the Central Asian Pompeii. An Interview with Pavel Lurje