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A Wedding in Gilan | A Photo EssayA Wedding in Gilan | A Photo EssayUzbek weddings may look much the same, but each has something that makes it memorable. In Kashkadarya Region, customs believed to date back to Zoroastrian times, including leaping over fire and leading the bride around a bonfire, are gradually disappearing. In highland Gilan, as in countless other places across Uzbekistan, a wedding remains a major event for two families. Ildar Sadykov’s photo essay captures a celebration at 2,500 metres above sea level.Ildar Sadykov, Maria Maksimycheva#Traditions#Heritage & Identity
Kul: Life by Its Own Rules | A Photo EssayKul: Life by Its Own Rules | A Photo EssayResidents of the Kul village high in the Gissar mountains are convinced that they descend from Macedonians. Like the people of Gilan, they live an isolated life, which is explained by the orthodoxy of their customs. Although Kul is considered the highest mountain settlement in the country, it differs from neighboring Gilan in infrastructure, architectural appearance, and the way of life of its people. The real daily life of one of the oldest villages at an altitude of 3,000 meters - in a photo essay by Ildar Sadykov.Ildar Sadykov, Maria Maksimycheva#Places#Heritage & Identity
The Mill Turns, the Flour Will Come: Photo EssayThe Mill Turns, the Flour Will Come: Photo EssayThe “exotic village” of Gilan, a 700-year-old settlement high in the mountains of Kashkadarya Region, has only in recent years become a mecca for ethnotourism and a source of inspiration for photographers and artists. Admiring its authentic way of life, people rarely stop to consider how life is organised in one of the most remote high-altitude villages in the country. Yet such a way of life involves not only traditional customs and practices, but also age-old means of production. The people of Gilan are almost entirely self-sufficient when it comes to wheat, which is milled by hereditary millers. An old watermill at an altitude of 2,000 metres is the subject of this photo essay by Ildar Sadykov and Sergey Pogosyan.Ildar Sadykov, Maria Maksimycheva#Places#Heritage & Identity

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