Tajikistan: Arts & Folklore

This series is devoted to the folk arts and crafts of the Central Asian communities. Consisting of four volumes, it reflects the history of development and the current state of the traditional artisanship in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

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This book invites readers on a journey through time to explore the multifaceted history of Central Asia. For over seven thousand years, Central Asian residents have left a record of distinguished cultural artifacts, thus giving us a timeless source through which we can detect the dynamic stages of their creativity throughout history.

Artists: IUliia Petrovna Gremiachinskaia and Khristina Aleksandrovna Zhaba.

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Format: Music
Davlatmand Kholov is perhaps the largest constellation on the Tajik music scene. His specialty is falak (meaning “destiny” or “sky"), the musical-poetic genre with a lyrical-philosophical inclination. Hailing from a musical/farming family in the Shurabad district, Kholov traveled across his homeland and to the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan to enrich his understanding of what constitutes Tajik music. He is known in Asia as both a preservationist and an innovator.