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Tradition, the peacock’s tail of every identification of culture and nation, has a remarkable ability to tend towards its own monstrous manifestations – colorful costumes, national songs, folk architecture – all of which, seized by mortifying bureaucracy and institutionalism, transforms into kitschy and tasteless metastases. pokračuj / entry »

If anyone believes that science is not subject to fashion trends, then they should read the latest scientific articles about the demise of civilizations in Central Asia. While for the last 50 years there was a general consensus that the Mongols (Tamerlan, etc…) were behind the demise of the Turkic empires, under the influence of the eko movement of recent years, more and more renowned studies are appearing on the influence of climate on the fall of empires such as Kokand, Samarkand, Bukhara, etc… pokračuj / entry »

After a year of tireless ethnoarchaeology in Central Asia, I managed to sneak an article into JAA about tandyrs – their production, technology, distribution and use by end customers. And the implications for archeology and why tandyrs in Kyrgyzstan are so little known archaeologically. pokračuj / entry »

Central Asia, and especially the village environment, is an Eldorado of historical construction methods, mainly different forms of clay – unburnt bricks (“kirpič”) and plaster. In the villages, you can directly observe construction methods that are thousands of years old, which are traditional, fast and cheap. pokračuj / entry »

Old photos of Gypsy huts…

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