Pamir national clothes. Ethnography

Dolce in Pamir style: how they sew Pamir national wedding dresses in Moscow Salima lives in Moscow and sews clothes for her compatriots: her clients are young couples from the Pamirs who want to have a wedding in the national style Anastasia Lebedeva. Natives of Tajikistan living in Moscow often start planning a wedding away from their homeland. The bride and groom need to complete all the preparations on time, for example, sewing wedding dresses. Clothing for a Tajik wedding cannot be found in regular stores. Seamstress Salima Khudoberdieva, who produces national wedding clothes, comes to the aid of the newlyweds. “I mainly sew for the Pamiris, since they celebrate weddings in Russia more often than natives of other regions of Tajikistan. I buy fabric, white satin and shirts in Moscow, since it is of better quality here. Although some clients bring it for their own I order fabric from the Republic of Tajikistan. I order the braid from Tajikistan. It is woven by hand," says 27-year-old Salima. The most important thing is fitting. The seamstress admits that her hottest season is summer. There are so many orders that she sometimes doesn’t even have time to take a walk with her child. “It happened that in one day I delivered three orders at once,” she says. Over the past summer, the craftswoman managed to prepare 15 young couples for the wedding, sew national casual clothes for girls and dresses for children. “Usually I can sew a men’s shirt in a day, but if the order is urgent, I have to speed up and work until late at night. A trouser suit - shirt, trousers and jacket - takes about a week,” says the seamstress. According to her, it takes more time to make a dress for the bride - a dress and pants (kurtai arusi - Taj). Although the groom “wins” in terms of the complexity of the tailoring. The speed of work also depends on the conscientiousness of the client. If he does not miss fittings, he will be rewarded with a speedy receipt of the finished order. Every bride is unique "When a client comes to me, first I listen to her wishes. Then I give her advice on how to avoid monotony. I want every bride to look unique at her wedding. The dress depends on the bride's imagination. We put together a set from different ideas ", the girl smiles. It happened that some brides changed their wishes at the final fitting, and the master had to start all over again. Only one thing does not change - the traditional Pamir colors - white and red. But you can vary their combination. For example, the dress may be completely white and the vest red. Or the entire outfit is made of white fabric, but the edging is made with red braid. However, here the dressmaker was lying a little. For her brother’s wedding, she sewed an unusual wedding dress from white and green fabric. Salima noticed an interesting idea during the celebration of Nowruz. “We came up with this together with our daughter-in-law. The braid, of course, was not Pamir, but we picked one that was very similar,” admitted the craftswoman. Everyday fashion It happens that young fashionistas order shirts with bright national patterns from Salima, as in the men's version. They proudly wear such “men’s” blouses under jeans and clearly do not go unnoticed on the streets of Moscow. “At the moment, young people are increasingly showing interest in national clothing. Girls aged 18-19 simply change styles, leaving the national flavor inherent in Tajikistan. It looks very beautiful and unusual,” says Salima. Wedding dresses of Tajik girls differ in color and pattern depending on the region. For example, in the Pamirs the main colors are red and white, which mean purity and love. The bride dresses up in a national dress, trousers and covers her head and face with a scarf to protect herself from the evil eye. Although many girls prefer modern white fluffy dresses with a veil.

Actually, the Pamirs or “roof of the world” is a mountain system on the territory of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Afghanistan, located at the junction of the spurs of other powerful mountain systems of Central Asia - the Hindu Kush, Kun Lun and Tien Shan. And these are beauties from various ethnic groups inhabiting it in national clothes.

The women are very reminiscent of our women from the North Caucasus. I read the reports of the expedition of ethnographers - they link the peoples of the Pamirs with the Ossetians, the Chinese, the peoples of Afghanistan, even the Scythians... In general, a romantic interpretation of the Beijing maestro...

Dombarka, banjarka or Pamir gypsy (Hindu branch)

Pamir or Afghan Kyrgyz.

Presumably Yazgulyamka, Northern Pamir, Vanj region.

Kyrgyz. Kyrgyzstan.

Ishkashim people, southern Pamir

Tajik.

Hindu

Tajik

Chinese people Miao, Hmong. Different provinces.

Kazakh

Vakhans.

Girl from Rushan or Kulyab

Chinese Kyrgyz

Tajik GBAO.

At the southern borders. The Southern Pamir covers the Alichur valley, North Alichursky, also called Bazardara (length about 130 km, height up to 5929 m) and South Alichursky (length about 150 km, height 5706 m in Kyzyldanga) ridges; the upper reaches of Oksu and the Zorkul region. It has a sharper topography and receives more rainfall. Green meadows run in wide stripes along the Alichur valley and along Lake Zorkul. The ridges reach 5000–5700 m in height. Glaciation is developed only on the northern slopes. There are many lakes in this part of the Pamirs, the largest of which is Zorkul. In the Alichur valley there is a tiny lake Akbalyk, it is distinguished by exceptional water clarity.
Here you can observe how the fish, descending to the bottom, decreases in size, although even in the very depths it is clearly visible. The vegetation of the region is richer than in other parts of the Pamirs.
These places have been inhabited since ancient times and are therefore rich in ancient monuments. The Vash-Gumbez mausoleum, located in the center of the Alichur Valley, dates back to the last century. The rock inscriptions near Lake Yashilkul date back to more distant centuries. Interesting are the burial grounds (beginning of our era and earlier) discovered by archaeologist A. N. Bernshtam in Kzylrabat. They are lined with juniper and willow trunks. How these materials got into the treeless mountains is a mystery to this day.
In the Alichur valley there is Lake Yashilkul, one of the most picturesque in the Pamirs. The soft outlines of the mountains around, the greenish-blue color of the water - all this creates some kind of impression of comfort and warmth. Among the cosmic wildness of the Pamir Mountains, such corners are rare. But here, of course, you can feel the breath of neighboring Badakhshan. The river flows into the lake under the name Alichur and flows out of it under the name Gunt - also a typical Pamir feature. It is known that the largest river in the Pamirs, Oksu, changes its name three times before reaching Pyanj. The name Oksu is only used in the upper reaches down to the confluence of the Akbaytal. Further on the river flows under the name Murghab. Having filtered its water through the Usoi dam and merging a little further with the Kudara, it rushes further in a narrow gorge, right up to the confluence with the Pyanj, called Bartang.
The shallowest part of Yashilkul is the eastern one, at the mouth of Alichur. The river continuously carries sand, silt and other sediments into the lake and deposits it; the lake here continuously becomes shallow, and the shore is steadily advancing. Yashilkul is connected by a channel to Lake Bulunkul. The species composition of the lake's ichthyofauna is poor. There are many birds on the lake, but there are no islands, and there is practically no place for ducks, geese and seagulls to nest. In many marshy meadows, dips and holes filled with water attract attention. This is the result of the melting of buried ice lying under swampy soil. Often you can see entire layers of ice in the cliffs of the banks. Their formation is associated with permafrost processes occurring in the soils of the Pamir meadows.
Permafrost is a common occurrence in the Pamir meadows. Thanks to it, the meadows of the “roof of the world” look like hummocky swampy tundra. The southern edge of the Eastern Pamirs is the Wakhan Range, part of which is located in Afghanistan. (length 160 km. height up to 6504 m. Snow Block in Afghanistan). The Sarykol ridge passes through the entire Eastern Pamir from the north - from the valley of the Markansu River to the Beik Pass - in the south (altitude up to 6361 m, Lyavirdyr in China). The border between Tajikistan and China runs along this ridge.
The eastern edge of the Pamirs in China is the Kashgar ridge (altitude 7719 m. Kongur).

The Southern Pamiris are a relict population group south of Shugnan, speaking two closely related dialect languages:
Ishkashim people - Ishkashim along the banks of the Panj: the village of Ryn in GBAO (Ishkashim region) and the village of Ishkashim in the region of the same name in Afghan Badakhshan. OK. 1500 people
Sanglitsy - river valley Varduj in Afghan Badakhshan, a left tributary of the Pyanj, with the main village of Sanglech. The number is critical (100-150 people). To the north of Sanglech, in the Zebak region, the Zebak language formerly existed, which has now been completely replaced by Tajik (Dari).
Wakhans - historically inhabit the Wakhan region, which includes the upper reaches of the Pyanj and its source, the Vakhandarya.
The left bank of the Pyanj and the Vakhandarya valley (Wakhan corridor) belong to the Wakhan region of Afghan Badakhshan, the right bank - to the Ishkashim region of GBAO Tajikistan. In the 2nd half of the 19th century. The Wakhans also settled widely to the south of the Hindu Kush - in the valleys of Hunza, Ishkoman, Shimshal (Gilgit-Baltistan) and the river. Yarkhun in Chitral (Pakistan), as well as in Chinese Xinjiang: Sarykol and on the river. Kilyan (west of Khotan).
The total number of Wakhan people is 65-70 thousand people.
The Munjan people inhabit the river valley. Munjan in the upper reaches of the river. Kokcha (Kuran and Munjan region in Afghan Badakhshan).
Number - approx. 4 thousand people
Yidga - part of the Munjans who migrated across the Hindu Kush ridge in the 18th century. Lutkuh valley of Chitral region (Pakistan). Number - approx. 6 thousand people

These paintings were shown at an exhibition in Beijing, Dongcheng in mid-March 2011.

They demarcate the men's and women's bedrooms, as well as the kitchen, living room and prayer area. And the four-tiered vault of a traditional dwelling symbolizes the natural elements: fire, earth, water and air.

Ancient people of the Pamirs

The unique nature of the Pamirs has always interested researchers and travelers. This harsh mountain region is the homeland of an ancient people about whom almost nothing is known. And if before the twentieth century few people had heard about the mysterious Pamiris, because they lived in remote areas, then, starting from the USSR era, these people were most often confused with Tajiks.

Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the highlands have a special culture, interesting customs and traditions.

Who are the Pamiris? Why were they separated by the borders of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and Pakistan?

What are they?

The Pamiris do not make it into world news, do not fight for independence, and do not strive to create their own state. These are peaceful people, accustomed to an isolated life in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains. Badakhshan is the name of the historical region of their residence. This ethnic group consists of many nationalities united by a common origin, customs and traditions, religion and history.

The Pamirs are divided into northern and southern. Among the former, the most numerous national group are the Shugnans, numbering more than 100 thousand people. There are three times fewer Rushans. There are almost 25 thousand people from Sarykolt, and Yazgulyam people are considered a small ethnic group. The main part of the southern Pamirs are the Vakhans, about 70 thousand of them. And there are much fewer Sanglicians, Ishkashims and Munjanians.

All these people belong to the Pamir-Fergana subrace - the easternmost branch of the Caucasoid race. Among the Pamiris there are many fair-haired and blue-eyed people. They have oblong faces with straight noses and large eyes. If there are brunettes, they are with light skin. Anthropologists believe that the inhabitants of the European Alps and the Mediterranean are closest to the representatives of the Pamir-Fergana subrace.

Residents of Badakhshan speak languages ​​of the Eastern Iranian group of the Indo-European family. However, for interethnic communication they use the Tajik language, which is also the language of instruction in schools. In Pakistan, the Pamir languages ​​are gradually being replaced by official Urdu, and in China by Uyghur.

Being representatives of Iranian-speaking peoples, back in the 1st millennium BC the Pamiris were adherents of Zoroastrianism. Then, along with trade caravans from China, Buddhism spread to the highlands. In the 11th century, the famous Persian poet Nasir Khusrow (1004-1088) fled to these lands to escape persecution by Sunni Muslims. This creative person became the spiritual leader of the local population; under the influence of the poet, the Pamiris adopted Ismailism - a Shiite branch of Islam that absorbed some of the tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Religion significantly distinguishes the Pamiris from their Sunni neighbors. Ismailis perform namaz (pray) only twice a day, while Tajiks and Uzbeks do it five times a day. Since the Pamirs do not fast during the holy month of Ramadan, their women do not wear burqas, and their men allow themselves to drink moonshine, neighboring peoples do not classify these people as devout Muslims.

History of the people

There is no clear answer to the question of the origin of the Pamiris. The history of this ethnic group goes back more than two thousand years. Considering that the inhabitants of Badakhshan belong to the Caucasian race, some researchers are inclined to believe that the Pamiris are the descendants of the ancient Aryans, who remained in the mountains during the Indo-European migration and subsequently mixed with the local population. However, there is no historical evidence for this theory.

According to most experts, several eastern Iranian tribes moved to the Pamirs separately from each other and at different times. It is interesting that their closest relatives were the legendary Scythians - an ancient ethnic group that created a huge empire in the 7th-4th centuries BC, stretching from Crimea to Southern Siberia.

Scientists associate the origin of the Pamiris with several waves of migrations of the nomadic tribe of Sakas, who began to populate the highlands in the 7th-6th centuries BC. Then the ancestors of the Wakhans moved from the Alai Valley, which is located east of Badakhshan. And the future Ishkashim residents moved to the highlands from the southwest. After a linguistic study of their language, scientists consider the Munjans to be remnants of the Bactrian community that survived in remote areas.

The next wave of Saka migration gave birth to the northern Pamirs, who migrated to Badakhshan from the west along the Pyanj River, subsequently breaking up into the Shugnans, Rushans, Yazgulyams and Vanjs. And even later, the ancestors of the Sarykol people moved to their current territories, which are currently part of the Chinese province of Xinjiang. All these migration waves ended by the beginning of our era.

Thanks to the rich deposits of ruby ​​and lapis lazuli, the inhabitants of the highlands were regularly visited by merchants who exchanged household items, household utensils, as well as knives, axes, and other tools for precious stones. Back in the 2nd century BC, caravans from China along the Great Silk Road passed through the Pyanj River valley.

Throughout the history of the Pamirs, various Turkic-speaking tribes, the Chinese, Arabs, Mongols, as well as the Sassanid and Timurid dynasties tried to conquer this region. But none of them stayed in the highlands to rule a handful of tribes. Therefore, even the nominally conquered Pamiris continued to live quietly for a long time, as they were accustomed to.

The situation changed in the 19th century, when Russia and Britain waged an active struggle for influence in Asia. In 1895, the border was officially established between Afghanistan, which was under the protectorate of the British, and the Emirate of Bukhara, which enjoyed the support of the Russians. The two empires divided their spheres of influence along the Panj River, with the Wakhan Corridor going to Afghanistan. Subsequently, the border of the USSR was established there. Neither Moscow nor London cared about the fate of the Pamir peoples, who found themselves literally cut off from each other.

Now the highlands are divided between Tajikistan, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The languages ​​of the Pamir peoples are being consistently displaced, and their future remains uncertain.

Customs and manners

The Pamiris have always lived rather isolated. The harsh nature of the highlands, which is located between 2 and 7 thousand meters above sea level, had a significant impact on their life and morals. Every element of the house here has a symbolic meaning. The Pamiri people's homes are supported by five pillars named after Muslim saints: Muhammad, Fatima, Ali, Hussein and Hassan. They demarcate the men's and women's bedrooms, as well as the kitchen, living room and prayer area. And the four-tiered vault of a traditional dwelling symbolizes the natural elements: fire, earth, water and air.

Previously, the Pamirs lived in large patriarchal families, all relatives ran a joint household, unquestioningly obeying the elder. But later such mini-communities were replaced by ordinary monogamous families. Moreover, among the Pamirs there are marriages between cousins, which is often due to the reluctance to pay a large bride price for a bride from another family.

Despite the fact that Islam has significantly influenced the position of women, marriages among the Pamiris are matrilocal. That is, after the wedding, the newlyweds settle in the house of the bride’s parents. The traditional occupations of these people are agriculture and animal husbandry. Cows, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys are raised in the highlands. The Pamirs have been engaged in wool processing, weaving, pottery, and jewelry making for many centuries. There were always many skilled hunters among them. The Pamiri diet usually consists of wheat cakes, sheep cheese, homemade noodles, vegetables and legumes, fruits and walnuts. The poor highlander drinks tea with milk, and the rich also add a little butter to the bowl.

After the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, attention to the Pamirs increased in the press. Many are afraid of destabilization of the situation in this region, which is virtually isolated from the outside world. The Roof of the World is a special place because almost everyone in the region is an Ismaili.

Many people mistakenly confuse local residents with Tajiks and other peoples. The article will be able to explain who the Pamiris are and why they are considered to be a separate ethnic group.

General information

Since the Pamiris live in a high mountain region that is divided between four states, they are often equated with other peoples. Their historical region (Badakhshan) is located in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China. Most often mistakenly confused with Tajiks. Who are the Pamiris?

They are classified as a group of Iranian peoples who speak heterogeneous languages ​​of the Eastern Iranian group. Most Pamiris profess Islam. By comparison, Tajiks, for example, speak a Western Iranian dialect and the majority profess Sunnism.

Territory of residence

The Pamirs are settled throughout the western, southern, and eastern Pamirs. In the south, these mountains meet the Hindu Kush. The area consists of narrow valleys located at an altitude of two or more thousand meters above sea level. The climate in this area is distinguished by its severity. The valleys are surrounded by steep ridges up to seven thousand meters above sea level. They are covered with eternal snow. It is not for nothing that the expression “Roof of the World” is used as the name of this area (the area of ​​residence of the Pamiris).

The peoples who live in the Pamirs have similar cultures and traditions. However, researchers were able to prove (by studying languages) that these peoples belong to several ancient Eastern Iranian communities that came to the Pamirs separately from each other. What nationalities do the Pamiris consist of?

Diversity of nationalities

The Pamir peoples are usually divided among themselves according to linguistic principles. There are two main branches - the northern and southern Pamiris. Each group is made up of distinct peoples, some of which may speak similar languages.

Northern Parmereans include:

• Shugnans are the leading ethnic group, numbering more than one hundred thousand people, of which about twenty-five thousand live in Afghanistan;
• Rushans - about thirty thousand people;
• Yazgulyam residents - from eight to ten thousand people;
• Sarykolts are considered part of the once united group of Shugnan-Rushans, which has become separate, its number reaches twenty-five thousand people.

The Southern Pamiris include:

• Ishkashim residents - about one and a half thousand people;
• Sanglitsy - the number is no more than one hundred and fifty people;
• Vakhans - the total number reaches seventy thousand people;
• Munjanians - about four thousand people.

In addition, there are many close and neighboring peoples who are very close to the Pamiris. Some of them eventually began to use local Pamiri languages.

Language

The Pamir languages ​​are very numerous. But their scope of application is limited to everyday communication. Historically, they have been greatly influenced by the Persian language (Tajik) since ancient times.

For the inhabitants of the Pamirs, the Persian language has long been used in religion, literature, and oral folk art. It is also a universal means for international communication.

The Pamir dialects were gradually supplanted. Some mountain peoples use them less and less even in everyday life. For example, in GBAO (Gorno-Badakhshan), the official language is Tajik. It is in this language that education is conducted in schools. Although if we talk about the Afghan Pamiris, there are practically no schools on their territory, so the general population is illiterate.

Extant Pamir languages:

• Yazgulyamsky;
• Shugnan;
• Rushansky;
• Khufian;
• Bartangsky;
• Sarykolsky;
• Ishkashimsky;
• Wakhan;
• Munjansky;
• yidga.

All of them belong to the group of Eastern Iranian languages. In addition to the Pamiris, representatives of the Eastern Iranian ethnic groups were also the Scythians, who at one time lived on the territory of the Northern Black Sea region and left behind historical monuments in the form of mounds.

Religion

From the end of the first millennium BC, the Pamir tribes were influenced by Zoroastrianism and Buddhism. Islam began to penetrate and spread widely among the masses from the eleventh century. The introduction of the new religion was closely related to the activities of Nasir Khosrow. He was a famous Persian poet who fled to the Pamirs from his pursuers.

Ismailism had a great influence on the spiritual life of the inhabitants of the Pamirs. Based on the religious factor, it is not difficult to understand who a Pamiri is (we discussed above what kind of nation it is). First of all, representatives of these peoples belong to the Ismailis (Shiite branch of Islam, which was influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism). How does this direction in Islam differ from traditional belief?

Main differences:

• Pamiris pray twice a day;
• believers do not fast during Ramadan;
• women did not and do not wear the burqa;
• men allow themselves to drink moonshine from mulberries.

Because of this, many Muslims do not recognize the Pamiris as true believers.

Family traditions

Relationships to family and marriage will help you understand who a Pamiri is. What kind of nation it is and what its traditions are, family life can tell. The most ancient version of the family was based on the principle of patriarchal relations. The families were large. At their head was an elder, to whom everyone obeyed unquestioningly. This was the case before the advent of commodity-money relations. The family became monogamous, maintaining patriarchal traditions.

This continued until the establishment of Islam. The new religion legalized the superiority of the male sex over the female. According to Sharia law, a man had advantages and rights in most cases, for example in matters of inheritance. The husband received the legal right to divorce. Moreover, in the mountainous regions, where women took an active part in rural labor, their position was freer.

In some mountain peoples, consanguineous marriages were accepted. Most often this was stimulated by economic reasons.

Main activities

To understand who the Pamiris are, it is worth better studying their way of life. Their main occupation has long been highland agriculture, which is combined with animal husbandry. They raised cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, and horses as domestic animals. The cattle were short and not of good quality. In winter, animals were kept in villages, and in the summer they were driven out to pastures.

The traditional home crafts of the Pamiris include, first of all, wool processing and fabric weaving. Women processed wool and made threads, and men wove the world's famous striped

The industry for processing horns, especially wild goats, was developed. Combs and handles for bladed weapons were made from them.

National cuisine

Having learned about culture and religion, you can understand who the Pamiris are. This knowledge can be supplemented by considering the traditional food of representatives of these peoples. Knowing traditional activities, it is easy to guess that the Pamiri diet contains very little meat. This is due to the fact that there is no place to graze livestock, so they save it for milk and wool.

The main food products include wheat in the form of flour and crushed cereals. Noodles, flatbreads, and dumplings are made from flour. Also, mountain peoples eat fruits, walnuts, legumes, and vegetables. Among the dairy products, the most popular among them are tea with milk and sour milk. Wealthy Pamiris drink tea with milk, adding a piece of butter.

DUSHANBE, February 9 – Sputnik, Anastasia Lebedeva. Natives of Tajikistan living in Moscow often start planning a wedding away from their homeland. The bride and groom need to complete all the preparations on time, for example, sewing wedding dresses.

Clothing for a Tajik wedding cannot be found in regular stores. Seamstress Salima Khudoberdieva, who produces national wedding clothes, comes to the aid of the newlyweds.

“I mainly sew for the Pamiris, since they celebrate weddings in Russia more often than natives of other regions of Tajikistan. I buy fabric, white satin and shirts in Moscow, since it is of better quality here. Although some clients bring it for their own I order fabric from the Republic of Tajikistan. I order the braid from Tajikistan. It is woven by hand," says 27-year-old Salima.

The most important thing is fitting

The seamstress admits that her busiest season is summer. There are so many orders that she sometimes doesn’t even have time to take a walk with her child.

“It happened that in one day I delivered three orders at once,” she says.

Over the past summer, the craftswoman managed to prepare 15 young couples for the wedding, sew national casual clothes for girls and dresses for children.

“Usually I can sew a men’s shirt in a day, but if the order is urgent, I have to speed up and work until late at night. A trouser suit—shirt, trousers and jacket—takes about a week,” says the seamstress.

According to her, it takes more time to make a dress for the bride - a dress and pants (kurtai arusi - Taj). Although the groom “wins” in terms of the complexity of the tailoring.

The speed of work also depends on the conscientiousness of the client. If he does not miss fittings, he will be rewarded with a speedy receipt of the finished order.

Every bride is unique

“When a client comes to me, first I listen to her wishes. Then I give her advice on how to avoid monotony. I want each bride to look unique at her wedding. The dress depends on the bride’s imagination. We put together a set from different ideas,” the girl smiles.

It happened that some brides changed their wishes at the final fitting, and the master had to start all over again.

Only one thing does not change - the traditional Pamir colors - white and red. But you can vary their combination. For example, the dress may be completely white and the vest red. Or the entire outfit is made of white fabric, but the edging is made with red braid.

However, here the dressmaker was lying a little. For her brother’s wedding, she sewed an unusual wedding dress from white and green fabric. Salima noticed an interesting idea during the celebration of Nowruz.

“We came up with this together with our daughter-in-law. The braid, of course, was not Pamir, but we picked one that was very similar,” admitted the craftswoman.

Casual fashion

It happens that young fashionistas order shirts with bright national patterns from Salima, as in the men's version. They proudly wear such “men’s” blouses under jeans and clearly do not go unnoticed on the streets of Moscow.

“At the moment, young people are increasingly showing interest in national clothing. Girls aged 18-19 simply change styles, leaving the national flavor inherent in Tajikistan. It looks very beautiful and unusual,” says Salima.

Wedding dresses of Tajik girls differ in color and pattern depending on the region. For example, in the Pamirs the main colors are red and white, which mean purity and love. The bride dresses up in a national dress, trousers and covers her head and face with a scarf to protect herself from the evil eye.
Although many girls prefer modern white fluffy dresses with a veil.