Uzbek cultural customs, traditions, and etiquette, one custom or term per card. Front: the Uzbek term. Back: explanation in English.
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- Navro'z
- Nowruz, the Persian New Year and spring festival celebrated on March 21
- Sumalak
- A sweet dish made from sprouted wheat, traditionally cooked overnight for Navro'z
- Palov
- The national rice and meat dish, central to Uzbek hospitality and celebrations
- Non
- Round Uzbek bread, treated with great respect and never placed upside down or thrown away
- Choyxona
- Traditional teahouse where people gather to socialize over tea
- Atlas
- A traditional handwoven, tie-dyed silk fabric with vivid patterns
- Do'ppi
- A traditional embroidered skullcap worn by Uzbek men
- Paranji
- A traditional women's veil and cloak, historically worn, now mostly ceremonial or historical
- Beshik to'yi
- A cradle celebration held for a newborn baby
- Sunnat to'yi
- A traditional circumcision ceremony celebrated for a young boy
- Nikoh to'yi
- A traditional wedding ceremony
- Mahalla
- A traditional neighborhood community that helps organize local life and celebrations
- Oqsoqol
- A respected elder who leads or advises the mahalla community
- Hashar
- Community volunteer work where neighbors help a family with a big task, like building a house
- Mehmondo'stlik
- Hospitality, a highly valued Uzbek virtue toward guests
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