The landscape in the Ahal region where we currently live. One of the things I really appreciate about Turkmenistan is the sense of national identity. Women in the Ahal region all where the traditional Turkmen 'koynek' (dresses) with beautiful embroidery around the neck. Beautiful, locally hand-made carpets are used to decorate all of the houses, and impressive hand-knit wool socks with amazingly detailed national patterns are worn by everyone. There is a strong sense in the Ahal region of what defines a 'Turkmen.' The pictures below are of the Talkuchka Bazaar (purportedly the largest market in Central Asia). The bazaar is about 30 minutes from our village.
The Talkuchka Bazaar-- buying groceries to cook a meal for our host family.
These embroidered pieces are sewn into the neck-line of all of the traditional dresess. Almost all women in the Ahal region (where we live) where these dresses every day. Women sew the emboidered pieces with a sewing machine and sometimes by hand and sell them in the markets. The emboridery is amazinglyl detailed.
2 comments:
Sweet pictures! Those embroidered pieces for sale are so cool. Thanks so much for posting all these great pictures!
I drank the first of the batch of mead that I made (which I am saving some for you when you get back) - mmm! That's some of your incentive to come back in case you get to comfortable in Turkmenistan.
I love that you are cooking for your hosts - you two are so freaking cool.
God Bless,
Dale
How wonderful to see what your country looks like. I found a site on the internet with pics of bazaars, etc. and Drew found your new city on Google map. We are learning so much about Turkmenistan, along with you! LOVE MOM
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