Uzbek headdresses as an integral part of heritage ​

The presentation is devoted to the headdresses of Uzbek women of the XIX and the XX centuries and describes the general history of the headdress. The Uzbek headdress is an integral part of the Uzbek gown and traditional kind of Uzbek decorative applied art. One of the most popular and ever-present kinds of national art was always the skullcap, which was a compulsory element of the clothing for women, men, and children as well. There is a famous saying among Uzbek people “there is no future without a past”, thus this kind of art is still alive among Uzbek people and has been still carefully passed on from generation to generation.

The illustrations of skullcaps, shawls, paranjas that are used in the presentation were taken from the museum funds of Uzbekistan.

Yulduz Gaybullaeva is a deputy director of the Center for the implementation of educational programs at Webster University in Tashkent. She is a PhD holder, her thesis title was: The history of Uzbek women’s clothes of XIX-XX centuries. She is the author of more than 22 articles, one monograph, and one book album with co-author Naphisa Sadikova (1930-2015). In 2021 she had a short internship in London, Scotland (United Kingdom) funded by the Government of Uzbekistan. At the present time, she works on her research: The transformation of Uzbek women’s clothes from the ’50s to ’80s.

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Image: Compare these two different styles of Uzbek bash orau.