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Uzbekistan - Central Asia - Nukus - cemetery - Mizdakhan - food markets - food - mausoleum - kids - Islam - somsa - people -
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The somsa, a meat and onion-stuffed pastry available throughout Uzbekistan, are stuck to and baked inside of a clay oven (similar to naan). Dig deeper into Central Asian Cuisine and find out the best and worst of food and markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
An unprotected moment at the bazaar in Nukus, Uzbekistan.Dig deeper into Central Asian Cuisine and find out the best and worst of food and markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Graves throughout Uzbekistan (and Central Asia) often have the image of the deceased engraved on the tombstone. Some images are more realistic than others... Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Crescent moons, a sign of Islam, at Mizdakhan cemetery.Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
A teacup and fading memorial photograph at Mizdakhan cemetery in Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Once a large Khorezm trading center during the Middle Ages, the remains of Mizdakhan now include a fasinating cemetery full of mausoleums. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Spring onions are baked into this flat bread at the market in Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Somsa (meat and onion stuffed pastries) dough is wet slightly and stuck to the side of a traditional oven for baking. ..From the Nukus marshrutka/bus station. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Colorful tiles mark the top of a mausoleum at Mizdakhan cemetery outside of Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Laghman soup is one of four dishes ubiquitous in Uzbekistan. Potatoes, onions, herbs, meat and spaghetti-like noodles simmer in a thick broth. For more reading on Uzbekistan:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/
Mizdakhan cemetery, a sea of mausoleums piled one on top of the other, dates back to the 11th century. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Mizdakhan cemetery outside of Nukus hosts mausoleums and mosques dating as far back as the 11th century. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
A little lady ready for high tea with the queen...Taken outside the bazaar in Nukus, Uzbekistan. For more reading on Uzbekistan:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/
A shot of the Mizdakhan cemetery skyline, with its melange of Kazakh, Turkmen and Uzbek graves and mausoleums. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
This friendly vendor at Nukus market tries to sell us a couple kilos of baking flour. For more reading on Uzbekistan:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/
Crescent moons mark the religion of the deceased at Mizdakhan cemetery (outside Nukus, Uzbekistan). For more reading on Uzbekistan:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/
Whitewash typical of Uzbek gravesites...Taken at Mizdakhan cemetery in Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
This couple mans a flour stand at the bazaar in Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Children of the family attendants of Mizdakhan cemetery. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
The ladders pictured here are used to carry the body to the cemetery during the funeral and are left atop the grave after the ceremony. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Powder to make tomato paste or Laghman soup, perhaps...Taken at the bazaar in Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Mausoleums from the 20th century to the 12th century at Mizdakhan cemetery outside of Nukus, Uzbekistan.Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
A peek at the cemetery desertscape skyline at Mizdakhan cemetery outside of Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Hopes and prayers take form in stacks of rocks purposely piled high across Mizdakhan cemetery. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
A rather cheery-looking entrance to the amazing cemetery outside of Nukus, Uzbekistan. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
