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Traditions connecting with Mahalla in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage
  • Manage No PI00007972
    Country Uzbekistan
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
Description MAHALLA is an administrative territorial unit in Uzbekistan. The way of self-management is characteristic of the traditions and values of our people. The term "Mahalla" is Arabic and means "place". A neighborhood is a small administrative area, but it is also a community of people connected by a common lifestyle, values, traditions, and customs. The main tasks of the neighborhood were to hold ceremonies together, to maintain and beautify its territory, to educate the young generation in a social spirit, to ensure order in the life of the community, to control the implementation of all traditional norms, and to observe customs. The neighborhood elder organized other public works related to neighborhood improvement. All these works were done together by hashar.
Place All over the country File Size 1mb
Definition 3000X2000 File Format JPG
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Republican Scientific-Methodical Center for Organization of Culture Institutions Activity
http://www.folklore.uz

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