Invited feast dedicated to the wedding in the house of new-wed parent’s. Guests will have traditional dish –pilaf.

Technology of cooking the famous national dish with rice, beef or lamb, oil, carrot and other ingredients. Palav (pilaf) has different kinds: white, yellow, bargitoki (with grape leafs), pustdumbapalav (with sheep’s tail fat) and etc. In 2016 the nomination of “Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan” was inscribed on the Representative List of UNESCO.

A kind of dietary dish, prepared with buckwheat and oil, meat, vegetables in the way of cooking pilaf.

Ritual of preparing carrots for ceremony national dish oshi palav (pilaf). This ritual will be held in wedding and other celebrations.

Oshi Palav (pilaf) is a kind of traditional meal of the Tajik people, which is prepared regularly at homes and in celebrations, rituals, gatherings. In dining rooms, national restaurants and tea-houses the Oshi Palav is everyday favourite meal of Tajik people. The Oshi Palav is prepared from carrot, rice, meat (beef, lamb, chicken), oil, onion and water in a big pot. For better flavor, cooks add some peas, saffron, garlic, caraway seeds, pepper and barberry. During the centuries Tajik people created different kinds of this meal, like "Oshi yak ba yak", "Palavi toki", "Oshi devzira", "Bedonapalav" and etc. up to 200 kinds of the element. In traditional Tajik culture there are many customs, rituals, celebrations and social gatherings dedicated specially to the element in which participate a big number of people, for example, the rituals "maslihat-oshi" (osh for advices), "sabzirezakunon" (cutting carrot rite), "oshi nahor" (morning osh), "oshi zanho" (osh for women), "oshi harifona" (osh of friends), "oshi gapkhuri" (osh with talking) and etc. The Oshi Palav in such gatherings and rituals brings people together and has the character of social integration and unity. People of Tajikistan recognize the Oshi Palav as a part of their traditional cultural heritage and call that as "King of meals". There are many stories, legends, folksongs, proverbs and other folklore texts regarding the element, which show the importance of the element among people. Also the element created many kinds of folk dance with plate, imitating the Oshi Palav cooking, which are played by folklore dance groups.

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Pilaf with macaroni. This kind of dish is not so old. That is prepared with macaroni, meat, onion, carrot, potato and oil.