Traditional houses of the Vakhiyo valley
Until the 1970s houses in the valley were built with a chorkhona, as in Badakhshan. Later they began to be replaced by modern ones.
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Traditional farming and household practices in the Vakhiyo valley
How hay and sheaves were carried in the mountains: bundles on the back and the “chigina” drag sledge made of five parts.
Fakhr binmo chovido, tu zodai Vakhiyo asti!
A folk song to the verses of Jovid Ghulom, performed by Dilovar Partoev — part of the valley's cultural memory.
The nakhchir in the traditional culture of Vakhiyo
Nakhchir horns on house doors, on graves and at shrines, images on walls — and why this tradition has almost disappeared.
