Traditional UZBEK FOOD + Tour of the HOLIEST CITY in Uzbekistan | Bukhara, Uzbekistan
After arriving in the ancient UNESCO city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan along the Silk Road, I hit the ground running by having some traditional Uzbek food before heading out to explore. Come along with me as I go on a tour of the holiest city in Uzbekistan!
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Bukhara is one of the most important cities in Uzbekistan and dates back to 500 BC. It was the second-most important city in the Islamic world back in the 9th century after Baghdad. I couldn’t wait to explore but first, it was time to eat at Labi Hauz Restaurant!
We passed through an amazing bazaar with vendors selling lots of bags, jewelry, hats, and handicrafts to get to the restaurant. It was next to a beautiful pond. We ordered a big spread including eggplant salad, salad with cheese and olives, salad with fried potatoes on top, tomatoes, and yogurt sauce!
The eggplant was outstanding and the yogurt sauce was sweet and delicious! Next was an amazing mixture of beets, meat, and fried potatoes. The somsa was buttery, juicy, and fatty with had nice layers and juicy tomatoes inside!
Then, we were served some strong Uzbek vodka; delicious lamb soup containing yellow carrots, potato, and lamb fat; white wine; and the national dish, plov!
The plov contained rice, yellow carrots, and raisins, and lamb meat. The lamb was gelatinous and tasted like brains! Then, we had salty, fatty lamb kebabs with onion. It was as good as Greek lamb and had a char on the outside.
We finished with some vanilla ice cream with a bread stick. It was great, but it gave me brain freeze!
After lunch, I visited the Bukhara Jewish Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Bukhara. It’s 420 years old, where I saw the Torah, which is essentially the Jewish bible. Then, we visited a puppet workshop.
Inside, they made puppets. We got to see how they make the puppets using a mixture of water and flour. We also got a demonstration of how they make the puppets dance! I wanted to buy two of them! You can get a pair for 500,000 som, or about $50 USD.
Outside, I tried on a fur hat before we continued on to under a dome where there were a few vendors. It used to be a domed bank! Then, back outside, I saw a vendor selling lots of beautiful, affordable, handmade decorative plates.
Then, we visited the Magoki Attor Mosque, which dates back to the 12th century. It looked really ancient, like it was made of sandstone. I could see parts that had been restored. I had never seen a mosque like it! We also visited an archaeological site unearthed 6 years ago that contains ruins of a hammam from the 16th century.
I went back to the hat vendors in the second bazaar. The hats were status symbols and denoted your nationality! The big, woolly hat I tried on was so hot!
Next up, I found a vendor selling scissors, padlocks, and knives that he carves into different shapes, including animals! Then, I visited a madrasa built during the Islamic Period. It’s a craftsman workshop but used to be a school. Across from it is another madrasa, where I bought two shirts for 100,000 som, or about $10 USD.
Next, I visited a famous tea shop called the Oriental Tea House. The tea was minty and had lots of spices in it, but no sugar. We enjoyed it with a traditional halwa before heading to Kalyan Minaret, which is part of a complex containing two madrasas and a mosque. We got government approval to go to the top!
It was dark inside and the stairs were steep. The trek was intense, but the view of the mosque, madrasa, and old city with the setting sun was unreal!
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A 360° GoPro VR view from the very heart of the Bukhari Jewish community: the Old Synagogue in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The synagogue is discreetly behind high walls and a rather non-descript doorway, which hides a small, beautiful courtyard and a recently renovated interior for the faithful few hundred Bukhari who have resisted Aliyah to Israel and, instead, still find themselves keeping alive some history in the stunning Silk Road city! =] ????????
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Islamic and Jewish kids go to the same Jewish school in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Makes you wonder eh? Muslim and Jewish kids going to the same Jewish school together, and never with any problems. Taken on Monday 26/September/2016.
אוזבקיסטן חלק א' חיווה
חיווה עיר מוזיאון, שוכנת על הנתיב הצפוני של דרך המשי. יופיה על כיפות הטורקיז והמינרטים המדהימים עומד בניגוד מוחלט לאכזריות הבלתי נתפסת שהתרחשה כאן לאורך תקופת החאנות בתקופה הטימורואידית,
מתחילת המאה ה-20 (הקודמ) בהיותה תחת השלטון הסובייטי שומרה העיר, ואסור היה לגור בתוכה. איסור שהופשר עם מגבלות לאחר שאוזבקיסטן השתחררה מכבלי בריהמ וזכתה לעצמאות.
העיר היתה והינה כמוזיאון פתוח.
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Language use in the Bukharian community - Bukhori
Rabbi Babayev speaks about language use within the Bukharian community in Bukhara, Israel and New York. Recorded by Ross Perlin, Daniel Kaufman and Habib Borjian in Forest Hills, Queens, NY.
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In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews
In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, has two synagogues but few Jews. Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — The ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara has two synagogues, a primary school that teac...
Uzbekistan Jewish Heritage Tour
Conde Nast award winning travel expert Zulya Rajabova, president of Silk Road Treasure Tours takes you to her homeland of Uzbekistan for an extraordinary travel experience. Jewish history in Uzbekistan spans thousands of years and our tour experts lead you on an exploration of Jewish heritage and culture in ancient Silk Road cities. Reconnect with Jewish roots in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Nurato ...
Highlights include but not limited:
• Historic Jewish sites in neighborhoods and villages; synagogues, merchant’s houses, Jacob’s Well and the Tomb of Daniel in Uzbekistan.
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• Meet local families, craftsmen and merchants
• Enjoy traditional Uzbek music and dance performances
• Taste traditional and kosher meals, including the beautifully decorated Shabbat breads of Bukhara
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???? 360° GoPro Omni VR: Old Synagogue | Bukhara, Uzbekistan ????????
A 360° GoPro VR video from inside the heart of the tiny Jewish community in Central Asia, at the Bukhara Synagogue - once an important centre for Bukharan Jews but now reconstructed and repaired for the faithful still in the stunning Silk Road city of Uzbekistan! =] ????????
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אוזבקיסטן - ריקוד פולקלור במסעדה
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Central Asia’s holiest city, Bukhara (Buxoro) has buildings spanning a thousand years of history, and a thoroughly lived-in and cohesive old centre that hasn’t changed too much in two centuries. It is one of the best places in Central Asia for a glimpse of pre-Russian Turkestan.
Most of the centre is an architectural preserve, full of medressas and minarets, a massive royal fortress and the remnants of a once-vast market complex. Government restoration efforts have been more subtle and less indiscriminate than in flashier Samarkand. The city’s accommodation options are by far the best and most atmospheric in the country.
You’ll need at least two days to see the main sights. Try to allow time to lose yourself in the old town; it’s easy to overdose on the 140-odd protected buildings and miss the whole for its many parts.
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BUKHARA | BUXORO
00:19 | Char Minor | Chor Minor
01:04 | Po-i-Kaylan | Poi Kalan
01:25 | Mir-i-Arab Madrasah | Mir Arab Madrasasi
02:19 | Kalan Mosque | Maedjid-i Kalan
03:32 | Bukhara Old Synagogue | Buxoro Sinagoga
04:59 | Bukharan Architecture | Buxoro Me'Morchiligi
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Music: Indore - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bukhara Jews: The Story of a Quarter
The Jewish community has been founded here 2000 years ago, just after the Babylonian captivity.
In the Middle Asia these people are called «The Bukhara Jews» - is the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora, in spite of the Mohammedan milieu they don’t assimilate and although they speak Uzbek language perfectly and it’s hardly possible to distinguish them from the Moslems, in the Jewish district they keep to their customs, forgotten long ago by the Jews of the Diaspora. The last wedding in the Jewish district of Bukhara and the last public worship in the synagogue, the last funeral and the last Bar mizwa.
The history of the Jews of Bukhara came to its end. Why did it happen?
This film has to answer this question.