In Tajikistan each textile (cloth) has a name of a popular person. Previously, I heard about this interesting phenomenon in Tajikistan but didn’t pay attention to it as long as I did not see the names of Putin and Bin Laden. I read about this in an article today(rus).
While American companies produce toilet papers […]
One of the most interesting phenomena in Tajikistan the general public’s perception of the world. The sad fact is that we have been cut from the rest of the world for more than 70 years and now that we have the freedom to go on and explore, we find ourselves in the mental prison […]
Dusti square in the center of Dushanbe was really crowded on the eve of New Year. This square is famous for the monument of Ismaili Somoni depicted on the photo shot by Babasteve. There was organized a concert of local singers and dancers who entertained the crowd. Law and order was maintained by hundreds of […]
Today president Rahmon met with Tajik entrepreneurs (rus) in Kohi Vahdat and discussed with them their problems and future plans. As I was informed, this meeting lasted for about four hours. President attentively listened to the complaints and questions of the entrepreneurs after making a long speech about development of entrepreneurship in Tajikistan and […]
The Communist Party of Tajikistan made a request to President Rahmon for moving the monument of Lenin from central park of Dushanbe closer to its office. This request was made on 7th of October when communists traditionally celebrate the Revolution Day.
The official commemorations were abandoned long time ago but, the members of communist party […]
Today the head of a department responsible for enforcement of the famous law “On regulation of traditions and customs” in Tajikistan, Abdunabi Kholikov reported on the outputs of the department’s activities. He reported that during the past three months there were organized 892 weddings more than in the previous quarter and the number of circumcisions […]
Nowadays all of Tajik society is obsessed with “social reforms” on the regulation of traditions and customs, says st_george (rus). It looks like a great competition. Obviously, the governmental officials and those who head the key organizations in the country are the first who want to gain the lead in the competition in order […]
Translation from tajik-tajik blog.
The number of women who drive cars in Tajikistan is constantly increasing and according to statistics it already constitutes 30% of all drivers. It is not unusual to see a woman driving car in Europe but in Tajikistan it is an unusual phenomenon. In past it was considered that driving cars […]
In the republican conference on regulation of national traditions and customs the president of Tajikstan Emomali Rahmon criticized many things in everyday life of the Tajiks. Besides proposing a ban on lavish weddings and funerals Rahmon laid structures on clergies for being “out of date” (rus). Although Ataman Rakin and some other visitors of […]
Everything started with golden teeth last year. During the visit to one of rural schools Emomali Rahmon met a teacher with golden teeth which caused a bit of irritation of him and he decided to ban wearing of golden teeth throughout the country. For some reasons this decision of him was not transformed into […]
