Uzbek Traditional Clothing

Uzbekistan is famous for a wide variety of Uzbek skullcaps. Uzbek Traditional Clothing - "a round or peaked cap with embroidered or woven patterns, national headdress Uzbeks." Skullcap adorns all - and gray heads elderly, infants, and tall. Proverb says, "Skullcap jigit always to face."

Skullcaps very ancient origin. It is customary to wear a skullcap played a role religion of Islam forbids Muslims to go out with their heads uncovered. In addition to its direct utilitarian function, skullcap was always decorate the costume. The desire for beauty masters, to perfection elevated their work from craft to high art. Historically the form out of a pointed skullcap worn under that turban. The word "skullcap" comes from the Tatar "tyubete": Tube - top, top. Uzbek name of these caps - "duppi" or "kalpok." The XIX century skullcap as headgear are widespread and to determine the variety of their forms - peaked and tapered, semi-spherical and rectangular, round and dome tyubeteyki.Bogatstvo and variety of colors and ornamentation, embroidery technique so large that make it difficult to transfer any decor skullcaps...