#turkic

[along-the-silkroad]

The Jarkurgan Minaret, designed by by Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sarkhasi, Uzbekistan, Seljuq, 1108-1109 CE. The minaret features herringbone brickwork and Kufic inscriptions from the Quran and is situated near Termez, about 7 kilometers from Jarkurgan. It was built under the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan, Sultan Sanjar (r. 1118-1157).

[salialenart]

‘Ah, Arya. You have a wildness in you, child. The ‘wolf blood,’ my father used to call it.’

Arya Stark commissioned by arxya999 on instagram

Dressing inspired by Turkic cultures, specifically Sakha and Kazakh

[purexenophilia]

Kyrgyz girl in traditional jewelry

[songs-of-the-east]

AeternaNova Northern Macedonian ethnographic project

"AeternaNova" (in Latin "aeterna"- ancient and "nova"-new) is an exhibition of photographs, folk costumes, and an ethnographic film, curated by Filip Petkovski Ph.D., UNESCO-certified heritage expert. It aims to represent the cultural heritage of Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Roma, and Vlachs living in North Macedonia, and to feature recorded personal narratives of the models on the photos who are leaders in their professions (actors, musicians, athletes, public figures), about their views and experiences with diversity and inclusion.

The project incorporates new media, ethnography, and visual anthropology to contextualise the topic, while each photograph serves as a visual narrative aimed to illustrate the dynamic evolution of cultural identity in the region. We are led by the idea that cultural heritage must be reinterpreted and modernised to be largely disseminated, especially amongst the younger population, who might mystify and reject the topic of cultural heritage. The exhibition will take place at the Youth Cultural Centre in Skopje, while the results of the project will be published as a research paper in the journal "Macedonian Folklore" in which we will explore diversity, inclusion, and peaceful coexistence.

The project aims to emphasise the similarities in the cultures of all of the communities that live in North Macedonia and encourages the audience to engage in a process of mutual learning and enrichment of knowledge related to cultural heritage."

[yestozidk]

[global-musings]

Chuvash Girl

[joelchaimholtzman]

Happy to share a painting I made a few years ago!

This is a female warrior from the medieval Volga Bulgar era; Steppe warriors from the east who settled in Central Europe.

Hope you like it!

Best,

JCH

[safije]

Yakut woman, Sakha Republic of Russia

[baebeylik]

Yataghan sword. Ottoman Empire. 1800s to 1900s CE.

Benaki Museum, Athens.

[along-the-silkroad]

Portal of the Karakhanid caravanserais, Rabat-i-Malik, situated along the road between Bukhara and Samarkand. This marvelous hotel for passing merchants was constructed by the Karakhanid ruler Shams al-Mulk Nasr around 1070 CE.

[purexenophilia]

Letter sent by Greek general Georgios Karaiskakis to Ottoman sultan Reşid Mehmed Pasha

To Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Kütahı in Athens

Fuck your faith and your Muhammed

What do you think you’re doing cuckholds….Don’t have no shame asking us to negotiate with a kodja shit sultan.

Mehmedite?

Let me shit on him, and your vizer, and that Jew Silihtar Boda, that bitch

If I live, I will fuck them, and if I die, they will fart on my dick.

The General

Georgios Karaiskakis

20 April 1827

[songs-of-the-east]

Gagauz: The Descendants of the Wolves

"In the south of the Republic of Moldova lies the small autonomous region of Gagauzia. Here lives a largely unknown people with old traditions and customs: the Gagauz, a minority of ethnic Turks with Christian Orthodox faith, the descendants of the Wolves.

According to legend, after an enemy raid, a she-wolf discovered a little boy who had miraculously survived in the forest and took care of him. This boy became the ancestor of the Gagauz people.

But very few young people decide to stay in the land of their ancestors. Older people proudly try to preserve their identity, their traditions and, above all, their language in order to continue on the path to the independence they long for."

[salialenart]

" I know she is proud. How not? what else was left her but pride? i know she is strong. How not? the Dothraki despise weakness. if Daenerys had been weak, she would have perished with Viserys."

— Tyrion vi, a Dance with Dragons

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This piece was quick and so pleasing to draw because I have draw her in traditional Kazakh dress)I think Dothraki need more colours in dressings and better braids🐲

[safije]

Cats in Traditional Kyrgyz Folk Clothing

[baebeylik]

Calligraphic Galleon. Abd al-Qadir Hisari.

Ottoman Empire. 1767 CE.

Housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.