KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: TESHIK-TASH

There is a holy place worshipped by all Uzbek people: Teshik-Tash.
A large holed Stone (Teshik-Tash in Turkic) is surrounded by small white stones.
According to the stories of old, the stone has a healing effect. Mothers bring their children and take them through the hole of the stone. They say that the next day children are cured of their illnesses. Teshik Tash is not only the name of the holy place, but the name of the grotto, well-known for the archaeological excavation of the remains of a Neanderthal child. In 1938, the famous Central Asian archaeologist Michael E. Masson found the burial place in the Teshik-Tash Cave.
During the excavations archaeologists found the skeleton of a Neanderthal boy of 9-10 years. Famous Russian anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov restored the live appearance of the boy from his skull. Today, you can see a sculptural portrait of the boy in Termez museum.
The child was found in a grave surrounded by upright goat horns deliberately placed there, as if to ritualize the burial. The Teshik Tash burial illustrates an early expression of an animistic belief – that is, that nature is essentially personal and filled with spirits which behave like human beings.
Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
29june23

KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF KASHKADARYA

“𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶, 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶, 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱, 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝔀 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮.“
~ 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓗𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮
On the slope of the Pamir-Alai mountains, the air in the region is the purest.
Kashkadarya has several meanings: “river lost in the sand” and “transparent, clean river”.
Kashkadarya has several meanings: “river lost in the sand” and “transparent, clean river”.
Huge abundance of several types of nuts from the region: pistachios, peanuts, walnuts

25june23