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    Diwali is one of the major religious festivals celebrated in parts of Asia between the 13th and 15th day of the lunar month. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Arts and crafts from different regions of Central and West Asia include Uzbekistan's printed cloth, wood carving and carpets in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and embroidered wall hangings called tush kyiz from Kyrgyzstan. West Asia is known for its artistic traditions in embroidery, ceramics, wood carving, metalwork, calligraphy, inlaid wood, glassworks, and handmade soap made using local materials.

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    Diwali is one of the major religious festivals celebrated in parts of Asia between the 13th and 15th day of the lunar month. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Arts and crafts from different regions of Central and West Asia include Uzbekistan's printed cloth, wood carving and carpets in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and embroidered wall hangings called tush kyiz from Kyrgyzstan. West Asia is known for its artistic traditions in embroidery, ceramics, wood carving, metalwork, calligraphy, inlaid wood, glassworks, and handmade soap made using local materials.

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    Diwali is one of the major religious festivals celebrated in parts of Asia between the 13th and 15th day of the lunar month. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Arts and crafts from different regions of Central and West Asia include Uzbekistan's printed cloth, wood carving and carpets in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and embroidered wall hangings called tush kyiz from Kyrgyzstan. West Asia is known for its artistic traditions in embroidery, ceramics, wood carving, metalwork, calligraphy, inlaid wood, glassworks, and handmade soap made using local materials.

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    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF

    SOUTH, CENTRAL AND


    WEST ASIA
    ART 8 – QUARTER 3 – WEEK 5-6
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF SOUTH
    ASIA
    Diwali, also spelled Divali,
    one of the major religious
    festivals in Hinduism,
    Jainism, and Sikhism, lasting
    for five days from the 13th
    day of the dark half of the
    lunar month Ash vina to the
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF SOUTH
    ASIA
    The name is derived from the
    Sanskrit term Deepavali, meaning
    “row of lights”.
    The festival generally symbolizes
    the victory of light over darkness.
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
    CENTRAL ASIA
    Uzbekistan Printed Cloth. Making
    printed cloth was very popular
    among the peoples who inhabited
    the region of present Uzbekistan.
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
    CENTRAL ASIA
    Wood carving (kandakory) in
    Tajikistan is a diverse art and has
    several types of techniques: relief
    cutting, facing (cladding) cutting.
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
    CENTRAL ASIA
    Turkmenistan is famous for its carpets,
    which are regarded by carpet experts,
    which are regarded by carpet experts as
    descendants of the purest and oldest
    carpet-weaving traditions in Central Asia.
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
    CENTRAL ASIA
    Tush kyiz of Kyrgyzstan are large,
    elaborately embroided wall
    hangings, traditionally made in
    Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan by
    elder woman to commemorate the
    marriage of a son or daughter.
    ARTS AND CRAFTS OF WEST
    ASIA
    On this region art and crafts are part of their heritage
    and traditions.
     The products coming from this region are made with
    different materials available in their community.
    The production of arts and crafts has a variety of artistic
    forms like embroidery, cermios, wood carving, hammered
    metalwork, calligraphy, inlaid wood designs, blown
    glassworks and handmade soap from Syria or Lebanon.

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