Korsi
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A korsi, also referred to as a sandal in Central Asia, is a type of heated table traditionally found in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. A korsi is the traditional centre of a home in Central Asian
An Iranian family gathered around a korsi, 1982
A korsi display at the Nain Museum of Anthropology. The korsi is no longer commonly used in Iran, but remains widespread in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Food and drink placed on top of a modern korsi
Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a sovereign, doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan
Korsi
…sandalī; Uzbek: сандал) in Central Asia, is a type of heated table traditionally found in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia (particularly Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). A korsi is the traditional centre of a home in Central Asian and Iranian architecture, particularly during winter months, where it historically served…
Female statuette wearing the kaunakes. Chlorite and limestone, Bactria, beginning of the second millennium BC.
Triumphant crowd at Registan, Sher-Dor Madrasah. The Emir of Bukhara viewing the severed heads of Russian soldiers on poles. Painting by Vasily Vereshchagin (1872).
Two Sart men and two Sart boys in Samarkand, c. 1910
Russian troops taking Samarkand in 1868, by Nikolay Karazin