What are the customs and traditions of Tajikistan. Prohibitions bypassing traditions Tajik holidays

The Committee for Religious Affairs, together with the Ulema Council and the Center for Islamic Studies of Tajikistan, determined the procedure for holding mourning ceremonies and expressing condolences.

Sometimes the state tries to impose restrictions on the traditions that have developed in the territory of present-day Tajikistan for centuries.

The Committee on Religious Affairs has developed a Regulation detailing how to hold a funeral and how to observe mourning. The brochure was printed in the printing house in a half-million print run and recently posted on the official website of the Committee for Religious Affairs.

So what's important to know?

Funeral and mourning rites must be held in accordance with the Hanafi madhhab, which is official in Tajikistan, the traditions and rituals of all local peoples and nationalities of Tajikistan, legal acts, including the current legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The second section describes in detail what the concept of a mourning ceremony includes. It gives instructions on when to perform the funeral prayer (janoza) for the deceased, depending on what part of the day the person died - before or after each of the prayers - bomdod (morning prayer), Peshin (noon), asr (evening) , shom (evening) and khuftan (night).

Payment for labor of gravediggers is made by the relatives of the deceased in the presence of authorized persons in the field.

The third section deals with the preparation of the body of the deceased for the farewell rite (washing, putting on a shroud, exposing the body for parting, etc.).

According to the Rules, during mourning, it is allowed to cry for comfort, but loud lamentations are prohibited, it is forbidden to sprinkle earth on the head, tear hair, scratch the face, and also order a special mourner.

During mourning, women are allowed to wear a large blue gauze scarf on their heads, wide blue dresses and pants, and gird themselves with a scarf.

But it is forbidden to wear black clothes during mourning.

The following sections describe in great detail the rules for washing and dressing the deceased in a shroud (kafan), preparing a tabut (coffin), and conducting a funeral rite. According to the rules, janoza (funeral prayer) is performed by official imam-khatibs. The use of microphones during funeral rites is not permitted.

Sacrifice - attribute of commemoration

We asked ethnographers of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan to tell about the history of funeral rites. They indicate that they did not participate in the development of the procedure for holding mourning ceremonies and expressing condolences, and no one was interested in their opinion.

A significant part of the ancient rites, including funeral ones, are associated with pre-Islamic cults, - says the leading researcher of the ethnography department of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after Ahmad Donish of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan

Zinatmo Yusufbekova. - Funeral and memorial rites of the regions of Tajikistan are closely intertwined with traditional and Islamic ritual norms.

According to experts, the funeral customs of each of the regions of Tajikistan have their own specifics. But all are united by the cult of ancestors, for example, the sacrificial nature of food.

From ancient times to the present day, the regions of Tajikistan have preserved the custom of sacrifice, timed to coincide with certain dates of a person’s death, says senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences, ethnographer Mumina Shovalieva. - In some regions there is a seven-day ban on cooking in the house of the deceased, in others it is only three days. Tajiks in some regions believed that if a person ever slaughtered a ram for a charitable purpose, in the next world the ram would come to the bridge leading to paradise and carry the person on itself.

Wailers, funeral dances and food

Ethnographers point out that earlier the specialty "murdashui" was inherited. They lived in separate mahallas, they could only marry their “colleagues in the shop”, they could not look into their eyes - walking down the street, when meeting with someone, they always covered their faces.

Shovalieva pointed out that the deceased is washed with special rag gloves, but, for example, in the village of Chorkuh (Isfara), this is done with the help of basil branches.

After washing the deceased, they wrapped it in a shroud, for men it was three sheets of cloth, for women five. In different regions, the funeral stretcher also has its own differences, for example, in the Pamirs, an ordinary wooden staircase made of poplar serves as a stretcher, and in the same Chorkuh there are no special stretchers. Two sticks of 2.4 m each and twenty sticks of 1.1 m long are harvested there, they are tied with twine to make a ladder. Sticks must be from fruit trees. In other regions of Tajikistan, special stretchers are used, which are stored in a cemetery or in a mosque. Only men can accompany the deceased to the cemetery.

According to Yusufbekova, in many regions of Tajikistan, a tradition of stormy manifestation of grief over the deceased women has been preserved. As a sign of boundless grief, they scratched their faces until they bled, tore their hair, cut off a lock of hair or a braid. Researchers believe that this form of grief is quite ancient, even pre-Islamic.

According to the interlocutor, in many regions of Tajikistan, including the Pamirs, there is a tradition of inviting special mourners. The mourners had a good voice and knew many mourning songs.

Often, mourners came by themselves, without an invitation, and together with their relatives mourned the deceased, - says Mubina Mahmudova, a specialist at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences. - For example, mourners are depicted on the finds of ancient Penjikent and medieval miniatures of Samarkand. One of these miniatures is “The Funeral of Iskander. “Shahnameh” by Firdousi”, which was rewritten in 1556 by the Persian artist Mohammed Murad Samarkandi (worked at the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century). This work is kept at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Tashkent.

Yusufbekova noted that in some villages of the Pamirs, such a pre-Islamic rite as funeral dances - floodplain (foot movement) has been preserved. The emotional manifestation of grief and mourning are the remnants of ancient pre-Islamic beliefs, and the Muslim clergy have always spoken out against these traditions, urging them not to oppose God's will. In the Pamirs, the tradition of madohoni (mourning chants of men on the third day) is still preserved.

In almost all regions, commemorations were held on the third, seventh, fortieth day after the funeral and on the anniversary of death, says Shovalieva. - Funeral events in almost all religions are accompanied by refreshments and the preparation of certain types of food. Now, in some regions, the commemoration has been turned into a magnificent meal, it has even become an object of rivalry.

Ethnographers point out that in Tajikistan, as in many countries of the world, each region has its own clothes, which differ in the type of fabric, color or combination of colors, details and style of tailoring. Costumes have always differed depending on social status, divided into festive and everyday, wedding and mourning. According to them, this is due to the historical traditions of a particular region, including those formed as a result of the natural assimilation of the population of a particular region.

In traditional Islam, there is no wearing black in mourning, Makhmudova says. - Arabs wear only white.

According to the ethnographer, in the Pamirs, mourning clothes are not bright, it can be with patterns and colors, but of various soft shades. In Faizabad they wear white. In Gharm, white or new clothes are also worn; the main thing is that the clothes should not be bright. There is no specific type of mourning clothes in the regions of Southern Tajikistan. People wear normal, everyday clothes.

In Central Tajikistan in the 19th and early 20th centuries, young women wore mourning clothes made of black satin with blue patterns, Makhmudova says. - Harem pants are also dark in color. They refueled in ichigi, which were worn with galoshes. A dark-colored robe was put on over the head, a white scarf was thrown over the head. There were no decorations and there are none, because they are not supposed to be worn during mourning. By the way, wearing jewelry during mourning is not allowed in all regions of Tajikistan.

In northern Tajikistan, mourning clothes for both men and women are always black or dark blue. Women put on a dressing gown, often black, over a dark-colored dress, and they always gird themselves with a sash - a foot. A futa is four meters of white fabric. Previously, the foot was worn by men, setting off on a long journey. The futa was used as a blanket in the bath, and in the event of death, it could be used as a shroud. Now the foot is an attribute of the mourning costume for the women of Northern Tajikistan. While mourning the deceased, women hold on to their foot-belt with their hands. And close men always rely on specially prepared sticks with a piece of white cloth, and for forty days these sticks are left at the gate of the deceased's house.

Previously, men in Northern Tajikistan always wore blue robes (banoras) for mourning events, but since the late 90s they have been replaced by black velvet robes with cotton lining, the ethnographer says.

Instead of a resume

According to the ethnographer Safar Saidov, before developing any rules, it is necessary to consult with ethnographers, because it is necessary to start not only from religion, but also from the centuries-old traditions of the people.

But speaking of religion...

The commemoration at a certain time in all religions is always accompanied by a meal. People gather at a table or dastarkhan and remember the deceased. Let it be no frills, but how can it be banned? Or the same wearing of clothes of a certain color, mourning the dead and emotional expression of grief?

Experts are confused. And we will see how the new norms will work, whether they will be, as expected, recommendations or will still be imposed.

Tajikistan customs and traditions

Tajiks are one of the most ancient peoples in the world. Archaeological excavations from a settlement on the territory of today's Tajikistan date back to the end of the Upper Paleolithic, fifteen to twenty thousand years ago. Tajiks have preserved many ancient traditions and customs of their ancestors. They have their own spoken language - a variety of Persian. Large families for generations live together under one roof, as a family, their farms and businesses reflect this prosperity and the friendliness to the guest reflects the legendary hospitality.

TAJ‘IKI, Tojik (self-designation), people, the main population of Tajikistan, the second largest people in Afghanistan. They speak the Tajik language of the Western Iranian group of the Indo-European family. Tajik believers are mostly Sunni Muslims.

The direct ancestors of the Tajiks were: the Bactrians in the basin of the upper Amu Darya, the Sogdians in the basins of the Zeravshan and Kashkadarya, the Parthians in Khorasan, the Margians in the Merv oasis, the Khorezmians in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya, the Parkans in the Ferghana Valley and the Sako-Massaget tribes of the Pamir-Tien Shan mountains and the Aral Sea. Caspian steppes. All these peoples and tribes were engaged in agriculture in the oases and valleys on the basis of mainly artificial irrigation, in the mountainous and steppe regions - cattle breeding and a variety of handicrafts.

CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES

The original occupation of the Tajiks was arable farming combined with cattle breeding. Artificial irrigation was used in the plains, mountainous and high-mountainous regions. Growing mainly cereals (cereals and legumes), horticultural crops, cotton (on the plain), on the lands located above - millet, barley, garden and melon crops, fruit. In agriculture, ketmeni and arable implements such as ral (omoch, ispor) were used, a pair of oxen served as draft power.

Cattle breeding in the agriculture of the lowland regions played an auxiliary role (cattle, in a small number of horses, donkeys, sheep and goats). It was based on vertical nomadism. In summer, cattle were driven to mountain meadows and part of the inhabitants moved there for grazing, but the main population remained in the village. At summer camps in the mountains, peculiar women's partnerships (naubati shir, peyvoz) were common for draining milk: women united in such an artel in turn received the entire milk yield of the entire herd for the future use of butter, cheese, etc.

The lowland Tajiks have long developed various crafts - the manufacture of cotton, silk, woolen and cloth fabrics (weaving men), jewelry, pottery, etc.; many of the crafts had ancient traditions (wood and ganch carving, decorative embroidery, etc.). Among the mountain Tajiks, the production of woolen fabrics (men), knitting and embroidery (women) gained commercial importance.

Dwellings and Settlements

Traditional villages are compact, closely built-up, with a labyrinth of crooked streets and dead ends, with blank walls of houses and fences - duvals - opening into them. The houses are mostly adobe (in mountainous areas and stone buildings), with a flat roof, sometimes with a terrace (aivon). The dwelling was divided into male and female halves: outsiders were not allowed into the female - the inner part of the house. A special room for guests (mekhmonkhona) is characteristic: the floor in it is covered with felt mats, cotton and woolen rugs, carpets, on which long narrow quilted blankets for sitting (kurpacha) are laid out along the perimeter of the room, in the center - a tablecloth (dastarkhan). The walls are decorated with embroidery (suzani) and carpets. In lowland Tajiks, wall niches traditionally often serve as cabinets.

TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

The traditional clothes of the Tajiks had their own characteristics in each of the ethno-cultural regions, but they also had common features. For men - a tunic-shaped shirt, trousers with a wide step, a swinging robe, a scarf belt, a skullcap, a turban and leather boots with soft soles, leather galoshes with a pointed nose (they were worn separately, sometimes worn on boots), in mountainous areas - shoes type of clog with three spikes on the sole for the convenience of walking along mountain paths.

Women wear tunic-shaped dresses, in rural areas - from smooth fabrics, in mountainous southern regions - embroidered, especially in Darval and Kulyab (examples of folk decorative art). Wide harem pants had a slouch at the ankle. Headwear - scarves, skullcaps (for Hissar Tajiks). Townswomen and lowland Tajik women wore a swing robe and local shoes. The mountain women did not have bathrobes.

Modern Tajik clothing combines traditional elements - an overcoat, a skullcap with urban clothing. Tajik women retain more traditional elements of clothing. Girls and young women mostly wear a yoke dress, which is widespread in Central Asia (except for Turkmenistan). Bloomers are sewn ‘already, in young women it is much higher than the ankle. Traditional jewelry is combined with modern: necklaces, pendants, earrings, rings.

The basis of nutrition in the mountainous regions was bread (in the form of flat cakes) and dairy products, including ghee, dry cheese (kurut) and cottage cheese (panir), noodles, various cereals; in the plains - flat cakes. Rice dishes, noodles, manti (large dumplings), vegetable oil (including cottonseed), vegetables and fruits. Cakes are baked in special clay ovens (tanur). Meat is eaten with lamb and beef, often stewed with noodles or less often with potatoes. A festive traditional treat among the lowland Tajiks is pilaf, among the mountainous - lamb soup (shurbo). Traditional sweets: halva, crystalline sugar (nabot), nishallo (creamy mass of sugar, beaten egg whites and soap root), sweets (parvarda), etc. Tea is drunk preferably green, black - usually in the cold season.

Traditional Tajik dishes start with sweet dishes like halva and tea, followed by soups and meats before moving on to the main course, pilaf.

FOLKLORE

Tajik folklore is rich and varied; labor, ritual-calendar, ritual-holiday and mourning folk songs (surud), quatrains (rubai) are popular, but fairy tales and satirical tales are most interesting, humorous anecdotes (latifs) are widespread, for example, about Khoja Nasreddin.

Tajik music is built on a diatonic scale, vocal music is monophonic. Musical instruments are diverse: string instruments - dutor, rubab, tanbur, etc.; bowed - gidzhak, violin; wind - nay, kvrnay, surnay; cymbals - chang; percussion - tablak (clay timpani), doira (tambourine), kayrok (stone castanets). Folk dances are colorful (including comic and reproducing labor processes). Favorite folk spectacles - performances of tightrope walkers, magicians, puppet theater.

TRADITIONS AND RITUALS

Tajiks have very unique wedding ceremonies.

Most ethnic groups in Central Asia begin the wedding ceremony with the betrothal and agreements reached by the elders of the family, but the Tajik wedding is completely different and different from the usual ones. It lasts seven days! On the first day of the ceremony, the bride and groom announce their marriage and hold separate banquets with their families that continue for three days.
On the fifth day, the groom, accompanied by friends and relatives, go to his bride's house. There, newlyweds, in order to bind their obligations to the imam, they must drink a glass of water and eat a piece of meat with salt. This is part of the marriage ceremony and only after that are they allowed to be together.
After this, the great celebration begins. People sing and dance until midnight. Then the newlyweds ride to the groom's house on one horse. On the sixth day, the bride's family and her members travel to the groom's house to spend the night there, celebrating the completion of the wedding.
The honeymoon, on the other hand, lasts 40 days spent under the same roof with the husband's parents to protect the bride and groom at the beginning of their married life from the evil eye and other wickedness.

Every Tajik morning begins with "Assalom alaikum" (Tajiks adopted this from the Arabs in the 9th century), which means "Peace to your home." When meeting people, greet with a right handshake and try to keep your left hand on the right side of your chest. In no case do not greet with your left hand, even if your right hand is busy. Women are greeted only by voice, and if a woman is familiar and older than the interlocutor, then simultaneously with “Assalomu alaikum”, the male interlocutor puts his right hand to his heart as a sign of respect.
Before you enter the house of a Tajik, you will be offered to wash your hands and give you a towel - take advantage of this. Do not shake off the water from your hands, dangling them in the air - this will be considered as disrespectful to the owners of the house and others. And even if you already washed your hands before coming to visit, do not refuse to wash them again.

If there are already people in the house, say hello and try to smile.

A guest for a Tajik is always a pleasant procedure for his acceptance and pleasant chores and duties. And of course, you, as a guest, will be shown a place where to sit - this is always a place of honor in the "mehmonkhona", i.e. usually a large living room. Tajiks, when they build a house, are sure to specially design a “mekhmonkhon” for respected guests, and guests are always respected in a Tajik house.

Tajiks usually sit on the floor, covered with a carpet and kurpacha - special mattresses stuffed with cotton wool or refined cotton and sewn from beautiful fabric. Sit comfortably, but do not lie or sit with your legs extended forward or to the side.

Behind the dastarkhan - a tablecloth laid on the floor, at first, when everyone is already seated, a ceremony of praise to God and greeting of the guest is performed. At the end of the feast, this rite is repeated. All those sitting at the dastarkhan should raise both palms in front of them with the letter L, and when you hear “Omin!” (“Amen!”), raise your hands to your face, then lower them. This is a purely Tajik national rite, different from a religious rite that does not mention a guest. Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Iranians and other Muslims of the world do not have such a ceremony of welcoming a guest.

Behind the dastarkhan, the youngest of the owners pours tea. A bowl (cup) of tea must be taken with the right hand and put the left hand on the right side of the chest. In the same way, the bowl must be returned to the person pouring tea. Even if the hosts allow the use of alcoholic beverages at the feast, the youngest “cupbearer” also pours. Do not be surprised when the first bowl pouring tea or "cupbearer" is sure to pour himself. This is an ancient tradition: the pourer proves to others that it is not poison.

Usually Tajiks, when they invite a guest home, cook pilaf. After the host’s invitation to start eating, under normal conditions, the oldest among those sitting at the dastarkhan is the first to stretch out his hand to the pilaf, but when the guest is in the house, they ask him to try the pilaf first.

You cannot insist that the hostess of the house goes out to the guest or joins the feast - this is not accepted among Tajiks.

If you need to contact a woman, ask permission from her husband or adult relative.

If you are staying overnight in a traditional Tajik house, try not to appear in night clothes or half-naked, especially when washing in a common washbasin. If you need to rinse up to your waist, ask the host where this can be done.

If you come to a house where there is no owner and only a woman and (or) children are in it, do not enter this house. Even if a woman (the mistress of the house) invites you to come in (this is a sign of good breeding, according to ancient tradition, no guest is left on the street), do not accept the invitation. Find out when the owner will return, and only then visit this house.

If you come to a female leader, she can give you a hand - say hello.
If you come to a house where a person has recently died, do not smile, laugh, speak loudly, listen to music, watch TV.

If you find yourself in a house where people perform a ritual of prayer, do not speak loudly, laugh.

If you go to visit, do not forget to buy sweets or flowers. Tajiks do not go to visit empty-handed.

If you are going to a wedding or tui - a circumcision ceremony, do not forget to buy a gift. If you are well enough acquainted with a person who has a wedding or tui (circumcision of his son), you can put $ 50 in an envelope with a greeting card (in Tajiks, this means a gift - “debt”, i.e. someday he will return it to you as a gift for a wedding, birthday, etc.).

Bread in a Tajik home is the most sacred. Try not to crush it and handle it with care. Remember, the Tajik national flatbread must be broken with two hands and never cut with a knife.

Holidays
The main holidays in Tajikistan are Navruz, the Muslim New Year, which is celebrated on the day of the spring equinox. It marks new life and new hopes for all who love to celebrate this holiday. The whole village is preparing for this holiday. The tables are filled to capacity with various foods, where the main place is occupied by a traditional dish that is prepared only on this day, sumalak! The same applies to Kurban Mairam, Eid.

Guli Lola is a festival of tulips, which includes accompaniment of choral and dance music.

Poppies and tulips are native flowers in Tajikistan and were the source of the original Dutch tulips.

Tajik teahouse.

Tea is often drunk in the local teahouse - teahouse.

The teahouse is a place where people of all ages can gather and discuss issues that are important in their lives. As soon as a person has had enough of tea, he should turn the empty cup (piyala) upside down in front of him, as a sign that he no longer wants tea - and continue the discussion.

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When it comes to travel, few would list Tajikistan as one of the most popular tourist destinations. And in vain! After all, this ancient, located in the very center of Asia, a beautiful country has a rich historical and cultural heritage.

What is worth remembering when going to Tajikistan?

First of all, about the fact that Tajikistan is a country of traditional values. Tajiks have carefully kept their customs for many millennia. Traditions and rituals are passed down from generation to generation, almost in their original form.

The life and way of life in this country has been shaped for centuries under the influence of climate, landscape and, of course, religion.

Family is the most important!

Family ties are extremely important for the people of Tajikistan. That is why many traditions are closely connected here with wedding celebrations and the birth of children. So, for example, a traveler should not be surprised that outsiders are not allowed in to a young mother and a newborn baby for forty days. Such a precaution should protect the child from the evil eye and diseases, so that he grows up healthy and strong. But when this period expires, the father of the child invites all relatives to the naming ceremony, during which the mullah gives the baby a name and reads a surah from the Koran.

No less solemn is the laying of the child in the cradle. It is made for a newborn from expensive woods and decorated with patterns.

One of the elderly female neighbors puts the baby in the cradle, and after the ceremony, the child's parents present sweets to the guests so that the baby sleeps soundly at night.

Ah, those weddings!

Tajik weddings are usually very crowded. Relatives, friends and neighbors are invited to celebrate the arrival of a new family.

As in many patriarchal countries, in Tajikistan, the marriage of young people is traditionally negotiated by parents. Although, today, the elders undoubtedly take into account the opinion and sympathy of their children when choosing a groom or bride.

When the groom's family selects the desired bride, an eloquent matchmaker comes to her parents' house to formally propose marriage on behalf of the groom's family. And if the father or elder brother of the bride agrees to marry her off, they agree on the date of the wedding and the wedding feast. By the way, the cost of the wedding feast falls on the groom and his family. In turn, the bride's family collects a dowry for her, with which she will enter her husband's house.

Girls and boys

Traditional gender roles in Tajikistan are very strong. And, although education here is available to everyone, regardless of gender, boys and girls are brought up differently. Boys are trained to be the protector and master of the home, who is responsible for the well-being of the family. And the girls grow up to be caring wives and mothers, keepers of customs and the hearth.

What tourists need to know

A European who decides to visit Tajikistan needs to remember a few small points:

Do not hurry

It is not known whether the hot climate is to blame, or the reason lies in something else, but punctuality in Tajikistan is far from being so important. And, when arranging a meeting with a resident of this country, be prepared to forgive him for a slight delay.

Teahouse - men's club

Men and women

Men separately, women separately. And it's not a joke. Whether in a mosque or on a holiday, women and men are in different rooms. And, of course, a man and a woman should not be left alone if they are not close relatives to each other.

Hospitality

Hospitality and friendliness are the basis of the customs of Tajikistan. This must be remembered. And that is why a guest should not be refused if someone calls him for a cup of tea in his house. Refusal will cause a grave insult to the owner.

Reverence for gray hair

For a Tajik, respect for elders is the most natural thing in the world. The advice of elders is listened to, they are not interrupted. The youth do not sit down until the elders take their seats.

bargain

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A guide to holding mourning events, behavior and observance of mourning was printed in a circulation of 500 thousand copies (the population in the republic is 8.6 million people) in a printing house in Dushanbe.

The memo, consisting of eight sections, was developed by the Committee on Religious Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan together with the Ulema Council and the Center for Islamic Studies of the Republic of Tatarstan, Asia-Plus reports.

According to the regulations, the rite of burial and mourning should be carried out by the inhabitants of the republic in accordance with the Hanafi madhhab of Islam (professed by the majority of the population of the country), the traditions of all local peoples and nationalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as other legal acts and laws.

In addition, the brochure defines the concept of "funeral ceremony" and regulates the time of the funeral prayer for the deceased (janoz) depending on the segment of the day when the person died (before or after each of the five prayers), describes in detail the rules for washing and dressing the deceased in a shroud (kafan ), preparing the coffin (tobut) and conducting the funeral rite.

During the farewell to the deceased and during the period of mourning, according to the new rules, you can cry for comfort, but loud lamentations, sprinkling earth on your head, pulling out your hair, scratching your face are prohibited. Also, special mourners cannot be ordered.

From now on, it will be necessary to pay off the gravedigger only in the presence of authorized persons on the ground.

The brochure also regulates who can stay overnight at the home of the deceased during the period of mourning. It can only be his parents, children, spouses and other close relatives (bride, son-in-law, grandchildren, or, in their absence, aunt and uncle), who, by the way, can only mourn for three days (previously they kept it up to one year) .

Guests who came to express their condolences are "not recommended to sit in the house of the deceased for a long time."

The clothing has not been overlooked either. So, men in mourning can wear a blue robe (joma / chapan), a skullcap and gird themselves with a sash (ruymol) or, if desired, simply wear a belt over a shirt without a robe. Women are allowed to wear a large blue scarf on their heads, wide dresses and blue pants and gird themselves with a scarf. It is forbidden to wear black clothes during mourning.

All events should be held without slaughtering livestock and offering food, which is prescribed in the law “On streamlining traditions, celebrations and rituals in the Republic of Tajikistan”, proposed by President Emomali Rahmon, which was unanimous in August. The law also limits the number of weddings even further, which deputies believe could reduce the need to go to Russia to work and, consequently, reduce the number of Tajik migrants in the Russian Federation.

After the appearance of changes in Tajikistan, a campaign to promote national clothes was also intensified, within the framework of which the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan sent a letter to the country's mobile operators with a request to send them to Tajik women by phone. They are invited to write “Respect national clothes”, “Let's observe national traditions”, “Wearing national clothes is obligatory!” and other phrases.