Well known Uzbek Traditions and Customs

at the table or in Uzbek dastarkhan. According to ancient custom, men and women should sit at different tables, but it is fully preserved meal begins and ends with tea drinking. Initially, the table serving sweets, cakes, dried fruits and nuts, fruits and vegetables, followed by snacks, and only at the end - a mandatory pilaf only in rural areas. Head of the family itself seats guests, and for the most respected places diverted away from the entrance.

• at the table or in Uzbek dastarkhan. According to ancient custom, men and women should sit at different tables, but it is fully preserved meal begins and ends with tea drinking. Initially, the table serving sweets, cakes, dried fruits and nuts, fruits and vegetables, followed by snacks, and only at the end - a mandatory pilaf only in rural areas. Head of the family itself seats guests, and for the most respected places diverted away from the entrance.
• Each handshake one for health and state of affairs. Women made a slight bow to greet their right hand to his heart.
• Then, guests are invited into the house, put on a most honorable place or other festive dish.
• Guests pours tea master of the house. Traditional element of hospitality here is characterized by a small amount of the drinking of tea - the guest of honor, the less in his cup of beverage. This custom is explained as follows - the more guests will contact the owner of the additive - the better. This is a sign of respect for the home. If the bottom of the bowls still remains tea, the hostess throws it, and fills the bowl again. Accordingly, the uninvited guest

handshake one for health and state of affairs. Women made a slight bow to greet their right hand to his heart.

• handshake one for health and state of affairs. Women made a slight bow to greet their right hand to his heart.
• Then, guests are invited into the house, put on a most honorable place at the table or in Uzbek dastarkhan. According to ancient custom, men and women should sit at different tables, but it is fully preserved only in rural areas. Head of the family itself seats guests, and for the most respected places diverted away from the entrance.
• Each meal begins and ends with tea drinking. Initially, the table serving sweets, cakes, dried fruits and nuts, fruits and vegetables, followed by snacks, and only at the end - a mandatory pilaf or other festive dish.
• Guests pours tea master of the house. Traditional element of hospitality here is characterized by a small amount of the drinking of tea - the guest of honor, the less in his cup of beverage. This custom is explained as follows - the more guests will contact the owner of the additive - the better. This is a sign of respect for the home. If the bottom of the bowls still remains tea, the hostess throws it, and fills the bowl again. Accordingly, the uninvited guest