Carpet Ride To Khiva

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Carpet ride to khiva.

A carpet ride to khiva is a story on at least four levels. Exploration of the cultures and traditions of the uzbekhi people some funny some appalling and some just interesting. A carpet ride to khiva by christopher aslan alexander. According to legend khiva was found by a son of noah but it is equally easy to believe khiva is where aladdin and jasmine s magic carpet ride led them.

Just read your book a carpet ride to khiva thanks for writing an amazing book. A personal highlight was climbing khiva s parapet at sunset the memory of the golden display that lay below will remain with me forever. I m heading on another journey through asia this year so it was perfect timing for me to read it. Made famous by the book a carpet ride to khiva the experience is made more exciting if you have read the book but even if you haven t this is a great place to observe the exquisite crafts of the area and to purchase both rugs and suzani.

A carpet ride to khiva. A carpet ride to khiva sees alexander being stripped naked at a former soviet youth camp crawling through silkworm droppings in an attempt to record their life cycle holed up in the british museum discovering carpet designs dormant for half a millennia tackling a carpet thieving mayor distinguishing natural dyes from sacks of opium in northern afghanistan bluffing his way through an. At that point i was up in the high pamirs distributing yak combs to kyrgyz yak herders in preparation for the yak down harvest which. To set up a carpet workshop in which the ancient.

Funny interesting informative entertaining i ll recommend it when i can. What was involved in setting up and running a fair trade textile workshop in the uzbekhi walled city of khiva. Maybe i should fill in some of the gaps. Observations on aid agency policies and practices and political corruption and injustice in.

Very well written and you ve covered all the bases. Meanwhile he finds himself embarking on a much more quixotic project. I continued work with yak yak in the pamirs until april 2010.