# @shabnamnasimi on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-28T17:19:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shabnam Nasimi (@ShabnamNasimi) — https://gondola.cc/ShabnamNasimi

## Caption

Last year, wearing my Suzani chapan in Samarqand 🌸

The very root of Suzani designs is believed to be in the Fergana Valley and spread across Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, & Kyrgyzstan. 

The term “Suzani” derives from the Persian word for needle and needlework “suzanikari”. 

Suzani used to tell the story of a mother’s love for her daughter and the art of embroidery that endured the ages. The mother and women of the family taught the little girl from an early age to embroider beautiful handcrafted dowry pieces for her wedding day that would  bring wellbeing and happiness into her future married life.  She would have been taught the art and secrets of the embroidery of her family and region and then her own dowry pieces would one day be  presented to her groom and his family on her wedding day. 

Her Suzanis would tell her new family much about her personality and embroidery skills. Her dreams for her life ahead was lovingly captured in these magical cloths as she grew up. It was believed that newly weds needed extra protection from the evil eye during the first 40 days of their new married life together. Each Suzani motif used brought joy, fertility, long life, prosperity, fruitfulness, good health, hospitality into the home, but also at the same time kept the evil eye at bay and warded off all evil from the home.

Each Suzani drawing came to represent the image of an ideal universe, where balance and harmony and the unity of magic and beauty in everlasting beautiful nature, were most the important features. The magnificent floral designs are symbols and motifs from the ancient Persian concept of the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life depiction of a walled garden, depicted in so many Persian silk carpets. The design elements as can be seen in the garden of the Taj Mahal is a perfect example and a model for very many Suzanis. 

#Suzani #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan #FerganaValley #Tajik #Uzbek #Persian.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shabnam Nasimi | @ShabnamNasimi | https://gondola.cc/ShabnamNasimi | Writer |

## Tags

uzbekistan, suzani, persian, ferganavalley, tajik, uzbek, tajikistan

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