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TAJIKISTAN 2025. Baking bread, a Tajik ritual

06 June 2025. Rasht, Tajikistan.

A young woman shapes dough by hand, preparing traditional bread in a rural Tajik home. Breadmaking is a shared tradition passed through generations.

In Tajik cuisine bread holds an almost sacred place, with each step from dough to tandoor reflecting care, tradition, and the use of locally grown varieties.

06/06/2025

Country or Territory Tajikistan

Project ID GCP/TAJ/021/GFF

File size 20.96 MB

Unique ID UF1ABRA

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Background Information This photo series captures traditional breadmaking in rural Tajikistan, a daily ritual rooted in local agrobiodiversity. In Tajik cuisine bread holds an almost sacred place, with each step from dough to tandoor reflecting care, tradition, and the use of locally grown varieties.