could you talk about crimean culture?
Crimea is a unique cultural region. At least three known civilizations have left their mark upon Crimean history : the Antique, the Byzantine and the Muslim. Crimean tatars are a group native to Crimea with their own ancient history and culture. The current Crimean Tatar identity is based on a Turkic and Kipchak ethnic and cultural core with a substantial infusion of other ethnic, linguistic and cultural components, including Iranian, Greek, Oghuz Turkic etc.
Crimean Tatar culture reached its peak and flourished during the period of Crimean Khanate. Throughout Crimea there were numerous guilds of craftsmen : weavers, jewelers, stone-carvers, embroiders, armorers, calligraphers, tinkers, potters and others. The skillful handiworks of local artisans were presented to foreign diplomats as a generous gifts, which served as an important component of the Khan`s etiquette.
The loss of statehood after Crimea`s annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783 (from 1478 the Crimean Khan was a vassal of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and according to the Kyuchuk-Kainardzhi peace treaty of 1774, the Crimean Khanate gained independence) had a negative impact on the cultural development of the Crimean Tatar people. Scholars of Crimean history have noted that, in order to counteract the influences of foreigh ethnic groups, the local culture entered a period of self-isolation and conservation. The professional art of craftsmen went into a final decline during the 19th century because objects of high artistic value, whose creation required a great investment of time and skill, could not compete with cheap though inferior manufactured goods. Only women`s home-based crafts, such as weaving and embroidery, continued to be widely practiced. The traditions of textile production and decoration were passed down from one generation of women to the next.
During the mid-1920s and early 1930s, there were a short revival of traditional folk arts and crafts. Numerous co-ops of embroiders, weavers and potters appeared throughout Crimea, and an Artisan and Industrial Techical Shool for Oriental Peoples admitted its first students in the town of Bakhchysaray.
The 1940s were a crucial phase in the history of Crimean Tatar people. During the time of Stalinism and represion, Crimean Tatars suffered unjust persecutions and reprisals. This native nation of Crimea survived the tragedy of deportation, now considered an act of genocide. Not only did the deportation have a devastating effect on the Crimean Tatar population itself, but also dealt a deadly blow to the culture`s traditional folk art.
In the early 1990s, when some of Crimean Tatar population returned to their homeland, a gradual process of recovering the lost values and traditions began.
In 1997, artist Ayshe Osmanova organized the Marama Creative Association in Bakhchysaray, which worked toward restoring old traditions in the art of embroidery using gold thread.
In 1999, jewelry artist Mechti Islamov established the Dyulber Jewelry House, which specializes in making quality jewelry of high artistic value
In 2006, master ceramist Rustem Skibin established the Creative Studio El-Cheber.
There are numerous artists in Crimea, who are striving to revive folk art.
This text and some illustrations I took from a broshure Crimean Style, which I have at my home library. It is mostly dedicated to contemporary Crimean artists, but its intruduction I find quite informative.
Talking about traditional wear of Crimean Tatars, I want to show you this Vogue project.
Source https://ipress.ua/ru/news/natsyonalniy_kostyum_krimskyh_tatarok__proekt_zhurnala_vogue_202147.html
If you would like to know more about the status of Crimean Tatars in modern Ukraine, please follow this link https://ukrainer.net/crimean-tatars-who-are-they/ to read an English-language article on the Ukraїner`s site.
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