The Arabs of Central Asia: Women from Jeynau, Kashkadarya province, Uzbekistan
"The Arab tradition of wearing a septum ring came to Central Asia with Arab settlers. Participating in the Arab conquests, one of the Arab tribes found itself in northwestern Arabia, then followed the Great Silk Road through Afghanistan's Balkh, Shiberghan, and Andkhoy, settling in Uzbekistan in the 10th and 16th centuries. In 2001 and 2004, we first visited the small mountain village of Katta Langar , and then the village of Jeynov in the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan, studying the history of one of the oldest manuscripts of the Quran , which the settlers also brought with them. The neighborhoods of the village retain the names of the Afghan cities from which the Arab settlers came. They still use Arabic in everyday life and carefully preserve the customs and traditions of their ancestors. It turns out that these types of septum earrings have served and continue to serve as a marker of ethnic identity for women belonging to the Arab communities of Uzbekistan." Source: islamicmuseum.ru
