Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Once upon a time (5630/1870) in Bukhara.....

I forget where these are from, so I can't give credit.

8 comments:

Jewzic said...

Look here for the source:

http://weddingphotography.com.ph/11822/planning-jewish-wedding-uncovered-bukharan-wedding-photos-1870s/

By the way, here's an easy tip for finding image sources. Just take any image and drag it into Google images, and the source(s) will come up.

Hirshel Tzig - הירשל ציג said...

thank you, Jewzic!

Neigerig said...

Wonderful pictures. Thanks.
Just curious.
Zey huben gegessen Kigel mit Chulent?

Hirshel Tzig - הירשל ציג said...

don't know about their cuisine, but I was surprised by the long peyos.

Neigerig said...

Oh what a zeese yingele.

Shimon said...

The long peyos were most likely an import from Yemen. Due to the terrible Moslim oppression, the Jews in the Emirate of Bokhara were during the 18th century in a bad spiritual shape and lost most of their traditions. A Yemenite Rabbi named Zecharia ben Matzliach visited Bukhara and decided to stay there and teach Torah. His mission was very successful, but not much later he was replaced by Moroccan-born Rabbi Yosef Maimon (1741-1822) who's influence on the Bukharian Jews (liturgy and customs) still present.

Shmeryl Tzetlbeitel said...

Ask the niassoff family in chabad, theyre from tashkent/samarkand.

Melamed said...

Shmerel
The father of the Niyazovs just passed away,he took it all to his grave