What kind of robes did the Khorezmians wear in the summer?
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What kind of robes did the Khorezmians wear in the summer?

The summer time, men wore short, light, throw-open robes without a lining of homespun or homemade alacha in small blue stripes – yakhtak, which was wrapped from the right to the left and had a belt belbog.

What kind of robes did the Khorezmians wear in the summer?

Astardish, avratun was a light summer robe on lining from fabric’s calico without stitches. Its style was similar to the rest of the robes. It was worn over a shirt and belted. The clergy wore robes of light tones, sometimes decorated with inscriptions from the Quran, having protective meaning.

You will find more examples of national Uzbek clothes in the book-album "Traditional Uzbek costume on materials of museum and private collections of Uzbekistan (Part 2)" (volume XLIX) from the series "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections".

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