KHORAZM TRADITIONAL DISHES AND FOOD CULTURE

Abstract

In this monograph, the traditional food and culinary culture of the Khorezm oasis population is analyzed in an ethnographic, ethnological and anthropological context, in which the promotion of healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition among the population, the influence of global processes on the change of the lifestyle and traditional food of ethnic groups, and the different types of traditional food are mainly discussed. connection with the natural environment and the economic and cultural types of the population, local characteristics of the daily food of the population and the ecological safety of food products, the etiquette of eating, the symbolic expression of everyday, ceremonial, festive food and the symbiosis of nationality and modernity, gastronomic tourism, and the impact on the development of material culture indicating ethnic, religious factors are covered from the historical-ethnographic-anthropological point of view based on the materials of the Khorezm oasis.

  The monograph is intended for researchers who are directly involved in the history and ethnography of the oasis, specialists in social sciences, students studying ethnology and anthropology at higher educational institutions, masters and, moreover, a wide readership interested in the Uzbek people, owners of restaurants and catering establishments serving foreign and local tourists, intended for cooks and guides.

In the process of writing the monograph, various sources, archival data, scientific literature and field ethnographic records were widely used.