00:19A workshop can be a classroom, a workplace and a family archive.
00:23In traditional craft, skill and design survive because someone learns them and passes them on.
00:29Across Uzbekistan, different regions have developed their own traditions.
00:33Our journey begins in Fergana, where those skills are still alive inside local workshops.
00:39For more than 14 years, Muhammad Ali Yunusov has been turning wood into art.
00:44A first generation's master, he is now Uzbekistan's people's master, has trained more than 1,000 apprentices.
00:51His family continues the tradition today, while generations of craftsmen he has taught are still keeping Fergana's wood carving heritage
00:59alive.
01:05In Fokat district, Yunusov begins with local wood. Preparing it can take months.
01:18We can read them all over time.
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02:04Dr. Khirov joined the workshop at 14.
02:17Not far away, another workshop offers a different window in the Fergana.
02:22Here, traditional craft also provides work for local women.
02:45In six years, the center has trained more than 500 women and girls.
02:49More than 100 now work with the enterprise.
03:06The showroom is filled with dolls, bags, hardware, and clothing.
03:21For visitors, the showroom brings all of that work together in one place.
03:29More than 100 products, all inspired by local traditions.
03:33This is how Sadokat is putting Fergana's craftsmanship on display.
03:37Her showroom has become a destination for visitors to the region,
03:41bringing together traditional designs, local production,
03:44and a distinctly Uzbek style under one roof.
03:50Our final stop is Tashkent, home to one of Uzbekistan's best-known ceramics families.
03:57Seven generations, one craft, and the traditions still take new shape.
04:02At the Rahimov workshop, ancient unspeak techniques meet contemporary creativity,
04:07because keeping a tradition alive also means allowing it to evolve.
04:13Here, family identity matters, but every generation also leaves its own mark.
04:19In Rahimov's dynasty, we have our own style.
04:22It was a green and black color combination,
04:24which was really popular in the 17th century in Tarket.
04:26So this color combination design needs to always leave
04:30and inspire us, even to the next generations as well.
04:33Clay itself dictates you which kind of shape you'd want to turn.
04:36So I'm also trying to add some more new touches as well.
04:41Three workshops, three different crafts,
04:43and one common lesson, mastery takes time.
04:45These traditions survive because someone learns them,
04:48practices them, and passes them on.
04:50So I'm going to add some more new touches.
04:57Thank you very much.
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