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Central Asia Cultural Event: Connecting on the Silk Road, 17 January 2023

23.01.2023 45 Pictures
Man in a suit shakes hand with a woman with dark brown hair at shoulder length

Ambassador of Tajikistan to Belgium and the EU, Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon, arrives at the event
Pyramid of round bread

Uzbek National Bread
Photo of a table filled with Kazakh chocolate packaged in a blue and golden packaging

Kazakh chocolate and Kumis (traditional nomadic drink made from fermented horse milk)
6 women dressed in colourful clothes pose in front of exhibition stand

Staff of the Uzbek Embassy in Brussels dressed in traditional Uzbek clothing
Left: Painting of a Turkmen woman dressed in national clothes, Right: photo a Kazakh woman in national clothes on a horse

Left: Painting of a Turkmen woman dressed in national clothes, Right: photo a Kazakh woman in national clothes on a horse
Turkmen national jewelry, hats, carpets (red and yellow)

Turkmen national jewelry, carpets, traditional hat and handicrafts
Five men and one woman (on the left) pose in front of the stage

Staff of the Uzbek Embassy in Brussels dressed in traditional Uzbek clothing
Two men on the left, EUSR in middle, three man on the right posing for the photo

From left to right: Ambassador of Turkmenistan, H.E. Sapar Palvanov; Ambassador of Kazakhstan, H.E. Margulan Baimukhan; EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala; Ambassador of Tajikistan, H.E. Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon; Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Aidit Erkin; Ambassador of Uzbekistan, H.E. Dilyor Khakimov
Woman wearing a purple dress in front of the exhibition stand (guitars)

Kyrgyz woman wearing traditional clothes, behind her are Kyrgyz patterns, national instruments and handicrafts
Photo of the whole buffet table (wider angle), metal containers on the left and food displayed on the right

Buffet featuring national dishes from Central Asia
Part of the buffet, ovale dish with round pieces of meat, on the right there is a basket of fried pieces of bread and a long plate with salad, tomatoes and meat

National dishes from Central Asia: Chu-Chuk from Kyrgyzstan (horsemeat sausage), Baursak from Kygryzstan (fried dough), Zhaya from Kazakhstan (apetizer, meat delicacy made from horsemeat)
Sweets are laid out on the table, there is a purple box of choco melons (greenish packaging)

Sweets from Central Asia: choco-melons from Turkmenistan, chak-chak (honey cake) from Uzbekistan
Group of people in the venue, in front there is the screen, on the right corner there is lady dressed in green

Participants arriving at the event
Ambassadors greet and welcome a man with glasses and a navy blue suit

Luc Devigne, Deputy Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the EEAS, arrives at the venue and greets the Central Asian Ambassadors
Close up of EUSR giving a speech

EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
EUSR gives a speech, wider picture in which all ambassadors appear

EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
Ambassador gives a speech, close up with EUSR and another ambassador on the right

Ambassador of Tajikistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon, gives welcoming remarks
Ambassador gives a speech, wider picture in which all ambassadors appear

Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Dilyor Khakimov, gives welcoming remarks
Close up of Ambassador giving a speech, EUSR on the right

Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Margulan Baimukhan, gives welcoming remarks
Close up of Ambassador giving a speech, EUSR on the right

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Sapar Palvanov, gives welcoming remarks
People arriving at the venue and looking at the exhibition

EUSR for Central Asia arriving at the venue with the Central Asian Ambassadors
Participants looking at the stage while EUSR gives a speech

Participants listening to EUSR's welcoming speech
Man with a traditional hat sings on stage in front of the flags

Kyrgyz singer performing a traditional song, wearing the traditional Kyrgyz hat 'Kalpak'
SG Sannino is standing on stage and gives a speech

Secretary General of the EEAS, Stefano Sannino, gives introductory remarks
Violinist dressed in traditional clothes plays on stage in front of the flags

Music performance by a Kazakh violonist
Three men talking, buffet in the background

Secretary General of the EEAS, Stefano Sannino, with Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS, Enrique Mora
People are dancing, and there is a man on the screen

Participants at the event dance to Central Asian music
People around high tables clapping and people inside are dancing

Participants at the event dance to Central Asian music
Rice, chickpeas with a head of garlic and pomegranate

Tajik national dish Plov (pilaf)
Yellow rice, chickpeas, meat in a chef dish

Uzbek national dish Plov (pilaf)
A woman journalist interviews EUSR in front of the Kazakh exhibition stand

EUSR giving an interview to a Kazakh media
EUSR Hakala and the 5 Ambassadors are standing on the stage in front of the flags

EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
Sweets laid on the table on rectangular trays, woman wearing purple in the background

Traditional sweets from Central Asia, Kyrgyz Chak-Chak and Kazakh Chvorost
Turkmen national jewelry, carpets, traditional clothing and handicrafts

Mannequins on the right with national clothes, hats and carpets (red and yellow) are laid out on the table
Connecting on the Silk Road invitation logo

Photo of the screen displaying the logo of the event
Close up on sweets laid on a black tray with a Kazakh flag on the left side, other sweets in the background are blurry

Traditional sweets from Central Asia
Decoration made of pillows that is hanged

Kazakh traditional pattern
Photo of the EUSR banner

European Union Special Representative for Central Asia banner
Banner 'Discover Kazakhstan', national clothes, blue dress, yurt and books

Kazakh national clothes, yurt, crafts and books
Banner that says 'Welcome to Uzbekistan' with rack of clothes behind

Uzbek national clothes and banner
Tajik national instrument, handmade crafts and tourism books

Tajik national instrument, handmade crafts and tourism books
Man wearing a fluflly hat and colourful outfit with vertical lines of colour

Uzbek traditional clothing
Samosas on the left and round pieces of dough on the right

Tajik samsas
Green clothes on mannequin, table with instrument and other objects

Tajik national clothes, handmade crafts, national instrument
Portrait of a Tajik woman wearing a crown with gold accents on the clothes

Portrait of a Tajik woman, part of the photo exhibition on Central Asia in the EEAS
  • Man in a suit shakes hand with a woman with dark brown hair at shoulder length

    Ambassador of Tajikistan to Belgium and the EU, Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon, arrives at the event
    1/45 Pictures
  • Pyramid of round bread

    Uzbek National Bread
    2/45 Pictures
  • Photo of a table filled with Kazakh chocolate packaged in a blue and golden packaging

    Kazakh chocolate and Kumis (traditional nomadic drink made from fermented horse milk)
    3/45 Pictures
  • 6 women dressed in colourful clothes pose in front of exhibition stand

    Staff of the Uzbek Embassy in Brussels dressed in traditional Uzbek clothing
    4/45 Pictures
  • Left: Painting of a Turkmen woman dressed in national clothes, Right: photo a Kazakh woman in national clothes on a horse

    Left: Painting of a Turkmen woman dressed in national clothes, Right: photo a Kazakh woman in national clothes on a horse
    5/45 Pictures
  • Turkmen national jewelry, hats, carpets (red and yellow)

    Turkmen national jewelry, carpets, traditional hat and handicrafts
    6/45 Pictures
  • Five men and one woman (on the left) pose in front of the stage

    Staff of the Uzbek Embassy in Brussels dressed in traditional Uzbek clothing
    7/45 Pictures
  • Two men on the left, EUSR in middle, three man on the right posing for the photo

    From left to right: Ambassador of Turkmenistan, H.E. Sapar Palvanov; Ambassador of Kazakhstan, H.E. Margulan Baimukhan; EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala; Ambassador of Tajikistan, H.E. Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon; Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Aidit Erkin; Ambassador of Uzbekistan, H.E. Dilyor Khakimov
    8/45 Pictures
  • Woman wearing a purple dress in front of the exhibition stand (guitars)

    Kyrgyz woman wearing traditional clothes, behind her are Kyrgyz patterns, national instruments and handicrafts
    9/45 Pictures
  • Photo of the whole buffet table (wider angle), metal containers on the left and food displayed on the right

    Buffet featuring national dishes from Central Asia
    10/45 Pictures
  • Part of the buffet, ovale dish with round pieces of meat, on the right there is a basket of fried pieces of bread and a long plate with salad, tomatoes and meat

    National dishes from Central Asia: Chu-Chuk from Kyrgyzstan (horsemeat sausage), Baursak from Kygryzstan (fried dough), Zhaya from Kazakhstan (apetizer, meat delicacy made from horsemeat)
    11/45 Pictures
  • Sweets are laid out on the table, there is a purple box of choco melons (greenish packaging)

    Sweets from Central Asia: choco-melons from Turkmenistan, chak-chak (honey cake) from Uzbekistan
    12/45 Pictures
  • Group of people in the venue, in front there is the screen, on the right corner there is lady dressed in green

    Participants arriving at the event
    13/45 Pictures
  • Ambassadors greet and welcome a man with glasses and a navy blue suit

    Luc Devigne, Deputy Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the EEAS, arrives at the venue and greets the Central Asian Ambassadors
    14/45 Pictures
  • Close up of EUSR giving a speech

    EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
    15/45 Pictures
  • EUSR gives a speech, wider picture in which all ambassadors appear

    EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
    16/45 Pictures
  • Ambassador gives a speech, close up with EUSR and another ambassador on the right

    Ambassador of Tajikistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Rahmatullozoda Erkinkhon, gives welcoming remarks
    17/45 Pictures
  • Ambassador gives a speech, wider picture in which all ambassadors appear

    Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Dilyor Khakimov, gives welcoming remarks
    18/45 Pictures
  • Close up of Ambassador giving a speech, EUSR on the right

    Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Margulan Baimukhan, gives welcoming remarks
    19/45 Pictures
  • Close up of Ambassador giving a speech, EUSR on the right

    Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Sapar Palvanov, gives welcoming remarks
    20/45 Pictures
  • People arriving at the venue and looking at the exhibition

    EUSR for Central Asia arriving at the venue with the Central Asian Ambassadors
    21/45 Pictures
  • Participants looking at the stage while EUSR gives a speech

    Participants listening to EUSR's welcoming speech
    22/45 Pictures
  • Man with a traditional hat sings on stage in front of the flags

    Kyrgyz singer performing a traditional song, wearing the traditional Kyrgyz hat 'Kalpak'
    23/45 Pictures
  • SG Sannino is standing on stage and gives a speech

    Secretary General of the EEAS, Stefano Sannino, gives introductory remarks
    24/45 Pictures
  • Violinist dressed in traditional clothes plays on stage in front of the flags

    Music performance by a Kazakh violonist
    25/45 Pictures
  • Three men talking, buffet in the background

    Secretary General of the EEAS, Stefano Sannino, with Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS, Enrique Mora
    26/45 Pictures
  • People are dancing, and there is a man on the screen

    Participants at the event dance to Central Asian music
    27/45 Pictures
  • People around high tables clapping and people inside are dancing

    Participants at the event dance to Central Asian music
    28/45 Pictures
  • Rice, chickpeas with a head of garlic and pomegranate

    Tajik national dish Plov (pilaf)
    29/45 Pictures
  • Yellow rice, chickpeas, meat in a chef dish

    Uzbek national dish Plov (pilaf)
    30/45 Pictures
  • A woman journalist interviews EUSR in front of the Kazakh exhibition stand

    EUSR giving an interview to a Kazakh media
    31/45 Pictures
  • EUSR Hakala and the 5 Ambassadors are standing on the stage in front of the flags

    EUSR for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala gives welcoming remarks
    32/45 Pictures
  • Sweets laid on the table on rectangular trays, woman wearing purple in the background

    Traditional sweets from Central Asia, Kyrgyz Chak-Chak and Kazakh Chvorost
    33/45 Pictures
  • Turkmen national jewelry, carpets, traditional clothing and handicrafts

    Mannequins on the right with national clothes, hats and carpets (red and yellow) are laid out on the table
    34/45 Pictures
  • Connecting on the Silk Road invitation logo

    Photo of the screen displaying the logo of the event
    35/45 Pictures
  • Close up on sweets laid on a black tray with a Kazakh flag on the left side, other sweets in the background are blurry

    Traditional sweets from Central Asia
    36/45 Pictures
  • Decoration made of pillows that is hanged

    Kazakh traditional pattern
    37/45 Pictures
  • Photo of the EUSR banner

    European Union Special Representative for Central Asia banner
    38/45 Pictures
  • Banner 'Discover Kazakhstan', national clothes, blue dress, yurt and books

    Kazakh national clothes, yurt, crafts and books
    39/45 Pictures
  • Banner that says 'Welcome to Uzbekistan' with rack of clothes behind

    Uzbek national clothes and banner
    40/45 Pictures
  • Tajik national instrument, handmade crafts and tourism books

    Tajik national instrument, handmade crafts and tourism books
    41/45 Pictures
  • Man wearing a fluflly hat and colourful outfit with vertical lines of colour

    Uzbek traditional clothing
    42/45 Pictures
  • Samosas on the left and round pieces of dough on the right

    Tajik samsas
    43/45 Pictures
  • Green clothes on mannequin, table with instrument and other objects

    Tajik national clothes, handmade crafts, national instrument
    44/45 Pictures
  • Portrait of a Tajik woman wearing a crown with gold accents on the clothes

    Portrait of a Tajik woman, part of the photo exhibition on Central Asia in the EEAS
    45/45 Pictures