1. Tajikistan
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3. The crown represents the Tajik people (tajvar means “crowned“)
The crown represents the Tajik people (tajvar means “crowned“). In traditional Tajik culture, the number "seven" is a symbol of perfection.
1:2 ratio
Adopted 1992
Red - unity of the nation and the symbol of the sun and victory
White - purity, cotton, the snow on the mountains and the unity of the people
Green - the spiritual meaning of Islam and the generosity of nature of the country.
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4. Quick Facts Capital: Dushanbe Major religion: Islam
Currency: Tajikistani somoni
Government: Republic
Ethnic Groups: Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6%
Most of Tajikistan's population belongs to the Persian- speaking Tajik ethnic group, who share language, culture and history with Afghanistan and Iran.
Once part of the Samanid Empire, Tajikistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR).
Mountains cover more than 90% of the republic.
Quick Facts

7. With over 80 percent of the population living below the poverty line, food is scarce.
A basic breakfast consists of tea and bread. A wealthy family may eat butter and jam and perhaps eggs or porridge.
Soup often is served for dinner
Osh, a rice dish made with carrots, onions and meat, is served two or three times a week. At other times pasta, meat- and onion-filled pastries, and tomato and cucumber salads may be served. All meals are accompanied with large rounds of flat bread.
Restaurants usually offer Western and Russian food, and choihonas (teahouses) serve traditional foods. Guests often sit on a platform with a low table surrounded by thin mats.
Pork is never eaten.
Bread may not be placed upside down
Tea is served to the host first to show that it is safe to drink.
Islamic law forbids the consumption of alcoholic beverages, but this prohibition often is ignored.
Food

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9. Rural people depend almost entirely on what they produce themselves
Rural people depend almost entirely on what they produce themselves. Seventy-five percent of households grow food for their own use, and people in the cities plant gardens in vacant lots.
The dominance of cotton has limited the growth of food products.
Tajikistan’s economy grew by 7.4 percent in 2013
Economy

10. Week’s Groceries
*The father has gone to Russia to find work

11. Clothing

12. Secular Holidays Consolidation Day (17 June)
International Labor Day is celebrated on 1 May
Victory Day on 10 May
Independence Day is celebrated on Sept. 9
Constitution Day on 6 November.
Secular Holidays

13. Etiquette The elderly are always given the place of honor.
A man must never enter a home where there are only women, and a girl must never be left alone with a boy.
At large social gatherings, men and women often are separated.
Bargaining is accepted in the marketplace.
Personal space is not respected in either private or public places.
Etiquette