Puppet "Borukh-dzhugut" - Jew

Uzbek

Turkestan Krai, Syr-Darya Oblast, city Tashkent

late 19th century

Wood, cotton textile, paint, sheepskin, leather

РЭМ 1306-7

Bukharan Jews lived in the cities of the central regions of Central Asia for many centuries and emerged as a distinct Jewish ethnic group with its own language (Tajik-Jewish or Bukharan-Jewish), customs, and rituals. The role of this character in puppet shows remains unknown, but its inclusion in their repertoire reflected the importance of Bukharan Jews in the local social sphere.