00:05I grew up in a studio. It's my playground and the place where I used to play was a clay
00:10and now I'm still playing but more professional inside.
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 40 years, Muhammad Ali Yunusov has been turning wood into art.
00:45A 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 Foukat district, Yunusov begins with local wood. Preparing it can take months.
01:18It can be fun for us, including domestic abuse, science-wide.
01:28Using cars, Ioana, Siloagat, Mainnusov,angeric, Mainnusov,
01:40The tools may be traditional, but technology has also entered the workshop.
01:59The knowledge is also passing to younger hands.
02:03Samandar Tahirov joined the workshop at 14.
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02:17Not far away, another workshop offers a different window in Tafirqana.
02:22Here, traditional craft also provides work for local women.
02:26We are here to come.
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02:47And more than 500 women and girls.
02:49More than 100 now work with the enterprise.
03:06The shongron 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 Sadavqat 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 and 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 tradition still taking shape.
04:02At the Rahima workshop, ancient Uzbek techniques meet contemporary creativity.
04:07Because keeping a tradition alive also means allowing it to evolve.
04:13Here, family identity matters.
04:16But every generation also leaves its own mark.
04:40Three workshops, three different crafts and one common lesson.
04:44Mastery takes time.
04:45These traditions survive because someone learns them, practices them and passes them on.
