Zarshed Ochilov
Describe a family tradition. Write about what happens during this time, who is involved, and
what the importance of the tradition is.
First and foremost, Uzbek culture and tradition has a bunch of ceremonies that keeps family in touch.
Uzbek family wants to be kind all the time and they always see the bright side of any situation. The head
of the family is the father. Traditions are practices and beliefs that are passed down between generations
of a certain family, culture, or other group.
In Uzbek families a wedding is preceded by the ceremony of engagement, Fatikha-Tui. The
engagement is performed with the permission of parents of a bride and groom. In former times, when a
boy came of age, his relatives, neighbors and friends began looking for a bride for him. Selecting a girl,
aunts of the groom, or mother at least, came to the house of a bride under some pretext to get to know
about the girl, her parents, asked neighbors about the family of the girl. If this information satisfied the
relatives of the groom, soon they sent matchmakers to the bride. This is our main traditional ceremony
that it makes more sense to send the time with relatives and family. Mainly, young partners take part in
this tradition.