Gulshan, young uzbek woman

During a travel in Uzbekistan (Central Asia), i was hosted by a family in Tersak village. The family is big, i meet a lot of people, but it is with Gulshan, one of the daughters-in-law, that a friendship settles. She only speaks uzbek, i only know a few words....
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Carte Located in the middle of Central Asia, Uzbekistan was part of Soviet Union. Like its neighbours it became independant in 1991. ©Anne Barthélemy
The village of Tersak is 40 km from Samarkand, near the mountains. I go there using the collective cab. ©Anne Barthélemy
Tersak village, seen from the surrounding mountains. About 10km long, it is divided into several districts. ©Anne Barthélemy
Entry of Tersak village. ©Anne Barthélemy
Main street in Tersak. no oil, cars use gaz. ©Anne Barthélemy
Main street in Tersak. ©Anne Barthélemy
Main street in Tersak. ©Anne Barthélemy
The family who host me in Tersak. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan [Gul= flower, Shon= glory] Gushan maried Sharof when she was 19. They have a child, almost two years old. She is pregnant for the second. She and her husband live in the same house with her parents-in-law. She makes housework with the other women of the family. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan and one of her sisters-in-law, preparing potatoes for diner. ©Anne Barthélemy
Fire in oven to cook the bred. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan is cooking the bred. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan sewing Korpacha (mattress) for the house. ©Anne Barthélemy
Mrs Halima sleeping after lunch. ©Anne Barthélemy
Sharof and his wife Gulshan, with their daughter, in the living-room with Mrs Halima. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan milking cow at 5 in the morning. Milk will be used for butter, cheese, yogourt. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan and Mrs Halima preparing kurut cheese. ©Anne Barthélemy
Herbs and water to make Osma, make-up to put on eye-brows for special occasions. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan putting Osma on her eye-brows. Special occasion: we are going to have lunch at her mother's house. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan in her bedroom. She is dressed with her best clothes. She is preparing her daughter. (the pram in the center, covered with velvet) Special occasion: we are going to have lunch at her mother's house. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan in her bedroom. She is dressed with her best clothes. Special occasion: we are going to have lunch at her mother's house. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan and her daughter, with her mother and one of her sisters. The mother makes me understand that her husband and one of her sons are gone in Moscow for work, like many men in Central Asia. ©Anne Barthélemy
While we are at her mother's home, Gulshan show me family pictures, espacially some of her father, gone in Moscow for work. Here when he made his duty in the soviet army in the 70's. ©Anne Barthélemy
While we are at her mother's home, Gulshan show me family pictures, espacially some of her during her wedding. ©Anne Barthélemy
Gulshan and her one-and-a-half year daughter. ©Anne Barthélemy
In the kitchen, Gulshan beats milk to make butter. ©Anne Barthélemy
While women do housework, men of the family do maintenance. Here, soldering. ©Anne Barthélemy
Last day. Kushin and his son Muhammad drive me to Samarkand. ©Anne Barthélemy