wintertravel2022 – Page 4 – MOSAEC

The Tajik Artisans Guarding the Country’s Cultural Legacy

Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Politics and Government Refugees and Displaced Persons Tajikistan Tajiks (Ethnic Group) Textiles USSR (Former Soviet Union) Uzbekistan Uzbeks (Ethnic Group) wintertravel2022

The Tajik Artisans Guarding the Country’s Cultural Legacy

While Tajikistan’s history is being hidden behind glimmering new facades, some hold onto tradition with quiet determination.

By Anna Sherman and Maxime Fossat

Can Cultural Identity Be Defined by Food?

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Can Cultural Identity Be Defined by Food?

Cuisine is one of the few ways to characterize Singapore’s Peranakan culture, a hard-to-pin-down blend of ethnic and racial identities.

By Ligaya Mishan and Esther Choi

How Do You Visit a Vanished World?

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How Do You Visit a Vanished World?

For T’s Winter Travel issue, we look at three cultures that have all but disappeared — or been resurrected.

By Hanya Yanagihara

These Cakes Have Thorns

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These Cakes Have Thorns

A group of bakers are taking nonconformist cake decorating trends to new heights, creating otherworldly confections bristling with surreal protrusions.

By Mahira Rivers