Do you want to get to know better the traditions and way of life of local residents, see traditional crafts, try and participate in them yourself? Then you need to come to the tourist village of Konigil.
Here, in an ecologically clean area on the banks of the ancient Siab canal, on the basis of preserved traditional rural houses, an ethnic village was recreated, showing all aspects of the life of a typical Uzbek village (architecture of houses, traditional occupations of women - housekeeping, embroidery, carpet weaving, preparing flatbread in a tandoor , grinding grain in a water mill, obtaining various types of natural oils in an oil mill, keeping pets, etc.).
The highlight of the village is the workshop for hand-making traditional Samarkand silk paper using revived ancient (early medieval) technology. Here you can see (and participate yourself) the entire technological process from cleaning mulberry bark, soaking and crushing it to obtaining finished sheets of paper, as well as making original products and souvenirs from them.
Also in the village you can visit the workshops of artisans in woodworking, blacksmithing and pottery, sculpting original clay toys, artists, weavers, and embroiderers.
On the territory of the complex you can taste traditional Uzbek cuisine and take part in master classes on preparing Samarkand flatbreads and pilaf.
