The Fifth Floor: Ikat fashion and other Uzbek wonders
Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles
The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
How are the popular Ikat designs made? BBC journalist Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles. Plus, Sanjaya Dhakal of BBC Nepali explains why a group of Kathmandu artists launched an inventive campaign to repatriate their country's stolen art.
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Produced by Alice Gioia, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)