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A date with a touch of Tajikistan.

Music, embroidery and cooking offer easy ways to explore Tajik culture together, even from home.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

Look around and make something

  1. Rubab in two recordings

    Listen to two recordings featuring rubab players and compare the sound, tempo and role of the stringed instrument.

  2. Embroidery motif on paper

    View Tajik embroidery in a museum collection and each sketch one motif for an imaginary cushion or rug.

Try two new things

  1. Qurutob as a cooking project

    Find a reliable recipe for Tajik qurutob and make a version of this sharing dish together at home.

  2. Discussing the Pamir landscape

    Choose three photos of the Pamir Mountains with source credits and tell each other which landscape you'd most like to paint.

Try two new things

  1. Rubab in two recordings

    Listen to two recordings featuring rubab players and compare the sound, tempo and role of the stringed instrument.

  2. Qurutob as a cooking project

    Find a reliable recipe for Tajik qurutob and make a version of this sharing dish together at home.

Things to do together anywhere

Try these too.

You can also do these activities in Tajikistan. Choose somewhere that suits you and check what is available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Theater matineeChoose a matinee and have a drink afterwards to discuss your favorite scene.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Attend a chamber music performanceListen to an intimate concert together and each choose an instrument to focus on.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A pancake tableMake pancakes and let each person choose two unexpected toppings.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Herb scent labSmell five kitchen herbs together and think of a dish for each.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Your own spice blendEach create a small blend from a few dried herbs for the same snack.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Make a rain rhythmRecord the sound of rain and create a short rhythm to go with it together.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE GeocachingFind a public geocache together and take turns navigating.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Finding a viewpointChoose a spot with a view and take your time discovering ten things together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A monument in detailVisit a public monument and find five details you'd miss from a distance.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Façade shape bingoMake a bingo card with arches, balconies and other façade details.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Cloud atlasWatch the sky for fifteen minutes and sketch three cloud shapes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A conversation on a benchFind a bench with a view and take turns asking each other one new question.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Listening walkWalk for ten minutes without music and each note three sounds that catch your attention.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Letter shape huntFind five eye-catching letters on buildings, signs or packaging along the way.View the idea
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