Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Boybuloq 2021
Dehibolo

August 14 and 15, 2021, 49 pictures

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The page, text and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2021.

Main square, August 14

50174. The main square in the village, 1.750 meters above sea level, approximate coordinates N 38°21'10.5" and E 67°27'32.6", view to the west, towards the road from Kurgancha

Masjid / Mosque

50175. View from the main square

50176. The portico with a magnificent roof ...

50177. ... and an elaborate octagonal domed wooden ceiling

50178. The porch with a twin colonnade

50179. Side porch, to the north

50180. The prayer room

50181. Prayer rug pattern

50182. Elaborately shaded crown-framed liturgical text

50183. Liturgical text in honeycomb-pattern with gradient of chestnut color and multi-level framing

50184. Mihrab

50185. Wooden ceiling

50186. Side beam support detail

50187. Side door with floral engravings

50188. Prayer times: Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Evening and Night

50189. Persian rug detail

50190. Swinging wooden porch doors

50191. Support pillar carving detail

Main square

50192. Three Dehibolo elders: Ismatulla, Mahmarajab and Sadik

Holidin's new home

50201. View of the house from the lower road. It is being built in a steep slope, in front of the Kudrat and Hanifa's home.

50200. View of the house from below the western corner

50194. Wooden framework of the western wall in the first floor, view from the inside. Round beams and beams of not the perfect build are all used, nothing is wasted.

50193. Connection of vertical beams to the base beam, detail

50199. Floor detail - shorter beam parts are used as a base, ...

50195. ... on which a layer of earth is spread, ...

50197. ... mixed with water to get a good mortar, suitable for leveling. In dry climate the water will soon evaporate, and a firm, smooth floor will be made.

50198. Construction site still life

Around Dehibolo

50202. Hay barn along the lower road, Sadik

50203. In the easternmost grocery store. Dehibolo has three, all are located in the Main square.

50204. Resting platform in the porch of Sadik's house

50205. Volodja is departing, Abdurani will take him to Boysun.

50206. Fresh bread, Saliha, Sadik's wife, baked it.

50208. A new house Sadik and his family are building during the winter time, when there is more time.

50207. A window opening in the basement level

50209. Apple tree in the garden of Sadik and Saliha. Apples will be ripe at the end of September or early in October.

August 15

50210. Wooden framework for a new house above the upper street which leads to the school.

Dehibolo school

50213. View of the school from the east. The school, which is situated on the upper side of the village, had 224 pupils in the schoolyear 2020/2021. It has 11 classes, classes from 5 to 11 are taught in the morning, classes from 1 to 4 in the afternoon. In August 2021 the school was being renovated.

50211. The hallway

50212. Obid, the history teacher, and Sadik in one of the classrooms

50215. The outer school gate is locked during the summer, eventual visitors use the wooden ladder at the side during that time.

Kudrat's estate

50216. View down the river valley to the southeast, from the slope above the new house

50217. Access to the new house from the east

50218. Western wall in the first floor is almost complete. In one day the empty space among the framework of wooden beams was filled with stones and earth, ...