O’zbekiston respublikasi oliy va o’rta maxsus ta’lim vazirligi buxoro davlat universiteti viloyat to’xsanova

THE ART OF WEAVING KARZIN AND BUYRO 
Uzbek folk applied art has long been famous for its beauty and elegance of 
products. One of the rare forms of art is the art of basket weaving and "buyro" 
(buyro-specially made woven reed carpet size 3x2, often such wicker products 
are used for various purposes, for example, as a screen or as a sieve and much 
more). The art of basket weaving originated in ancient times. The exact date 
and place can not be determined, but it is known that the ancient people to fence 
their territory used natural resources, that is, tree branches. They fenced their 
territory with braided branches, thus protecting their territory from intruders. 
Hence, there was first a wicker basket. Wicker baskets of various sizes can still 
be found in some rural areas. In addition, the branches are made of bird cages, 
baskets for storing food, trays for drying fruits and storing vegetables. Made 
baskets by the method of manufacture and size had their purpose and they were 
called differently. Baskets were of various shapes, forms and sizes are also 
called differently such as "Kagawa savat" (Kagawa savat means the curve of the 
basket), "non sawat" (non sawat – bread basket), "Elam savat" (Elam savat - 
basket sieve), "cochecton savat" (Coshocton savat - basket for spoons), the 
"guldor savat" (Goulder savat - basket with flowers), "dasturhan savat" 
(Masterson savat - basket table cloth or dastarkhan ), "tour sawat" (tour sawat - 

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grid basket), "uzum savat" (basket of grapes), "bosma savat" (bosma savat – 
basket to cover), and others. Since ancient times in the markets there were shops 
of masters making baskets where various baskets were made and sold. 
Since ancient times, natural materials such as branches of mulberry, 
ligustra, willow, saxaul, wheat stalks, reeds and other natural materials have 
been used for weaving baskets. Especially from branches of a black poplar 
baskets turned out strong and durable. Basket weave poplars, reeds, willows, 
ligustri and other branches of plants. 
Currently, in Uzbekistan there are not many masters who could weave 
baskets, we can say they can be considered literally on the fingers. These are not 
numerous masters have preserved the age-old traditions of folk masters. One of 
these masters of Kokand mistress Ashurbeyli Botirova. Ashurbeyli Botirova 
differs from the masters of Fergana. It in the manufacture of "non savat", 
"dasturkhon savat" uses larger branches, and in some places uses a twisted 
method of manufacture. In the manufacture of smaller baskets, that is, in the 
manufacture of "Gul savat", "Chok savat", "savli savat" and others uses small 
branches, and the binding is more dense, the work is fine and exquisite. 
Interlacing branches " chavak "(chavak-dense weave) almost remain invisible. 
Today Ashurbeyli Botirova weaves baskets with different patterns and weaves. 
Boyrobot – translated from the Persian language means "Buero"- by the 
way, "boy"- the weave, hence the name. This kind of folk-applied art has 
developed since ancient times in Central Asia. Bouyro is made from well-
ripened reeds, by crushing and peeling, after which it is woven like a basket, 
only a hundred differences, bouyro is made in the form of a carpet. Masters 
manufacture of boiro called "bouroche", which means the master produces 
buiro. Boiro to creep under the carpet of Jasper and carpets to save from damp 
and dust. Bouyro was also used as a building material, at weddings and 
ceremonies as a material for drying fruit, instead of a bag, hung on the Windows 
as a material for darkening the room and in place of the screen. And 
takzhebuyro used in funeral ceremonies, instead of a carpet on which lay down a 
coffin "tobut" (tobut-a portable coffin on which carry the deceased). In ancient 
times, buyro was used in construction as a material for covering the roof of a 
house. In Bukhara in the X century, reed was widely used as a building material, 
for example, when building the Foundation, reed was laid before the 
construction of the main wall. In ancient times masters had manufactured buiro 
called "boyrobot" which means the masters are made of Buero, and the street 
was called "boyrobot", which means the street of craftsmen, the manufacture 
buiro. In such streets "buyro" were made practically in each house, sold in the 
markets in specially taken away counters. There are several types of "buyro", 
for example "buyro" designed to cover the roof is called "Bordon", which means 
a large, thick "buyro" with a dense weave.
Architectural and historical monuments built by our ancestors, geometric 
and other prominent patterns and their compositional diversity, plot abundance 
reflected their humanity, diligence, cheerfulness and craving for beauty. The 

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cultural heritage accumulated over many centuries proves once again about the 
development of folk-applied art, its types of folk handicraft. The originality of 
folk handicraft, methods and styles, techniques and technologies, the masters are 
gradually forgotten. Only the people's love of beauty and the great attention of 
the state to folk applied handicraft allows to preserve the age-old traditions of 
folk handicraft. The role of folk masters is not only the preservation but also the 
development of handicraft as a whole as a cultural heritage of the people.