Features of houses of residents of the East

“My home is my fortress. Come in, dear, you'll be a guest! - so began my acquaintance with householding Some beautiful people. My friends in Azerbaijan gave me a tour. I will tell you, comrades, not what we have. Oriental interior is thought out to the smallest detail, and it's just wonderful.

Today's edition. "Site" tell about the features easterly. A special atmosphere of harmony and comfort!





Nail and Fatima are the names of my good friends from Baku, who kindly invited me and my husband to visit them last summer. They are wonderful people, both profess Islam and honor the traditions of their people. And now, sitting in quarantine, I remember this trip with warmth and trepidation.

People of different cultures do not always know how life is arranged in other countries, so I have a desire to tell you, dear reader, about the houses in which the inhabitants of the East live.



The location of the rooms of Me as an interior designer simply conquered the location of the rooms in their home. Whether a house is large or small, there is always a place where a woman can retire. I'd like that.

And layout It should be such that the bedrooms are further away, and the living room is closer to the doors. This is due to the fact that private space is very much appreciated in Eastern countries. Well, ideally, the house should be such that it was both male and female half, but this is already if space allows.



"The bed in the bedroom should be in the right place!" Nail told me. The bed should be placed in the room in such a way that the sleeper, lying on his right side, looks towards the Qibla. This rule is not always possible to observe in small apartments, but Muslims strive for this, and if the square allows, happily put the bed this way.



In Azerbaijan, and in many other Eastern countries, you will hardly find open windows without them. curtains. The windows are covered with beautiful curtains or decorated with multi-colored stained glass windows - and this is a whole tradition, which has a quite logical interpretation.

It turns out that this is done not only to give comfort and beauty, but also to protect the household from other people's eyes. Especially if there are women in the room.



The kitchen of our friends was small and was far from the entrance to the house. And it's not accidental either.

The kitchen in the East is closed so that women can feel comfortable and safe. For the same reason, the kitchen is located in distant rooms, it does not provide large windows.

It is also believed that food is only a means to replenish one’s strength, and one cannot make a cult out of it. So the place where cook It should be comfortable, but without unnecessary decorativeness and excesses.



The habit of using paper instead of water after going to the toilet surprises the rest of the world. Water purifies softer and more thoroughly than paper.

Although toilet paper is certainly not pebbles (it was used by the ancient Greeks), but not corn cobs (the choice of the inhabitants of the American colonies), no one will argue that water is tenderer than the softest paper. Therefore, many eastern You can find a hygienic shower. It's very convenient!



I also suggest you to familiarize yourself with a delightful selection of wedding dresses for oriental women. If you want to be in a fairy tale, watch a Muslim wedding for once. It's a celebration of love and faith!



As you can see, the oriental interior is beautiful, well thought out and multifaceted. I may have missed something in my story, but you know the main points now. It is always useful and informative to expand cultural boundaries and learn something new. What interesting traditions of other countries do you know?