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Episode 19: Why is Tajikistan fighting witchcraft?

This week, we’re looking into a fascinating and often misunderstood topic: witchcraft, clairvoyance, fortune telling, and other spiritual practices popular in Tajikistan and the rest of Central Asia. Joining us is Dr Anna Cieślewska, a social anthropologist and orientalist at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Łódź in Poland. Get full access to Turan Tales at turantales.substack.com/subscribe

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  Episode 40: Abdulla Qodiriy's "Bygone Days" and the fight for intellectual…

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  Episode 39: What cinema can tell us about Central Asia

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  Iya’s lifelines: A Jewish journey to survival in Central Asia

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  Episode 38: Inside Turan. The Persian legacy in Central Asia

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  Episode 37: What has become of Russia's Wartime exiles in Central Asia?

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  Episode 36: Why is crypto growing in Central Asia - and who benefits?

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  Episode 35: Who is crying for Tashiev? The end of Kyrgyzstan's ruling duo

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  Rainbow Almaty: The end of a queer dream

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  Episode 34: Tengrism in Central Asia. From ancient belief to cultural phen…

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  Episode 33: Lessons on independence from the former Soviet republics

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  Episode 32: Kazakh women across centuries. From the yurt to digital resist…

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  Episode 31: Why is Kazakhstan rewriting its Constitution?

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  Episode 30: Goodbye, old Dushanbe. Hello, AI hub?

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  Episode 29: The human rights system is in peril. What does it mean for Cen…

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  Good education: The rise and fall of Hizmet schools in Central Asia

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  Episode 28: From nomad tents to Soviet walls - The story of Central Asian …