Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva
Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva | |
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Native name |
Nurxon Yoʻldoshxoʻjayeva Нурхон Йўлдошхўжаева |
Born |
1913 Margilan, Russian Turkestan (present-day Uzbekistan) |
Died |
July 1, 1929 (age 16) Margilan, Uzbek SSR |
Cause of death | Stabbed in an honor killing |
Monuments | Statue dedicated in 1960's but removed shortly after Uzbekistan gained independence |
Occupation | Dancer, actress |
Known for | Removing veil in public |
Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva[1] (Uzbek: Nurxon Yoʻldoshxoʻjayeva, often anglicized as Nurkhon Yuldasheva) was one of the first Uzbek female dancers to perform without the traditional Islamic veil.[2] She was born in 1913 in Margilan, a city in Fergana Province and was murdered in an so-called honor killing in 1929.[3]
Honor killing
Nurkhon was stabbed to death by her brother Salixoʻja in 1929 at the age of sixteen for having "dishonored" her family by taking off her veil while dancing in public. Investigation revealed the murder was premeditated, involving Nurkhon's father Salimxoʻja, brother, and mullah Kamal G'iasov; in an unprecedented change of policy, the perpetrators of the honor killing were executed for the crime and laws to protect women who chose not to wear the veil were enforced.[4][5]
Aftermath
After her death she was honored by the authorities of the USSR as a courageous Soviet role model and martyr, similar to that of Tursunoy Saidazimova. A statue of Nurkhon[6] was built and placed in Margilan in front of the House of Culture. Made by sculptor Valentin Klebanov in 1967,[7] Nurkhon's statue was taken down shortly after the disestablishment of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991;[8] A monument to a young woman representing the struggle for feminine emancipation was considered inconvenient for post-Soviet times in Uzbekistan.[1] In the city of Ferghana there is a cinema that still bears her name though, the "Nurkhon" cinema.[9]
Nurkhon became the heroine of a Soviet musical play by Kamil Yashin popular throughout the mid 20th century.[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 Ouzbékistan: Samarcande, Boukhara, Khiva {fr}. Books.google.co.th. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ Victor Vitkovich (1954). A Tour Of Sovilet Uzbekistan.
- ↑ National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (OʻzME). Birinchi jild. Tashkent, 2000 link
- ↑ Rubin, Don (1999-04-30). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Books.google.co.th. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ Kamp, Marianne (2011-10-01). The New Woman in Uzbekistan: Islam, Modernity, and Unveiling under Communism. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295802473.
- ↑ Picture of the statue - Boy Looks up at Statue of Nurkhon
- ↑ "SCULPTORS". O'ZBEKISTON HAYKALTAROSHLIGI.
- ↑ Colin Thubron, The Lost Heart of Asia. Heinemann, 1994
- ↑ ""Days of the Uzbek National Cinema Arts" held in Margilan". Uzdaily.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ "Great Soviet Encyclopedia {ru}". Bse.sci-lib.com. 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2010-09-12.