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The Fifth Floor: Ikat fashion and other Uzbek wonders

How are the popular Ikat designs made? Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles.

How are the popular Ikat designs made? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles. Plus, Sanjaya Dhakal of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Nepali explains why a group of Kathmandu artists launched an inventive campaign to repatriate their country's stolen art.

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Produced by Alice Gioia, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

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