tapchan
Illustration — Tapchans near Bokhtar, Tajikistan A tapchan (топчан) is a type of outdoor furniture unique to Central Asia especially Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, combining a large bed capable of holding 4-8 adults with a table at which meals can be eaten. It is similar or identical to the Malay bale-bale, 'wooden raised platform'.
Also recorded as bale-bale
tapchan
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- furniture
- Region
- Tajikistan · Uzbekistan
- Related practice
- wood
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Illustration — Tapchans near Bokhtar, Tajikistan A tapchan (топчан) is a type of outdoor furniture unique to Central Asia especially Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, combining a large bed capable of holding 4-8 adults with a table at which meals can be eaten. It is similar or identical to the Malay bale-bale, 'wooden raised platform'.
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Although typically an outdoor fixture, they are also found indoors, for instance at roadside restaurants, since they allow the customer to both rest and eat. Private homes with a tapchan in the yard often build canopy posts with either a fixed shade or curtains.
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Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
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tapchan is associated with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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