1, 2, 3.

[ALL SHOUT] EVEN MORE.

MORE, MORE.

OK. READY?

1, 2, 3.

[ALL SHOUT] MICKELA MALLOZZI: I'M A DANCER, AND I'M A TRAVELER, AND WHEREVER I GO, I EXPERIENCE THE WORLD ONE DANCE AT A TIME.

I'M MICKELA MALLOZZI, AND THIS IS "BARE FEET."

O'ZBEKISTONGA XUSH KELIBSIZ.

WELCOME TO UZBEKISTAN, THE MOST EASTERN PART OF MY ENTIRE DNA MAP.

THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN IS SITUATED IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL ASIA, BORDERING KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND TURKMENISTAN, AND IT WAS FORMERLY PART OF THE SOVIET REPUBLIC.

A CENTRAL AREA ALONG THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD, THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD NETWORK OF TRADING ROUTES LINKING THE EAST TO THE WEST, UZBEKISTAN HAS A CULTURALLY DIVERSE POPULATION WITH A RICH AND LONG HISTORY IN EDUCATION, THE SCIENCES, ASTRONOMY, THE ARTS, AND, OF COURSE, MUSIC AND DANCE.

MY FIRST STOP HERE IN UZBEKISTAN IS TO THE CITY OF SAMARKAND, AN IMPORTANT STOP ALONG THE SILK ROAD.

I HEAD TO THE SAMARKAND STATE COLLEGE OF ARTS TO MEET WITH CHAROS IBRAGIMOVA AND HER STUDENTS.

AS-SALAMU ALAYKUM.

AS-SALAMU ALAYKUM.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: CHAROS IS ABOUT TO TEACH ME ABOUT THE 3 MAIN STYLES OF UZBEKI DANCE.

[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC CONTINUES] IBRAGIMOVA: [SHOUTS] [SPEAKS UZBEK] MALLOZZI: OH, MY GOSH, I LOVE IT.

I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.

WE TRY.

[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC CONTINUES] IBRAGIMOVA: [SPEAKING UZBEK] OH, FASTER.

[MUSIC PLAYING] AAH!

MALLOZZI: MM.

[SHOUTING AND CHEERING] [MUSIC CONTINUES] I WANT TO HEAR HER SPEAK ALL DAY LONG.

HA!

I LOVE IT.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: CHAROS THEN DRESSES ME IN A TRADITIONAL, FERGHANA-STYLE OUTFIT MADE FROM THE ICONIC UZBEKI IKAT-PATTERNED SILK.

GUYS, I'M UZBEK RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS AMAZING.

[MUSIC PLAYING] AH!

AH!

[MUSIC ENDS] OH, BRAVO.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: SAMARKAND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN UZBEKISTAN AND IN CENTRAL ASIA.

AS A MAJOR STOP ALONG THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD, THE TRADING ROAD THAT LINKED CHINA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, SAMARKAND'S EASTERN AND WESTERN INFLUENCES CAN BE SEEN IN ITS ARCHITECTURE, TEXTILES, AND COMMERCE.

I MEET WITH MAKHMUD AKHMEDOV, WHO WILL BE MY GUIDE TO SHOW ME THE INCREDIBLE INFLUENCES THAT THE SILK ROAD HAS HAD ON THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

AKHMEDOV: YOU ARE IN THE HEART OF THE SAMARKAND CITY, ANCIENT CITY, IN REGISTAN SQUARE.

MM-HMM.

"REGISTAN" WAS TAKEN FROM PERSIAN.

IT MEANS SANDY PLACE.

SANDY PLACE?

YEAH.

IN ANCIENT TIMES, THERE USED TO BE MADRASAS, ISLAMIC SCHOOL.

IT'S KIND OF THE UNIVERSITY.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: REGISTAN WAS THE CENTER OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC THINKING AND EDUCATION.

AKHMEDOV: THE STUDENTS, THEY USED TO STUDY HERE AND THEY USED TO LIVE.

MALLOZZI: THEY LIVED HERE?

YEAH.

OH, MY GOSH.

SO THEY LIVED IN ALL THESE LITTLE ROOMS UP HERE.

YES.

YEAH.

THIS IS GORGEOUS.

I CAN IMAGINE BEING A STUDENT UP HERE... YEAH.

AND JUST OVERLOOKING OUTSIDE, IT'S JUST SO PRETTY.

ALL OF THESE HAVE TURNED INTO SHOPS, RIGHT?

THESE ARE ARTISAN SHOPS.

YOU HAVE SUZANI SHOPS, IKAT SHOPS, AND CERAMIC.

YEAH, ALL KIND OF THINGS.

ALL KIND.

CAN WE SEE?

BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT ONLY COME FROM UZBEKISTAN, THESE, RIGHT?

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: IKAT IS A COLOR-DYING TECHNIQUE FOR WOVEN FABRICS, WHILE SUZANI IS A TYPE OF EMBROIDERED TEXTILE, BOTH HANDMADE AND UNIQUE TO UZBEKISTAN AND THE REST OF CENTRAL ASIA.

"SUZAN" MEANS NEEDLE YEAH.

BECAUSE THIS IS HAND-- OH, AND THE POMEGRANATES, RIGHT?

THE POMEGRANATES, IT MEANS THE SYMBOL OF THE FAMILY.

IT'S NOT JUST EMBROIDERY.

I MEAN, THIS IS, LIKE, GORGEOUS.

IS THIS SILK?

WHAT IS USED HERE?

SILK, SILK.

SILK?

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: THE DYES USED IN SUZANI ARE ALL-NATURAL, USING WALNUTS FOR A LIGHT-BROWN COLOR, POMEGRANATES FOR THE VIBRANT RED, AND MINT FOR THE GREEN.

THINK WE GOT TO DO SOME SHOPPING HERE.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS, TYPOGRAPHERS, MATHEMATICIANS, AND ASTRONOMERS STUDIED AND TAUGHT HERE, INCLUDING ULUGH BEG, WHICH THE SECOND MADRASA IS NAMED AFTER.

HE WAS AN ASTRONOMER FROM THE 14th CENTURY WHO TURNED SAMARKAND INTO ONE OF THE GREAT CENTERS OF LEARNING AND SCIENCE.

THE NEXT ARTISAN SHOP WE VISIT IS FOR CERAMICS.

THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT CERAMICS SCHOOLS FROM UZBEKISTAN.

EACH IS MADE FROM A DIFFERENT CLAY AND WITH DIFFERENT GLAZE, THEREFORE CREATING EACH A UNIQUE SOUND-- THE KHIVA SCHOOL...

RIGHT, BUT IT'S CERAMIC.

CERAMICS.

YES.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: THE BUKHARA SCHOOL... A METALLIC SOUND.

METALLIC SOUND FROM BUKHARA.

BUKHARA.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: THE SAMARKAND SCHOOL... MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: AND THE RISHTON SCHOOL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE BELL.

WOW.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

MAN: ALL DESIGN FROM 12th CENTURY.

FIRST, IT WAS BORN, MM-HMM.

CHILDHOOD, WORK, STUDY, GET MARRIED, HIS OWN CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN.

AFTER THIS IS ONE DISK.

WHAT IS THIS LINE?

DEATH.

DEATH, SO THIS PATTERN TELLS THE STORY OF A PERS-- IT'S CIRCLE OF LIFE.

CIRCLE OF LIFE.

EXACTLY.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: THE TILYA-KORI MADRASA, THE THIRD BUILDING OF THE REGISTAN SQUARE ENSEMBLE, IS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOSQUES IN THIS CITY-- THE GOLDEN MOSQUE.

MALLOZZI: IT'S REALLY STUNNING, AND IT SHIMMERS FROM THE LIGHT THAT'S COMING IN FROM THE ENTRANCE.

YOU CAN SEE-- YEAH.

IT IS GORGEOUS.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: NEXT, MAKHMUD TAKES ME TO SEE AMIR TIMUR'S RESTING PLACE.

AMIR TIMUR, ALSO KNOWN AS TAMERLANE, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY LEADERS IN HISTORY.

A PATRON OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, AMIR TIMUR COMMISSIONED SOME OF SAMARKAND'S MOST NOTABLE STRUCTURES DURING HIS DYNASTY IN THE 14th CENTURY.

AKHMEDOV: WE'RE NOW IN AMIR TIMUR'S MAUSOLEUM.

HE WAS A GREAT RULER.

HE HAS A GREAT EMPIRE, BUT THE CAPITAL OF HIS EMPIRE WAS SAMARKAND.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: OUR LAST STOP IS TO THE SIYOB BAZAAR.

THE SIYOB BAZAAR WAS A MAJOR STOP ALONG THE SILK ROAD, AND IT HAS BEEN A WORKING BAZAAR OR MARKET FOR ALMOST 700 YEARS.

WHAT CAN WE FIND HERE TODAY?

YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING.

THERE'S FRUITS-- FRESH FRUITS, DRY FRUITS.

IT'S ALL ORGANIC, SOME SPICES, AS WELL, PLUS SAMARKAND BREAD, WHICH IS REALLY FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD, ACTUALLY.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: THE SIYOB BAZAAR WAS THE MIDPOINT OF THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD, BRINGING SPICES, DRIED FRUITS, AND GRAINS FROM ASIA TO EUROPE.

SO WE JUST WALKED INTO ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BAZAAR WHICH IS FULL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AROMA.

WHAT IS THIS?

TELL US WHERE WE ARE.

THAT'S THE BREAD.

SO LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO SOMEONE'S HOME.

WOULD YOU BRING SOME BREAD?

YEAH.

ALWAYS WE DO.

IT'S OUR TRADITION.

WE TAKE AT LEAST 2 BREADS OR 4.

2 OR 4.

YEAH.

THAT BREAD CALLED GALAOSIYO BREAD.

THEY MAKE IT ONLY IN THE AREA.

WOW.

MM.

IT'S VERY GOOD.

YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF IT?

IT'S VERY GOOD.

IT IS HEAVY, THOUGH.

IT'S DENSE BREAD, BUT IT'S VERY GOOD, SO WHEN YOU COME HERE, JUST GO TO REGISTAN AND GET THIS BREAD, AND YOU'LL BE GOOD.

YEAH.

[DOYRAS PLAYING] MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: SAMARKAND IS ALSO HOME TO THE BARKAMOL AVLOD, TRANSLATED TO THE FUTURE GENERATION.

HERE AT THIS CULTURAL CENTER AND SCHOOL, I MEET WITH MR. SHERZOD, PROFESSIONAL DOYRA PLAYER, TEACHER, AND LEADER OF THE ENSEMBLE OF YOUNG DOYRA PLAYERS.

THE DOYRA IS A TRADITIONAL, FRAMED HAND DRUM WITH JINGLES.

THIS INSTRUMENT DATES BACK OVER 1,000 YEARS, AND IT IS MAINLY PLAYED HERE IN UZBEKISTAN AND OTHER CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES.

MALLOZZI: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS GROUP?

YOSH DOYRA O'YINCHILARI ENSEMBLE.

SMALL-- SMALL-- OH, SMALL DOYRA PLAYERS.

AH.

YEAH.

THEY ARE.

HOW OLD ARE THESE KIDS?

HOW OLD IS EVERYBODY?

MALLOZZI: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING THE DOYRA?

SHUKUROV: 30 YEARS.

30 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING THE DOYRA.

SHOW US YOUR HANDS FOR A MINUTE.

WE CAN SEE THESE INCREDIBLE CALLUSES.

MALLOZZI: WHO TAUGHT YOU TO PLAY THESE RHYTHMS, AND WHO TAUGHT YOU TO PLAY THE DOYRA?

[SPEAKS UZBEK] MALLOZZI: 2 KILOGRAMS?

UH-HUH.

2 KILOS.

THAT'S, LIKE, MORE THAN 4 POUNDS.

THEY'RE SPORTSMEN.

THEY'RE STRONG.

HA HA!

OPEN, BAK.

BAK.

WITH CLOSED, CLOSED, BOOM.

BOOM.

BAK, BOOM.

BAK.

BOOM.

BOTH: ♪ BAKA BAKA BOOM ♪ ♪ BAKA BAKA BOOM ♪ YEAH!

MALLOZZI: SARBOZ.

MAN: SOLDIER.

SOLDIER.

WRITTEN... AH, OK.

MARCHING.

MM.

VERY GOOD.

MALLOZZI: IS AFTER "SOLDIER," "THUNDERSTORM."

HEY!

YEAH.

HA HA!

HEY!

HEY!

MALLOZZI: YOUR SON, HE IS AN INCREDIBLE DOYRA PLAYER, AS ALL OF THESE YOUNG MEN ARE.

MALLOZZI: HIS HANDS ARE SO FAST.

MALLOZZI: HOW OLD ARE YOU?

18.

18.

18.

MALLOZZI: IT'S IN THE BLOOD, ISN'T IT?

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

MALLOZZI: HOW OFTEN DO YOU GUYS REHEARSE?

SO 6 TIMES A WEEK.

YEAH.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS, EVERYBODY IS ENJOYING THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE HAVING FUN.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WORK.

EVERYONE HAS A SMILE ON THEIR FACE.

THERE'S ALL THIS ENERGY.

MM.

MM.

HEY!

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

RAHMAT.

MALLOZZI: TASHKENT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF UZBEKISTAN WITH A WRITTEN HISTORY THAT DATES BACK OVER 2,200 YEARS.

IT IS A MULTICULTURAL CITY THAT CAN ATTRIBUTE ITS INFLUENCES FROM PERSIAN EMPIRES, THE SILK ROAD TRADE ROUTE, AND, MOST RECENTLY, RUSSIAN AND SOVIET RULE.

ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS ISLAMIC AND SOVIET ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCE IN THE CITY, UZBEKI CUISINE TOOK MAJOR INFLUENCE FROM THE CULTURES THAT SPANNED THE SILK ROAD.

I MEET WITH BEKRUZ HAMAEV, A TASHKENT LOCAL, TO GIVE ME A TASTE OF THE MOST FAMOUS DISH FROM UZBEKISTAN.

WE ARE GOING TO TRY THE BEST DISH OR OUR COUNTRY, PLOV, IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN CENTER OF PLOV.

UZBEK PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED WITH OUR CUISINE, AND, AS YOU KNOW, THE SILK ROAD AND ALL CENTRAL ASIA HAS SUCH A MIXTURE OF FLAVORS, I BELIEVE THAT PLOV IS A PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT TEXTURES, AND DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CAN SEE A YELLOW CARROT.

WHAT MAKES UZBEK PLOV SO UNIQUE IS THE YELLOW CARROT.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: ONE OF THE THEORIES FOR THE INVENTION OF PLOV WAS FOR WARFARE.

BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CREATED BY AVICENNA-- LEADING PHYSICIAN, ASTRONOMER, AND THINKER OF THE ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE-- THIS DISH WAS USED AS A TIME-SAVING SOLUTION FOR THE CONQUERORS AND THEIR LEGIONS.

HAMZAEV: THEY WERE ALWAYS CONQUERING COUNTRY BY COUNTRY, AND THEY COULDN'T AFFORD EVERY TIME TO STOP FOR LUNCH, BREAKFAST, AND DINNER.

INSTEAD, THEY WERE HAVING ONE COURSE A DAY, AND IT WAS KEEPING THEM FULL... FOR THE WHOLE DAY.

FOR THE WHOLE DAY, YEAH.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 3 TONS OF PLOV BEING CONSUMED... TODAY.

TODAY TILL LUNCH, IN A LUNCHTIME BREAK.

OH, MY GOSH.

EVERY CELEBRATION OF OUR COUNTRY-- WEDDING, BIRTH OF A CHILD, HOLIDAY, ANYTHING--PLOV.

PLOV.

YEAH.

EVEN NO REASON, THERE IS PLOV.

AND WHO COMES HERE TO EAT THE PLOV?

ITS NOT TOURIST TRAP AT ALL WHATSOEVER.

IT'S ONLY FOR HARDCORE LOCALS.

THIS IMAGE GIVES A HEART ATTACK FOR MANY FOREIGNERS.

IT'S A LOT OF GREASE.

IT'S A LOT OF MEAT.

EXACTLY.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRY THIS PLOV, RIGHT?

ABSOLUTELY.

OK. GOOD.

MALLOZZI: I'M EXCITED TO EAT THIS FOOD.

RAHMAT.

RAHMAT.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS OUR TEA WITH THE LEMON.

UZBEK TEA.

YEAH, YEAH, AND THIS HAS QUITE INTERESTING MEANING.

WE SAY WATER PURIFIES IF IT HITS THE ROCK 7 TIMES.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: TO REPRESENT THE 7 TIMES WATER SHOULD HIT THE ROCKS TO BE PURIFIED, TEA IS POURED 7 TIMES THROUGH FROM THE POT TO THE CUP AS PART OF THE UZBEKI CEREMONY.

THIS ALSO EVENLY MIXES THE TEA, AND IT IS A SIGN OF HOSPITALITY FOR GUESTS IN THE UZBEKI TRADITION.

RAHMAT.

YEAH.

OOH, IT'S HOT.

HERE IT IS-- THE PLOV.

[SPEAKS UZBEK] YEAH.

RAHMAT.

RAHMAT.

RAHMAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T EVEN SEE THE PLOV.

YES.

WHERE IS IT?

WELL, IT'S SOMEWHERE.

WE'LL HAVE TO DIG IN.

HERE, YOU SEE THE HORSE SAUSAGES.

YOU SEE A MEAT.

MEAT ALSO COMES WITH LITTLE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF FAT.

WE HAVE A QUAIL EGG.

WE HAVE AN ORDINARY EGG.

WE DON'T HAVE PLATES.

DO WE JUST EAT?

EATING FROM ONE PLATE WAS LIKE, "I TRUST YOU.

I'M NOT GONNA POISON YOU"...

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

"BECAUSE I'M EATING FROM THE SAME DISH"... YEAH.

AND IT WAS DISRESPECT TO SERVE SEPARATELY, SAYING THAT, "YOU KNOW WHAT?"

LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I DON'T WANT TO," SO SHARING IS CARING.

[LAUGHS] CHEERS.

MM MM.

MM.

MM, MY GOSH.

IT'S NOT GREASY.

THE SWEET CARROTS, THE RICE IS TENDER.

THE MEAT IS SO TENDER, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: OUR LAST STOP IS TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF BUKHARA.

ITS HISTORIC CENTER IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE WITH HUNDREDS OF BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED MADRASAS, MOSQUES, BAZAARS, AND CARAVANSERAIS, LARGE INNS WHERE MERCHANTS AND TRADERS TRAVELING ALONG THE SILK ROAD WOULD STAY OVERNIGHT ON THEIR JOURNEY.

BUKHARA STILL TO THIS DAY IS A STOPPING POINT FOR TOURISTS TO SHOP FOR LOCAL GOODS.

THE BAZAARS AND LOCAL MERCHANTS STILL SELL ITEMS THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN THIS PART OF UZBEKISTAN, PRESERVING A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK OVER 1,000 YEARS.

ASIDE FROM WALKING THROUGH THIS ANCIENT, THRIVING CITY, I'M HERE TO LEARN THE BUKHARA STYLE OF DANCE THAT CHAROS TOLD ME OF EARLIER.

I HEAD TO THE NODIR DEVON BEGI MADRASA TO SEE THE BUXORCHA DANCE AND SONG ENSEMBLE.

EVERY NIGHT, THE ANCIENT MADRASA IS TRANSFORMED INTO A DINNER THEATER SHOWCASING THE BEAUTIFUL DANCES, MUSIC, AND FASHION FROM HERE IN BUKHARA AND FROM THE REST OF UZBEKISTAN, AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME HERE FOR, TO LEARN THE BUKHARA STYLE OF DANCE.

I'M GONNA DANCE WITH BUXORCHA, WHICH IS THE DANCE ENSEMBLE.

I'M GONNA LEARN THE PLATE DANCE THAT IS SPECIFIC FROM BUKHARA.

WE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, AS ALWAYS, SO LET'S GO.

MALLOZZI: SO I JUMP IN AND DANCE WITH YOU AND THEN IN THE VERY SHORT TIME.

THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ARE LETTING ME JUMP IN WHILE THEY HAVE A BREAK IN THE REHEARSAL.

I HAVEN'T LEARNED THE DANCE YET.

GOOD.

HA HA!

I FOLLOW YOU.

AH, PINKIES, PINKIES.

LEFT SIDE.

[SPEAKS UZBEK] WE WALKED IN AND JUMPED RIGHT IN.

I SAID, "LILIYA, YOU NEED TO DRESS ME IN COSTUME.

I'M GONNA LEARN THE DANCE," AND I SAW PANIC ON HER FACE.

BUT WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE GOOD.

LILIYA, YOU ARE THE DANCE TEACHER.

THIS IS YOUR GROUP.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DANCING?

[MUSIC PLAYING] MALLOZZI: YOU'RE SUCH A WONDERFUL TEACHER, YOU WERE VERY CLEAR.

"MICKELA, YOU NEED TO MOVE."

IT WAS VERY GOOD.

[SPEAKS UZBEK] THIS WAY?

UH-HUH.

OH, SORRY.

1... 2... 2... 3... 3... OH, HERE.

3... 3, 4.

MALLOZZI: I LOVE DANCES THAT ARE VERY RHYTHMIC, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY FUN FOR ME TO PLAY THE PLATES WHILE I WAS DANCING.

IT ACTUALLY HELPED ME MORE.

MALLOZZI: ARE WE SEDUCING SOMEONE WITH THIS DANCE?

[SPEAKS UZBEK] WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR FEET?

AH.

[SPEAKS UZBEK] [SPEAKS UZBEK] AH.

[SPEAKS UZBEK] MM.

♪ MM HMM MM MM ♪ ♪ DA HA HA HUH ♪ ♪ HUH HUH HUH HUH ♪ THEN?

YOU ARE HERE.

1, 2... 1, DUN DUN.

HA HA HA!

BOTH: 1, 2, 3, 4.

♪ BEE DA BUM ♪ FIN.

LET'S TRY IT.

WE'RE LEARNING THIS REAL FAST.

WHEW.

LOTS OF PRESSURE.

AAH!

OK. HA HA!

[DOYRA CONTINUES] OH, RAHMAD.

[MUSIC PLAYING] AH!

WHOO!

RAHMAD.

OHH!

MALLOZZI: PART OF MY DNA IS FROM UZBEKISTAN, AND YOU LOOK JUST LIKE MY MOTHER'S FAMILY.

IT'S AMAZING.

I KNOW.

MAYBE WE'RE RELATED.

NOW YOU CAN-- [EXHALES] HA HA HA!

WHEW.

HA HA HA!

MALLOZZI, VOICE-OVER: MY "BARE FEET" DNA ADVENTURE TOOK ME FROM THE WEST IN EUROPE, ALONG THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD, LEADING ME HERE TO UZBEKISTAN, THE FURTHEST EAST WHERE I FOUND CONNECTION THROUGH DANCE AND MUSIC TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAY SHARE THE SAME DNA AS ME.

RAHMAT.

THANK YOU, UZBEKISTAN, FOR SHOWING ME AN EXOTIC AND CULTURALLY RICH MIX OF HOW FAR MY DNA CAN BRING ME.

THIS ANCIENT, CENTRAL ASIAN LAND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR ME, YET I STILL FEEL SO CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THIS PLACE AND ITS PEOPLE... AND I'LL SEE YOU ON MY NEXT "BARE FEET" ADVENTURE, WHEREVER IT MAY TAKE ME.

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HELLO.

HELLO.

COME, COME, COME, COME.

MAN: NICE.

WOMAN: THINK ABOUT THE WARMTH.

[MUSIC PLAYING] HEY!

HA HA!

ANNOUNCER: "BARE FEET" IS FUNDED IN PART BY...

DIFFERENT ANNOUNCER: THE ISLAND OF IRELAND.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.

FILL YOUR HEART WITH IRELAND.

DIFFERENT ANNOUNCER: ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY KOO AND PATRICIA YUEN THROUGH THE YUEN FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO BRIDGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES; AND BY THE ANN H. SYMINGTON FOUNDATION.

DIFFERENT ANNOUNCER: THE FARMERS AND PRODUCERS AT LANDCRAFTED FOOD IN GRAYSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ARE DEDICATED TO SUSTAINING AND SERVING OUR FARMS AND COMMUNITY WITH A GOAL OF PRODUCING FOODS THAT ARE AS GOOD FOR THE LAND AS THEY ARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO EAT THEM.

LANDCRAFTED FOOD-- STUBBORNLY REAL, FARMER OWNED.

DIFFERENT ANNOUNCER: TAUCK, GUIDING TRAVELERS AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 1925 BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ONCE IN A LIFETIME ONLY HAPPENS ONCE.

HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD MATTERS.

[CHILD BABBLES]