An asmalyk (Turkmen language, "a thing to be hung"[1]) is a textile trapping used in a Turkmen wedding procession.
Asmalyks may be pile or embroidered, and are usually five-sided, but some are seven-sided.
Yomut asmalyks are the most common, followed by those of the Tekke tribe.
[2] Asmalyks were made in pairs to decorate the flanks of a bride's wedding camel, and were then hung in her domed, felt-covered tent.
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