asmalyk
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thumb|250px|Yomut asmalyk, pile Oriental rug|carpet, first half of 19th century thumb|250px|Tekke asmalyk, embroidered silk, mid-19th century
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thumb|250px|Yomut asmalyk, pile Oriental rug|carpet, first half of 19th century thumb|250px|Tekke asmalyk, embroidered silk, mid-19th century
An asmalyk (Turkmen language, "a thing to be hung") 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. 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.