{"id":248,"date":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/?p=248"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:23:04","slug":"tesol-worldwide-image-of-the-day-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/2026\/10\/03\/tesol-worldwide-image-of-the-day-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"TESOL Worldwide Image of the Day: Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan-1568x1045.webp 1568w, https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-tajikistan.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the golden light of autumn in Tajikistan, the ancient harvest festival of Mehrgon turns a sunlit square into a feast of pomegranates, melons, grapes, and giant kazans of steaming pilaf \u2014 chefs in embroidered robes and skullcaps cook thirty varieties of the national dish while folk dancers and laughing children celebrate the season&#8217;s abundance. Rooted in pre-Islamic Persian tradition and revived as a national holiday, Mehrgon gathers whole communities to share food, music, and gratitude for the harvest. <a href=\"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/teach-in-Tajikistan.htm\">Teach English in Tajikistan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the golden light of autumn in Tajikistan, the ancient harvest festival of Mehrgon turns a sunlit square into a feast of pomegranates, melons, grapes, and giant kazans of steaming pilaf \u2014 chefs in embroidered robes and skullcaps cook thirty varieties of the national dish while folk dancers and laughing children celebrate the season&#8217;s abundance. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atesol-org","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}