Kuzmunchok is one of the popular amulets against the evil eye, used not only in Uzbekistan, but also in many Central Asian countries.

It consists of black or blue glass beads with white “eyes”. These are bracelets made of black and white beads - “kuzmunchok”, where the word “kuz” is an eye, “munchok” is a bead.

There are also decorative multi-colored options, but black and blue ones are considered the best in terms of protection.

Kuzmunchok is mainly made in the form of a bracelet, but other variations of use are not uncommon.

A prerequisite for making a kuzmunchok is manual production; it is believed that this is the only way it is endowed with energy capable of resisting evil forces.

Kuzmunchok acts as the strongest amulet, capable of providing protection from a variety of negative impacts.

These are glass beads of various sizes and shapes. The only thing they have in common is that each of them has an image of an eye.

It's believed

the bracelet was broken or beads suddenly got apart, it would reflect the evil eye back and protect its owner.

The first jewellery is worn immediately after childbirth. 

They are sewn onto the child's clothes or hung on the cradle. They are believed to take the “evil eye” away from the baby.

Women pin them to their clothes or jewellery, men wearing as a bracelet or hang them as a car decoration for travel protection.

Now, even jewellers have begun to insert not stones into pendants, but such beads.

New, Handmade in Uzbekistan and localy prayed for a protection and good luck.