Uzbekistan Country
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic
of Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Before 1991, it was part
of the Soviet Union
Capital: Tashkent
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Currency: Uzbekistani som
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Official language: Uzbek language
Introducing Uzbekistan
No country in Central Asia seems to have it so
good, yet at the same time have it so bad, as Uzbekistan.
The region’s cradle of culture for more than two millennia, it is the proud
home to a spellbinding arsenal of architecture and artefacts, all deeply
infused with the raw, fascinating history of the country.
Concentrating
on the good, if there was a Hall of Fame for Central Asian cities, Uzbekistan
would own the top-three entries: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva
The Tourist Destinations Cities in Uzbekistan :
BUKHARA
Bukhara is the city, which has been
growing constantly at one and the same place
beginning from the 4th century BC. Bukhara preserves treasures of
architecture of the pre-Mongol period. The total number of monuments is above
400. Bukhara is regarded the largest open-air museum in Central Asia. Bukhara
has been one of the main centres of World Civilization from its
early days in 6th century BCE. Narshaki wrote "The History of Bukhara"
in the 10th century. It gave rise to a legend, which names Siavush to be the
founder of Bukhara. Siavush, a son of a Persian Shah murdered by Afrosiab, a
king of Turan, was worshipped in antiquity as a god.
FERGHANA VALLEY
The heartland of Uzbekistan, as the valley of
Ferghana is known, is the densely populated part of the country with a majority
of ethnic Uzbeks. Ferghana is the most fertile part of Uzbekistan, with large
agricultural output. The Chatkal range of the Tian Shan in the north surrounds
the valley, with the Pamir-Alai in the south from where the Syr Darya River
starts flowing through the valley. So the region looks like a huge bowl.
Ferghana valley is considered to be a big blossoming oasis of Central Asia.
That's why Ferghana Valley is called "The Golden Valley".
In the north-western part of
Uzbekistan, on the left bank of the Amu-Darya River, in the transition zone
between the sultry deserts of Karakum and Kyzylkum lie the lands of ancient
Khorezm oasis.
Khiva is an ancient city in
the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya River. Khorezm's agriculture and settlements
go back to four, perhaps six, millennia. So, Khiva may be very old. The legend
holds that it was founded when biblical Shem, the son of Noah, discovered a
well here; the people called it Kheivak, from which the name Khiva is said to
have originated.
Culture of Uzbekistan is one of the brightest and original cultures of East.
It is inimitable national music, dances and painting, unique national kitchen
and clothes. The Uzbek national music is characterized as variety of subjects
and genres. The songs and tool plays according to their functions and forms of
usage can be divided into two groups: performed in the certain time and under
the certain circumstances and performed at any time. The songs connected with
customs and traditions, labor processes, various ceremonies, dramatized
entertainment representations and games belong to the first group.
National and professional poems of the poets of East are used as the texts
for the songs. The special place in the Uzbek musical heritage occupy
"dastans" (epic legends with lyric-heroic content). Also
"Makoms"- are the basic classical fund of professional music of oral
tradition.
The dances of uzbeks distinguish softness, smoothness and expressiveness of
movements, easy sliding step, original movements on a place and on a circle.
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