Vibrant festivals

Vibrant festivals is one of reasons to visit Uzbekistan. Attending a festival or other public event is one of the finest ways to experience Uzbekistan's intangible cultural heritage. Throughout the year, Uzbekistan Tourism organizes a calendar of interesting cultural events, so there is always something to do. The glittering Kokand Palace serves as the backdrop for the biennial International Festival of Handicrafters, and the Sharq Taronalari International Music Festival takes place on the Registan's center square. Electronic music fans should plan their trip to coincide with the Stihia Festival, a Techno festival held in the spooky desert hamlet of Muynaq, surrounded by the skeletal ships of the shrinking Aral Sea. Billed as Central Asia’s answer to Burning Man, Stihia also does an important job of raising awareness of the Aral Sea environmental disaster and the efforts to restore its water levels.

Every four years, the green hills of the Surkhandarya region become a meeting point for the past and the present. The international folklore festival "Boysun bahori" ("Baysun spring") allows you to travel back in time and become acquainted with the ancient culture of the people who live in this region, carefully preserving and passing down from generation to generation the customs and traditions of their people dating back to the pre-Islamic era. Baysun district does not simply transform into a small island of the revived past; it is a unique area where everything breathes and lives the culture and customs of the ancestors from day to day, and residents of each village are ready to share the beauty of the ancestors' customs with guests at any time. Folk music, singing, and dancing by not only Uzbeks, but also participants from other countries, as well as souvenirs created by local artists, will decorate a few days that no one will forget.