Culture

Legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will give a concert in Uzbekistan on 8 June 2017.

A solemn opening ceremony of the bas-relief of Makhtumkuli took place in Tashkent on 18 May 2017.

The 5th European Film Festival, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan in cooperation with the National Agency "Uzbekkino" will be held in Tashkent from 22 to 28 May.

A presentation of book “365 days of Sun” was held in Tashkent on 17 May 2017. The book includes over fifty dishes of national cuisine.

A practical training “Museum Storage in the 21st Century: New Practices and Methods”, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the UNESCO Office in Tashkent, will be conducted in Tashkent on 18–19 May 2017 at the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan.

The Congress has adopted a resolution on the need to establish the World Scientific Society for Study, Preservation and Popularization of Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan

Festival Silk and Spices, which traditionally takes place in Bukhara, will be held from 26 and 28 May 2017. The festival will be held for the 16th time this year.

Center for Promotion of Cinematography in form of NGO was opened in Uzbekistan on 3 May 2017.

International folk festival Baisun Bahori (Spring of Baisun) will be held in Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan on 13-14 May 2016.

A two-day international scientific-cultural congress “Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan – way to dialogue among nations and countries” will be held in Tashkent and Samarkand on 15-16 May 2017.