Culture of Uzbekistan

Sharq taronalari

The International Music Festival «Sharq Taronalari» has been set up for the purposes to popularize the best achievements of national musical arts, preserve and develop great folklore traditions, to bring up young generation to love excellence, as well as to further expansion of International creative links, glorifying the ideas of peace, friendship, mutual understanding, further strengthening of mutual cultural and spiritual cooperation.
The festival has been held once in two years since 1997 from 24 to 31 August at Registan Square in Samarkand city.