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If metal working has appeared later than ceramics, then not for much. And indeed, chasing surpasses all other types of crafts according to age. It is the oldest type of applied art, and the most magnificent specimens of it can be found in Bukhara.

Chust knife is a well-known word combination in Russia and abroad. It seems that there is no difference what knife one uses to chop carrots for pilaf, a national Uzbek knife or a Japanese ceramic kitchen knife.

The number of Forty in the East has always been mystic and sacral number. Everything could be divided by forty – number of warriors, presents and days of sacred prayers.

Hast Imam is the religious center of Tashkent city. The complex includes the functional Mosque of Tilla Sheikh, Barakhana madrasah and the Mausoleum of Abu Bakr Shashi. In the library-museum under the Spiritual Center.

People of knowledge say that everything in the world in form of dome originated from tyubeteyka (traditional Central Asian skullcap).

Some 80 kilometers from Tashkent, there is a small place of Khodjikent which is deeply beloved by all Tashkent people

Music is a mirror of the country, where the entire palette of its historical past, extended for thousands of years, the true color and unique originality of the mentality of its inhabitants are displayed in a kaleidoscope.

Ramadan Hayit is a great and long-awaited holiday of our country, marking the end of the holy Muslim fasting Ruza, compliance of which is one of the five pillars of Islam.

A remarkable feature of the past and what is now known as the Great Silk Road is one of the greatest achievements of the ancient Orient. The Great Silk Road is a monument to human inquisitiveness, entrepreneurship.

The Khodja Ahror Vali is the first in Tashkent Cathedral-Friday mosque, within the Registan ensemble, situated on the highest point of "Eski Shahar" (Old city) in Tashkent, surrounded by three squares – Chorsu, Khadra and Eski Juva.