Forty years ago the Tashkent Jazz Festival took place for the first time. The jazz admirers celebrated this festive date with Tashkent Jazz 2008, a worthy festival for their friends and predecessors. 

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For Uzbekistan having the richest and mainly rarest flora and fauna in the world to conserve biological diversity is one of the hot issues on way of impendent development. The Uzbek community sums up positive results at scientific seminars and meetings of scholars with farmers, cultural workers and students timed to the International Day for Biological Diversity.

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From May 16-20 no precipitations are expected in Uzbekistan. Easterly wind conversing into westerly one may reach 7-12 metres per second. The minimum temperature is expected to be 12-17 degrees C above zero and maximum temperature 30-35 degrees C above zero.

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Tashkent summed up results of “Kamalak jilosi” (“Rainbow Colors”), children’s creative competition of “Mehribonlik” children’s homes. The competition gathering traditionally children’s best paintings and craftworks since 1997 was promoted to develop and support children’s art. According to organizers, for children from socially vulnerable levels of population it is a special attention of public and estimation of their works by well-known artists.

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The Arts Institute of Uzbekistan hosted opening ceremony of the third youth film festival of Central Asian states, “Creative Flight” (“Ijodiy Parvoz”).

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Driving women cause much danger, convince the majority of male drivers. However, they would get rid of this conviction, if they visited the “Princess of Auto World 2008” national competition at the Alisher Navoi’s National Park, Tashkent.

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Thousand kilometers separating the ancient Uzbek land from European states have never impeded their profitable cooperation and mutual influence.

Historical documents and archeological excavations witness it. One of the last confirmations was found in Old Termez and dates back to the first century AD, Buddha sculpture made of white marble. This monumental composition was of art traditions of ancient Rome and certainly had peculiarities of local aesthetic views. It was made of local material which right-bank mountains of the Amudarya were rich in.

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The Central Palace of Officers hosted the “Spring Scatterings 2008”, interregional dance sport tournament.

The event was organized by the Dance Sport Federation of Uzbekistan, International Dance Sport Federation’s office in Tashkent and “Rodnik” (Spring) sports club.

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On May 8 cloudy periods and no precipitations are expected in Uzbekistan, only in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm short-lived showers are possible in some areas. On May 9 particular districts of the country expect short-lived showers.

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The Central Exhibition Hall of the Uzbek Arts Academy opened an exhibition of Uzbekistan’s brightest and unordinary artist, Honored Cultural Worker of Uzbekistan academician Vladimir Burmakin. Paintings created in various periods including last ones help to describe the wonderful man’s creative way.

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