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Navruz celebrations in Islamabad
2019-03-26 | Culture
On March 24, 2019, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Pakistan attended the festive event in Islamabad on the occasion of Navruz, Uzbekistan MFA reports.
The festive event was attended by representatives of socio-political, business, journalistic, scientific-academic circles of Pakistan, foreign diplomatic corps.
The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Arif Alvi, as well as, members of the government of Pakistan became the main guests of the event.
Within the framework of the event, the pavilion of Uzbekistan has been organized, which was decorated with photographs and illustrations reflecting tourism potential and economic opportunities of Uzbekistan, including Namangan region.
Participants of the festival were presented various applied art products of Uzbekistan, including Chust souvenir knifes, handmade silk products, as well as tour packages designed for Pakistan travelers for ziyorat (pilgrimage) tourism in Namangan region.
Guests got also familiar with Uzbek traditional cuisine, tried pilaf, manti, samsa and sweets.
Uzbekistan pavilion aroused great interest among visitors. President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Arif Alvi and his spouse became the honored guests. They highly appreciated rich cultural-historical heritage of Uzbekistan people and uniqueness of the national cuisine.
Source: UzA
