Margilan is awarded the status of the "World City of Silk and Ikat Craftsmen"
Margilan hosts the 5th International Festival of Traditional Textiles “Atlas Bayrami”.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan, at the opening ceremony of the festival, the President of the World Crafts Council Saad Al-Qaddumi presented a certificate of inclusion of Margilan in the World Crafts Council network to the Hokim of the city Adkham Ziyavuddinov.
The status increased the role of Margilan in the preservation of traditional Uzbek crafts.
The festival will run until October 22.
Roman Bondarchuk, UzA